List of public art in Chicago

The city of Chicago, Illinois, is home to notable works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space.

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	Agora	Grant Park, 1135 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605 41°52′05″N87°37′24″W / 41.868068°N 87.623397°W / 41.868068; -87.623397	2004 (2004)	Magdalena Abakanowicz	Sculpture	Hollow, seamless pieces of iron that have been allowed to rust, creating a reddish appearance and a bark-like texture.	Height: 2.7 metres (8.9 ft)			Q4693570	[1]
More images	Statue of Alexander Hamilton	Lincoln Park	1952 (1952)	John Angel	Sculpture	Bronze			Chicago Park District
More images	Statue of Alexander von Humboldt	Humboldt Park	1892 (1892)	Felix Görling	Sculpture	Bronze			Chicago Park District
	Bronze Cow Statue	Chicago Cultural Center	2001 (2001)	Peter Hanig	Sculpture	Bronze	Height: 4.5 feet (1.4 m) Length: 8 feet (2.4 m)				[2]
	Buckingham Fountain	Grant Park 41°52′33″N87°37′08″W / 41.875792°N 87.618944°W / 41.875792; -87.618944	July 21, 1993 (1993-07-21)	Daniel Burnham	Fountain					Q158989
	Statue of Ceres	Chicago Board of Trade Building 41°52′41″N87°37′56″W / 41.878056°N 87.632222°W / 41.878056; -87.632222	1930 (1930)	John Storrs	Sculpture
	Chicago Picasso	Daley Plaza 41°53′01″N87°37′48″W / 41.88361°N 87.62997°W / 41.88361; -87.62997	1967 (1967)	Pablo Picasso	Sculpture	Steel	Height: 15 metres (49 ft)			Q5095736	[3]
	Cloud Gate	Millennium Park 41°52′58″N87°37′24″W / 41.882697°N 87.623303°W / 41.882697; -87.623303	2004 (2004)	Anish Kapoor	Sculpture	Stainless steel	Height: 13.4 metres (44 ft)			Q589099	[4]
	Crown Fountain	Millennium Park 41°53′01″N87°37′48″W / 41.88361°N 87.62997°W / 41.88361; -87.62997	2004 (2004)	Jaume Plensa	Fountain	Granite and light-emitting diodes	Height: 15.2 metres (50 ft)			Q5095736
	Flamingo	Federal Plaza 41°52′44″N87°37′47″W / 41.87881°N 87.62967°W / 41.87881; -87.62967	1973 (1973)	Alexander Calder	Sculpture	Steel	Height: 16.20 metres (53.1 ft)		General Services Administration	Q3073296	[5]
	Fountain of the Great Lakes	Art Institute of Chicago 41°52′44″N87°37′24″W / 41.878778°N 87.623361°W / 41.878778; -87.623361	1913 (1913)	Lorado Taft	Fountain	Bronze	Height: 670 centimetres (22.0 ft)			Q787883
	Fountain of Time	Washington Park	1922 (1922)	Lorado Taft	Sculpture	Concrete	7.3 m × 38.66 m × 7.16 m (24 ft × 126 ft 10 in × 23 ft 6 in)			Q2626263
	Four Seasons	Chase Tower 41°53′01″N87°37′48″W / 41.88361°N 87.62997°W / 41.88361; -87.62997	1974 (1974)	Marc Chagall	Mosaic	Glass	Height: 14.3 metres (47 ft) Width: 3 metres (9.8 ft)			Q5095736
	Gentlemen	330 North Wabash 41°53′19″N87°37′39″W / 41.888611°N 87.627583°W / 41.888611; -87.627583	2015 (2015)	Ju Ming	Sculpture	Bronze					[6]
More images	Statue of Leif Erikson	Humboldt Park 41°54′24″N87°42′06″W / 41.90675°N 87.70157°W / 41.90675; -87.70157	1901 (1901)	Sigvald Asbjørnsen	Sculpture	Bronze			Chicago Park District
	Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame	Merchandise Mart Plaza 41°53′16″N87°38′07″W / 41.887862°N 87.635315°W / 41.887862; -87.635315	1953 (1953)	Minna Harkavy, Milton Horn, Lewis Iselin, Henry Rox, Charles Umlauf	Sculpture	Bronze					[7]
	Statue of Michael Jordan	United Center 41°52′51″N87°40′23″W / 41.88083°N 87.67306°W / 41.88083; -87.67306	1994 (1994)	Omri Amrany, Julie Rotblatt-Amrany	Sculpture	Bronze, Granite	Height: 3.7 metres (12 ft)
	Miró's Chicago	Brunswick Plaza 41°52′59″N87°37′49″W / 41.883063°N 87.630350°W / 41.883063; -87.630350	1981 (1981)	Joan Miró	Sculpture	steel, wire mesh, concrete, bronze, and ceramic tile	Height: 12 metres (39 ft)			Q3054192
	Monument with Standing Beast	James R. Thompson Center 41°53′06″N87°37′51″W / 41.8851112°N 87.6309716°W / 41.8851112; -87.6309716	1984 (1984)	Jean Dubuffet	Sculpture	Fiberglass	Height: 8.8 metres (29 ft)			Q6906917	[8]
	Muddy Waters Mural	17 N. State St., Chicago, IL 41°52′58″N87°37′48″W / 41.8827005°N 87.6299666°W / 41.8827005; -87.6299666	May 2016	Eduardo Kobra	Mural	Paint on brick	Height: 9 stories				[9]
More images	Statue of Richard J. Oglesby	Lincoln Park	1919 (1919)	Leonard Crunelle	Sculpture	Bronze, Granite			Chicago Park District
More images	Statue of William McKinley	McKinley Park	1905 (1905)	Charles Mulligan	Sculpture	Bronze, Granite			Chicago Park District
	Transit	CTA Headquarters 41°53′08″N87°38′51″W / 41.8855448°N 87.6473907°W / 41.8855448; -87.6473907	2004	John Bannon	Sculpture	Neon tubes
More images	Ulysses S. Grant Monument	Lincoln Park	October 7, 1891 (1891-10-07)	Louis Rebisso	Sculpture	Bronze	Height: 60 feet 9 inches (18.52 m)		Chicago Park District	Q105212512	[10]
	Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Chicago)	41°53′13″N87°37′38″W / 41.88706°N 87.62714°W / 41.88706; -87.62714	November 11, 2005 (2005-11-11)	Gary Tillery	Sculpture	Bronze	Width: 16 Feet		Chicago Park District

References

1. Modern sculpture of 106 headless 9-ft. cast iron figures by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz
2. "Chicago Public Art: The Bronze Cow". www.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
3. Artner, Alan G. (December 19, 2007). "Chicago's Picasso sculpture". www.chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
4. "Cloud Gate in Millennium Park". www.cityofchicago.orgm. Archived from the original on February 17, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
5. "Search results for: flamingo calder, page 1 – Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". collections.si.edu. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
6. Srivastava, Jyoti (April 26, 2017). "Chicago River North Bank: The Gentlemen Statues – by Ju Ming". Public Art in Chicago. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
7. Jyoti (November 14, 2007). "Chicago Riverwalk: Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame – by Various Artists". Public Art in Chicago. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
8. "Jean Dubuffet's Monument with Standing Beast". www.cityofchicago.orgm. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
9. "Tribute to Muddy Waters". www.loopchicago.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
10. "THE CHICAGO PUBLIC ART GUIDE" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2024.

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External links

• Media related to Public art in Chicago at Wikimedia Commons

1. "Chicago Remembers, a War Memorial". Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2025.