List of public art in Detroit
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This is a list of public art in Detroit.
This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.
Additional works can be found at:
- [http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=Outdoor+Sculpture&fq=text:Michigan&fq=text:Detroit Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog] - database for Detroit
- [https://detroitmopa.org The Detroit Museum of Public Art] - A catalog of Detroit sculptures and murals.
Selected artworks
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|subject=Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
|image =
|location = Philip A. Hart Plaza
|coordinates = {{coord|42|19|43|N|83|2|37|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Kieffer, William|William Kieffer and Ann Feely}}
|type=sculpture
|date=2001
|material=bronze
|dimensions=
|designation=
|owner=City of Detroit
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|subject=Atom Gazelle
|image =
|location = Belle Isle Park
|coordinates = {{coord|42|21|2|N|82|58|10|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Bennett, Richard|Richard Bennett}}
|type=sculpture
|date=1991
|material=stainless steel
|designation=
|dimensions=
|owner=City of Detroit
}}
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|subject=Balancing Act
|location = One Campus Martius
|coordinates = {{coord|42|20|0|N|83|2|47|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|HOW and NOSM|HOW and NOSM}}
|type=mural
|date=2016
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=184 x 60 feet (56.1 x 18.2 m)
|owner=Library Street Collective{{cite web | url = http://www.lscgallery.com/public-art/ | title= PUBLIC ART | publisher = Library Street Collective | accessdate= September 15, 2017 }}
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|subject=Bagley Memorial Fountain
|image = BagleyMemorialFountainDetroit.jpg
|location = Cadillac Square
|coordinates = {{coord|42|19|53|N|83|2|42|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Richardson, Henry Hobson|Henry Hobson Richardson}}
|type=fountain
|date=May 30, 1887 (relocated July 3, 1926)
|material=white Worcester granite
|dimensions=
|designation=Michigan State Historic Site
|owner=City of Detroit
}}
{{Public art row
|subject=Curved Form with Rectangle and Space
|image=
|location = Scarab Club
|coordinates = {{coord|42|21|34|N|83|3|47|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Teicher, Lois|Lois Teicher}}
|type=sculpture
|date=2000
|material=stainless steel
|dimensions=
|designation=
|owner=University Cultural Center Association
}}
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|subject=Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural
|location = Russell Industrial Center, Building Number 2
|coordinates = {{coord|42|22|39.71|N|83|3|39.89|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Solomon, Kobie|Kobie Solomon}}
|type=mural
|date=between 2010 and 2012
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=8,750 square feet (813 square meters)
|owner=Russell Industrial Center
}}
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|subject=Le fleuve la garonne
|image=
|location = Detroit Institute of Arts
|coordinates = {{coord|42|21|32|N|83|3|54|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist=after {{sort|Coysevox, Antoine|Antoine Coysevox}}
|type=sculpture
|date=early 20th century
|material=bronze
|designation=
|dimensions= 53 x 99 1/4 x 44 3/4 inches (134.6 x 252.1 x 113.7 cm)
|owner=Detroit Institute of Arts
}}
{{Public art row
|subject=Johann Friedrich Schiller
|image = Schiller ststue Belle Isle detroit.jpg
|location = Belle Isle Park
|coordinates = {{coord|42|20|29|N|82|58|48|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Matzen,Herman|Herman Matzen}}
|type=sculpture
|date=designed 1906, dedicated May 11, 1908
|material=stainless steel
|designation=
|dimensions= approx. 6 x 4 x 8 feet (1.8 x 1.2 x 2.4 m )
|owner=City of Detroit
}}
{{Public art row
|subject=Gateway to Freedom International Memorial to the Underground Railroad
|image =
|location = Philip A. Hart Plaza
|coordinates = {{coord|42|19|35|N|83|2|38|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Dwight, Edward|Edward Dwight}}
|type=sculpture
|date=dedicated October 20, 2001
|material=
|dimensions=
|designation=
|owner=City of Detroit
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{{Public art row
|subject=General Alexander Macomb
|image = Macomb statue in detroit.jpg
|location = Washington Boulevard at Michigan Avenue
|coordinates = {{coord|42|19|55|N|83|3|3|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Wineman, Adolph Alexander|Adolph Alexander Weinman}}
|type=sculpture
|date=dedicated September 11, 1908
|material=bronze
|designation=
|dimensions=9 feet x 44 inches x 42 inches (2.7 m x 1.1 m x 1 m)
|owner=City of Detroit
}}
{{Public art row
|subject=Gracehoper
|image=
|location = Detroit Institute of Arts
|coordinates = {{coord|42|21|36|N|83|3|55|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Smith, Tony|Tony Smith}}
|type=sculpture
|date=1961
|designation=
|material=steel and paint
|dimensions= 23 × 22 × 46 feet (7 m 1 cm × 6 m 70.6 cm × 14 m 2.1 cm)
|owner=Detroit Institute of Arts
}}
{{Public art row
|subject=Hamtramck Disneyland
|image=
|location = Hamtramck
|coordinates = {{coord|42|24|26.2|N|83|3|31|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Szylak,Dmytro|Dmytro Szylak}}
|type=installation
|date=created 1992, finished 1999
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=
|owner=Hatch Art
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|subject=Hazen Stuart Pingree
|image = Pingree statue, Grad Circus Park, Detroit.jpg
|location = southwest of Woodward Avenue and East Adams Avenue
|coordinates = {{coord|42|20|12|N|83|3|3|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Schwartz, Rudolf|Rudolf Schwartz}}
|type=bronze
|date=1903, dedicated May 30, 1904
|material=stainless steel
|designation=
|dimensions=10 1/2 x 6 x 6 feet (3.2 x 1.8 x 1.8 m)
|owner=City of Detroit
}}
{{Public art row
|subject=Heidelberg Project
|image=HeidelbergProj01jpg.jpeg
|location = McDougall-Hunt neighborhood, east Detroit{{cite web | url = https://www.heidelberg.org/history/ | title= The Heidelberg Project — History | publisher= | accessdate= September 14, 2017 }}
|coordinates = {{coord|42|21|31.23|N|83|1|16.88|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Guyton, Tyree|Tyree Guyton}}
|type=installation
|date=created 1986, ongoing
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=
|owner=Tyree Guyton
}}
{{Public art row
|subject=Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain
|image = Dodge Fountain in Hart Plaza in the evening with lights.jpg
|location = Philip A. Hart Plaza
|coordinates = {{coord|42|19|37|N|83|2|38|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Noguchi, Isamu|Isamu Noguchi}}
|type=fountain
|date=1972-1979, dedicated October 14, 1981
|material=stainless steel and black granite
|designation=
|dimensions=30 feet (9.1 m)
|owner=City of Detroit
}}
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|subject=James Scott Memorial Fountain
|image = JSMFFULL.jpg
|location = Belle Isle Park
|coordinates = {{coord|42|20|6.22|N|82|59|57.52|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Gilbert, Cass|Cass Gilbert and Herbert Adams}}
|type=fountain
|date=1923, dedicated May 31, 1925
|material=marble, cement, bronze
|designation=
|dimensions=18 feet x 75 feet (5.5 m x 22.9 m)
|owner=City of Detroit
}}
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|subject=Jeune fille et sa suite (Young Woman and Her Suitors)
|image=
|location = Detroit Institute of Arts
|coordinates ={{coord|42|21|32|N|83|3|47|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Calder, Alexander|Alexander Calder}}
|type=sculpture
|date=1970
|material=painted steel
|designation=
|dimensions= 35 feet × 27 feet 6 inches × 19 feet (10 m 66.8 cm × 8 m 38.2 cm × 5 m 79.1 cm)
|owner=Detroit Institute of Arts
}}
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|subject=Monica
|location = 500 Woodward
|coordinates =
|artist={{sort|Swoon|Swoon}}
|type= mural
|date=2016
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions= 17 feet
|owner=Library Street Collective
}}
{{Public art row
|subject=Monument to Joe Louis
|image=Fist of a Champion – Detroit's Monument to Joe Louis - panoramio.jpg
|location = Philip A. Hart Plaza
|coordinates = {{coord|42|19|43.3|N|83|2|40.36|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Graham, Robert|Robert Graham}}
|type=sculpture
|date=dedicated October 16, 1986
|material=bronze
|designation=
|dimensions=25 feet 6 inches × 24 feet 6 inches (7 m 77.2 cm × 7 m 46.8 cm)
|owner=Detroit Institute of Arts
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|subject=Nymph and Eros
|image=
|location = Detroit Institute of Arts
|coordinates = {{coord|42|21|33|N|83|3|55|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist=after {{sort|Magnier, Philippe|Philippe Magnier}}
|type=sculpture
|date=early 20th century
|material=bronze
|designation=
|dimensions= 51 x 99 x 45 inches (129.5 x 251.5 x 114.3 cm)
|owner=Detroit Institute of Arts
}}
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|subject=Passo di danza (Step of the Dance)
|image=OneWoodwardAvenue sculpture.jpg
|location = One Woodward Avenue, Jefferson Avenue entrance
|coordinates ={{coord|42|19|43|N|83|2|43|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Manzù, Giacomo|Giacomo Manzù}}
|type=sculpture
|date=1963
|material=bronze
|designation=
|dimensions= 11 feet (3.4 m)
|owner=One Woodward Avenue
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{{Public art row
|subject=Phoenix
|image=
|location = Scarab Club, west facade
|coordinates = {{coord|42|21|34|N|83|3|46|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Veresh, Stephen|Stephen Veresh}}
|type=sculpture
|date=1976
|material=copper
|designation=
|dimensions=
|owner=Scarab Club
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|subject=Pylon
|location = Philip A. Hart Plaza
|coordinates = {{coord|42|19|41.4|N|83|02|39.0|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Noguchi, Isamu|Isamu Noguchi}}
|type=sculpture
|date=1972-1979
|material=stainless steel
|designation=
|dimensions= 20 x 7 x 7 feet (6 x 2.1 x 2.1 m)
|owner=City of Detroit
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|subject=Russell Alger Memorial Fountain
|image = RussellAlgersfoundGCircParkdetroit.jpg
|location = Grand Circus Park
|coordinates = {{coord|42|20|12|N|83|2|59|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|French, Daniel Chester|Daniel Chester French}}
|type=fountain
|date=1920, dedicated July 27, 1921
|material=bronze
|designation=
|dimensions=7 feet 6 inches x 56 inches x 58 inches (2.3 x 1.4 x 1.5 m)
|owner=City of Detroit
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|subject=Sentry
|image =
|location = Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
|coordinates = {{coord|42|21|31|N|83|3|39|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Bennett, Richard|Richard Bennett}}
|type=sculpture
|date=1996-1997
|material=aluminum and gold
|designation=
|dimensions=
|owner=Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
}}
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|subject=The Spirit of Detroit
|image=The Spirit of Detroit.JPG
|location = Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
|coordinates = {{coord|42|19|45.47|N|83|2|40.66|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Fredericks, Marshall|Marshall Fredericks}}
|type=sculpture
|date=1958
|material=bronze
|designation=
|dimensions= 312 inches (200.7 × 130.2 × 140.3 cm, 907.2 kg)
|owner=Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
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|subject=Stevens T. Mason
|image = Stevens T Mason Monument.JPG
|location = Capitol Park
|coordinates = {{coord|42|19|59|N|83|2|58|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Wineman, Adolph Alexander|Adolph Alexander Weinman}}
|type=sculpture
|date=dedicated May 30, 1908
|material=bronze
|designation=
|dimensions=8 feet x 30 inches x 30 inches (2.4 m x 0.76 m x 0.76 m)
|owner=City of Detroit
{{Cite web|title=Stevens T. Mason, (sculpture).|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=16416092MU855.1394&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!24206~!6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108182845/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=16416092MU855.1394&profile=ariall&source=~%21siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full%3D3100001~%2124206~%216|archive-date=January 8, 2022|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|ref={{harvid|Smithsonian Institution Research Information System}}}}
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|subject=The Thinker
|image=Detroit Institute of Arts January 2015 04.jpg
|location = Detroit Institute of Arts, southeast lawn
|coordinates = {{coord|42|21|32|N|83|3|55|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Rodin, Auguste|Auguste Rodin}}
|type=sculpture
|date=1904
|material=bronze
|designation=
|dimensions= 79 × 51 1/4 × 55 1/4 inches, 2000 pounds (200.7 × 130.2 × 140.3 cm, 907.2 kg)
|owner=Detroit Institute of Arts
}}
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|subject=Transcending
|image=
|location = Philip A. Hart Plaza
|coordinates = {{coord|42|19|40|N|83|2|41|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Barr,David|David Barr}} and Sergio de Guisti
|type=sculpture
|date=dedicated August 30, 2003
|material=steel
|designation=
|dimensions= 63 feet (19.2 m)
|owner=City of Detroit
}}
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|subject=United We Stand
|image =
|location = Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Farnsworth entrance
|coordinates = {{coord|42|21|32|N|83|3|42|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|McGee, Charles|Charles McGee}}
|type=sculpture
|date=2016
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=
|owner=Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
}}
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|subject=Unity
|location = 28 West Grand River Avenue
|coordinates ={{coord|42|20|2|N|83|2|58|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|McGee,Charles|Charles McGee}}
|type= mural
|date=2017
|material=
|dimensions= 118 x 50 feet
|owner=Library Street Collective
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|subject=untitled mural
|location = The Belt
|coordinates ={{coord|42|20|5|N|83|2|49|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Abney, Nina Chanel|Nina Chanel Abney}}
|type= mural
|date=2016
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=
|owner=Library Street Collective
}}
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|subject=untitled mural
|location = 25 East Grand River Avenue
|coordinates ={{coord|42|20|4|N|83|2|53|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Aryz|Aryz}}
|type= mural
|date=2015
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=
|owner=Library Street Collective
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|subject=untitled mural
|location = One Campus Martius
|coordinates = {{coord|42|20|0|N|83|2|48|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Fairey, Shepard|Shepard Fairey}}
|type=mural
|date=2015
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=184 feet (56.1 m)
|owner=Library Street Collective
}}
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|subject=untitled mural
|image=
|location = Madison Building
|coordinates = {{coord|42|20|9|N|83|2|57|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|HENSE|HENSE}}
|type=mural
|date=2014
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=10,000 square feet (929 square meters)
|owner=Library Street Collective
}}
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|subject=untitled mural
|location = 14635 East Jefferson
|coordinates ={{coord|42|22|27|N|82|56|30|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Swoon|Swoon and Baba Wayne}}
|type= mural
|date=2016
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=
|owner=Library Street Collective
}}
{{Public art row
|subject=Wayfinding: An Art Installation and Skate Park
|location = Monroe Blocks 100 Monroe Avenue
|coordinates ={{coord|42|19|58|N|83|2|42|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|McGinness, Ryan|Ryan McGinness and Tony Hawk}}
|type=installation
|date=from August 2017 through January 2018
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=4600 square feet (1402.1 square meters)
|owner=Library Street Collective and Cranbrook Art Museum
}}
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|subject=Weather Permitting
|location = 35 East Grand River Avenue
|coordinates ={{coord|42|20|4|N|83|2|52|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Smith, Willie Wayne|Willie Wayne Smith}}
|type= mural
|date=2017
|material=
|designation=
|dimensions=
|owner=Library Street Collective
}}
{{Public art row
|subject=William Cotter Maybury
|image = Statue of William C. Maybury.jpg
|location = east of Woodward Avenue and East Adams Avenue
|coordinates = {{coord|42|20|13|N|83|3|2|W|region:US|name=short title}}
|artist={{sort|Weinman, Adolph Alexander|Adolph Alexander Weinman}}
|type=sculpture
|date=dedicated November 24, 1912
|material=bronze
|designation=
|dimensions= 5 x 3 x 4 feet (1.5 x .91 x 1.2 m)
|owner=City of Detroit
}}
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Further reading
- Herron, Jerry et al. Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project. Wayne State University Press, 2007.
- Nawrocki, Dennis Alan. Art in Detroit Public Places. Wayne State University Press, 2008.
References
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