List of public art in Brighton and Hove

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This is a selective list of public art in Brighton and Hove, a city on the south coast of England formed by the amalgamation of two towns and their surrounding areas. For the purposes of this list, public art is defined as a permanent, three-dimensional, open-air work. Works on or inside buildings, along with cemetery monuments, are generally excluded.

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Brighton

ImageWorkLocationDateSculptor/ArtistSourceCoordinates
Brighton Square - geograph.org.uk - 633350.jpg The Dolphin FountainBrighton Square, The Lanes 1 March 1992James Osbourne [1] 50°49′19.2″N0°8′25.4″W / 50.822000°N 0.140389°W / 50.822000; -0.140389
Statue de Georges IV, Brighton.jpg Statue of George IVChurch Street, opposite Royal Pavilion9 October 1828 Francis Leggatt Chantrey [2] 50°49′24.193″N0°8′12.696″W / 50.82338694°N 0.13686000°W / 50.82338694; -0.13686000
Isis Royal Sussex County Hospital 24 July 2000William Lasd/un [3]
Life BeginsRoyal Sussex County Hospital2007George Cutts [4]
Boy and GirlRoyal Sussex County Hospital2007Jon Mills [4]
BuoysRoyal Sussex County Hospital2009Ally Wallace [4]
Kiss WallSeafront, near East Street22 September 1992Bruce Williams [5]
National Cycle Network 2 Milepost, King's Road - geograph.org.uk - 3215062.jpg The Fossil Tree (National Cycle Network route marker)Kings Road, near entrance to Brighton Pier 2000Jon Mills [5] 50°49′9.8″N0°8′12.1″W / 50.819389°N 0.136694°W / 50.819389; -0.136694
Afloat (Donut) 03.jpg AfloatSeafront, near East Street1998Hamish Black [6] 50°49′7.3877″N0°8′21.3533″W / 50.818718806°N 0.139264806°W / 50.818718806; -0.139264806
Passacaglia by Charles Hadcock, Brighton (4635068644).jpg PassacagliaBeach opposite Kings Road arches1998Charles Hadcock [7] 50°49′12.4025″N0°8′38.1635″W / 50.820111806°N 0.143934306°W / 50.820111806; -0.143934306
Statue of King Edward VII (Peace Memorial), King's Road, Brighton (NHLE Code 1381644) (December 2023) (7).jpg Peace Statue Brighton–Hove boundary, Kingsway12 October 1912 Newbury Abbot Trent [8] 50°49′21.068″N0°9′25.045″W / 50.82251889°N 0.15695694°W / 50.82251889; -0.15695694
West Pylon, A23 (London Road), Patcham (NHLE Code 1381679).JPG Patcham Pylons A23 London Road1928 John Leopold Denman [9] 50°52′50.2″N0°9′55.1″W / 50.880611°N 0.165306°W / 50.880611; -0.165306
Steve Ovett Statue - geograph.org.uk - 3058747.jpg Statue of Steve OvettMadeira Drive24 July 2012 Peter Webster [10] 50°49′6.6″N0°7′48.0″W / 50.818500°N 0.130000°W / 50.818500; -0.130000
Statue of Queen Victoria, Victoria Gardens, Brighton (NHLE Code 1380678) (July 2010).jpg Statue of Queen VictoriaVictoria Gardens8 December 1897 Carlo Nicoli  [ it ] [11] 50°49′25.637″N0°8′11.821″W / 50.82378806°N 0.13661694°W / 50.82378806; -0.13661694
At Brighton 2025 089.jpg Statue of Max MillerNew Road/Pavilion Gardens1 May 2005 Peter Webster [12] 50°49′24.1″N0°8′21.1″W / 50.823361°N 0.139194°W / 50.823361; -0.139194
The Kissing Bridge, Circus Parade, New England Road, Brighton (December 2013).JPG The Kissing BridgeCircus Parade, New England Road9 September 1998Nigel Boonham [13]
Plastika Tay, autor Romany Mark Bruce, New Steine, Brighton.jpg Tay (AIDS memorial)New Steine9 October 2009Romany Mark Bruce [14] 50°49′13.0890″N0°7′53.9155″W / 50.820302500°N 0.131643194°W / 50.820302500; -0.131643194
Sculpture near Rotunda Cafe, Preston Park, Brighton (February 2020).JPG Spring and Summer Preston Park 1874 (moved 1928)unknown [15] 50°50′13.63″N0°8′35.99″W / 50.8371194°N 0.1433306°W / 50.8371194; -0.1433306
Clock Tower Brighton 2016-06-05.jpeg Jubilee Clock Tower Queen's Road 26 June 1888John Johnson [16] 50°49′25.3″N0°8′37.0″W / 50.823694°N 0.143611°W / 50.823694; -0.143611
Frankland Monument, Stanmer Park, Stanmer (NHLE Code 1380952).JPG Frankland Monument Stanmer Park June 1775unknown [17] 50°52′0.001″N0°6′8.917″W / 50.86666694°N 0.10247694°W / 50.86666694; -0.10247694
Statue of John Cordy Burrows, Old Steine, Brighton (NHLE Code 1380679) (December 2016).JPG Statue of Sir John Cordy Burrows Old Steine Gardens 14 February 1878 Edward Bowring Stephens [18] 50°49′13.598″N0°8′16.339″W / 50.82044389°N 0.13787194°W / 50.82044389; -0.13787194
Victoria Fountain Old Steine Brighton.jpg Victoria FountainOld Steine Gardens24 May 1846 Amon Henry Wilds, William Pepper [19] 50°49′14.830″N0°8′14.348″W / 50.82078611°N 0.13731889°W / 50.82078611; -0.13731889
Sculpture, Churchill Square - geograph.org.uk - 2537613.jpg TwinsChurchill Square3 September 1998Charlie Hooker [20] 50°49′24.99600″N0°8′43.98000″W / 50.8236100000°N 0.1455500000°W / 50.8236100000; -0.1455500000

Hove

ImageWorkLocationDateSculptor/ArtistSourceCoordinates
Statue of Captain William Henry Cecil George PechellWaterloo StreetFebruary 1859 Matthew Noble [21]
Sediment and CutConnaught RoadAugust 2004Ekkehard Altenburger [22]
Hove Park Fingermaze viewed from walk path.jpg Fingermaze Hove Park 2006 Chris Drury [23] 50°50′39.775″N0°10′19.276″W / 50.84438194°N 0.17202111°W / 50.84438194; -0.17202111
Statue of Queen Victoria, Grand Avenue, Hove (NHLE Code 1187555) (September 2018) (2).JPG Statue of Queen Victoria Grand Avenue9 February 1901 Thomas Brock [24] 50°49′28.664″N0°10′9.422″W / 50.82462889°N 0.16928389°W / 50.82462889; -0.16928389
The Juggler Sculpture, Hove Town Hall, Church Road, Hove (May 2020).JPG The Juggler Hove Town Hall December 1995Helen Collis [25] 50°49′40.4″N0°10′12.0″W / 50.827889°N 0.170000°W / 50.827889; -0.170000

War memorials

ImageWorkLocationDateSculptor/ArtistSourceCoordinates
South African War Memorial, Regency Square, Brighton (IoE Code 481139).jpg The Bugler Regency Square 29 October 1904 Charles Leonard Hartwell, John William Simpson [26] 50°49′12.4025″N0°8′38.1635″W / 50.820111806°N 0.143934306°W / 50.820111806; -0.143934306
South Gate, Royal Pavilion - geograph.org.uk - 231211.jpg Indian Memorial Gate Royal Pavilion 26 October 1921Thomas Tyrwhitt [27] 50°49′20.161″N0°8′17.765″W / 50.82226694°N 0.13826806°W / 50.82226694; -0.13826806
Brighton War Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton (IoE Code 480999).jpg Brighton War Memorial Old Steine 7 October 1922 John William Simpson [28] 50°49′16.788″N0°8′13.301″W / 50.82133000°N 0.13702806°W / 50.82133000; -0.13702806
Egyptian Campaign Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton (IoE Code 481000).jpg Egyptian Campaign MemorialOld Steine1888 [29] 50°49′18.073″N0°8′12.584″W / 50.82168694°N 0.13682889°W / 50.82168694; -0.13682889
Hove War Memorial 02.jpg Hove War Memorial Grand Avenue27 February 1921 Edwin Lutyens [30] 50°49′36.6″N0°10′7.2″W / 50.826833°N 0.168667°W / 50.826833; -0.168667
The Chattri, Patcham, Brighton.jpg The Chattri South Downs, Patcham1922 Swinton Jacob [31] 50°53′3.1″N0°8′48.8″W / 50.884194°N 0.146889°W / 50.884194; -0.146889

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