List of public art in Detroit

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:

• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog - database for Detroit
• The Detroit Museum of Public Art - A catalog of Detroit sculptures and murals.

Selected artworks

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac	Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′43″N83°2′37″W / 42.32861°N 83.04361°W / 42.32861; -83.04361 (short title)	2001	William Kieffer and Ann Feely	sculpture	bronze			City of Detroit [1]
	Atom Gazelle	Belle Isle Park 42°21′2″N82°58′10″W / 42.35056°N 82.96944°W / 42.35056; -82.96944 (short title)	1991	Richard Bennett	sculpture	stainless steel			City of Detroit [2]
	Balancing Act	One Campus Martius 42°20′0″N83°2′47″W / 42.33333°N 83.04639°W / 42.33333; -83.04639 (short title)	2016	HOW and NOSM	mural		184 x 60 feet (56.1 x 18.2 m)		Library Street Collective [3]
	Bagley Memorial Fountain	Cadillac Square 42°19′53″N83°2′42″W / 42.33139°N 83.04500°W / 42.33139; -83.04500 (short title)	May 30, 1887 (relocated July 3, 1926)	Henry Hobson Richardson	fountain	white Worcester granite		Michigan State Historic Site	City of Detroit [4] [5] [6]
	Curved Form with Rectangle and Space	Scarab Club 42°21′34″N83°3′47″W / 42.35944°N 83.06306°W / 42.35944; -83.06306 (short title)	2000	Lois Teicher	sculpture	stainless steel			University Cultural Center Association [7]
	Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural	Russell Industrial Center, Building Number 2 42°22′39.71″N83°3′39.89″W / 42.3776972°N 83.0610806°W / 42.3776972; -83.0610806 (short title)	between 2010 and 2012	Kobie Solomon	mural		8,750 square feet (813 square meters)		Russell Industrial Center [8]
	Le fleuve la garonne	Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′32″N83°3′54″W / 42.35889°N 83.06500°W / 42.35889; -83.06500 (short title)	early 20th century	after Antoine Coysevox	sculpture	bronze	53 x 99 1/4 x 44 3/4 inches (134.6 x 252.1 x 113.7 cm)		Detroit Institute of Arts [9]
	Johann Friedrich Schiller	Belle Isle Park 42°20′29″N82°58′48″W / 42.34139°N 82.98000°W / 42.34139; -82.98000 (short title)	designed 1906, dedicated May 11, 1908	Herman Matzen	sculpture	stainless steel	approx. 6 x 4 x 8 feet (1.8 x 1.2 x 2.4 m )		City of Detroit [10]
	Gateway to Freedom International Memorial to the Underground Railroad	Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′35″N83°2′38″W / 42.32639°N 83.04389°W / 42.32639; -83.04389 (short title)	dedicated October 20, 2001	Edward Dwight	sculpture				City of Detroit [11]
	General Alexander Macomb	Washington Boulevard at Michigan Avenue 42°19′55″N83°3′3″W / 42.33194°N 83.05083°W / 42.33194; -83.05083 (short title)	dedicated September 11, 1908	Adolph Alexander Weinman	sculpture	bronze	9 feet x 44 inches x 42 inches (2.7 m x 1.1 m x 1 m)		City of Detroit [12]
	Gracehoper	Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′36″N83°3′55″W / 42.36000°N 83.06528°W / 42.36000; -83.06528 (short title)	1961	Tony Smith	sculpture	steel and paint	23 × 22 × 46 feet (7 m 1 cm × 6 m 70.6 cm × 14 m 2.1 cm)		Detroit Institute of Arts [13]
	Hamtramck Disneyland	Hamtramck 42°24′26.2″N83°3′31″W / 42.407278°N 83.05861°W / 42.407278; -83.05861 (short title)	created 1992, finished 1999	Dmytro Szylak	installation				Hatch Art [14]
	Hazen Stuart Pingree	southwest of Woodward Avenue and East Adams Avenue 42°20′12″N83°3′3″W / 42.33667°N 83.05083°W / 42.33667; -83.05083 (short title)	1903, dedicated May 30, 1904	Rudolf Schwartz	bronze	stainless steel	10 1/2 x 6 x 6 feet (3.2 x 1.8 x 1.8 m)		City of Detroit [15]
	Heidelberg Project	McDougall-Hunt neighborhood, east Detroit [16] 42°21′31.23″N83°1′16.88″W / 42.3586750°N 83.0213556°W / 42.3586750; -83.0213556 (short title)	created 1986, ongoing	Tyree Guyton	installation				Tyree Guyton [17]
	Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain	Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′37″N83°2′38″W / 42.32694°N 83.04389°W / 42.32694; -83.04389 (short title)	1972-1979, dedicated October 14, 1981	Isamu Noguchi	fountain	stainless steel and black granite	30 feet (9.1 m)		City of Detroit [18]
	James Scott Memorial Fountain	Belle Isle Park 42°20′6.22″N82°59′57.52″W / 42.3350611°N 82.9993111°W / 42.3350611; -82.9993111 (short title)	1923, dedicated May 31, 1925	Cass Gilbert and Herbert Adams	fountain	marble, cement, bronze	18 feet x 75 feet (5.5 m x 22.9 m)		City of Detroit [19]
	Jeune fille et sa suite (Young Woman and Her Suitors)	Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′32″N83°3′47″W / 42.35889°N 83.06306°W / 42.35889; -83.06306 (short title)	1970	Alexander Calder	sculpture	painted steel	35 feet × 27 feet 6 inches × 19 feet (10 m 66.8 cm × 8 m 38.2 cm × 5 m 79.1 cm)		Detroit Institute of Arts [20]
	Monica	500 Woodward	2016	Swoon	mural		17 feet		Library Street Collective [3]
	Monument to Joe Louis	Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′43.3″N83°2′40.36″W / 42.328694°N 83.0445444°W / 42.328694; -83.0445444 (short title)	dedicated October 16, 1986	Robert Graham	sculpture	bronze	25 feet 6 inches × 24 feet 6 inches (7 m 77.2 cm × 7 m 46.8 cm)		Detroit Institute of Arts [21] [22]
	Nymph and Eros	Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′33″N83°3′55″W / 42.35917°N 83.06528°W / 42.35917; -83.06528 (short title)	early 20th century	after Philippe Magnier	sculpture	bronze	51 x 99 x 45 inches (129.5 x 251.5 x 114.3 cm)		Detroit Institute of Arts [23]
	Passo di danza (Step of the Dance)	One Woodward Avenue, Jefferson Avenue entrance 42°19′43″N83°2′43″W / 42.32861°N 83.04528°W / 42.32861; -83.04528 (short title)	1963	Giacomo Manzù	sculpture	bronze	11 feet (3.4 m)		One Woodward Avenue [24]
	Phoenix	Scarab Club, west facade 42°21′34″N83°3′46″W / 42.35944°N 83.06278°W / 42.35944; -83.06278 (short title)	1976	Stephen Veresh	sculpture	copper			Scarab Club [25]
	Pylon	Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′41.4″N83°02′39.0″W / 42.328167°N 83.044167°W / 42.328167; -83.044167 (short title)	1972-1979	Isamu Noguchi	sculpture	stainless steel	20 x 7 x 7 feet (6 x 2.1 x 2.1 m)		City of Detroit [26]
	Russell Alger Memorial Fountain	Grand Circus Park 42°20′12″N83°2′59″W / 42.33667°N 83.04972°W / 42.33667; -83.04972 (short title)	1920, dedicated July 27, 1921	Daniel Chester French	fountain	bronze	7 feet 6 inches x 56 inches x 58 inches (2.3 x 1.4 x 1.5 m)		City of Detroit [27]
	Sentry	Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History 42°21′31″N83°3′39″W / 42.35861°N 83.06083°W / 42.35861; -83.06083 (short title)	1996-1997	Richard Bennett	sculpture	aluminum and gold			Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History [28]
	The Spirit of Detroit	Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 42°19′45.47″N83°2′40.66″W / 42.3292972°N 83.0446278°W / 42.3292972; -83.0446278 (short title)	1958	Marshall Fredericks	sculpture	bronze	312 inches (200.7 × 130.2 × 140.3 cm, 907.2 kg)		Coleman A. Young Municipal Center [29]
	Stevens T. Mason	Capitol Park 42°19′59″N83°2′58″W / 42.33306°N 83.04944°W / 42.33306; -83.04944 (short title)	dedicated May 30, 1908	Adolph Alexander Weinman	sculpture	bronze	8 feet x 30 inches x 30 inches (2.4 m x 0.76 m x 0.76 m)		City of Detroit [30]
	The Thinker	Detroit Institute of Arts, southeast lawn 42°21′32″N83°3′55″W / 42.35889°N 83.06528°W / 42.35889; -83.06528 (short title)	1904	Auguste Rodin	sculpture	bronze	79 × 51 1/4 × 55 1/4 inches, 2000 pounds (200.7 × 130.2 × 140.3 cm, 907.2 kg)		Detroit Institute of Arts [31]
	Transcending	Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′40″N83°2′41″W / 42.32778°N 83.04472°W / 42.32778; -83.04472 (short title)	dedicated August 30, 2003	David Barr and Sergio de Guisti	sculpture	steel	63 feet (19.2 m)		City of Detroit [32]
	United We Stand	Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Farnsworth entrance 42°21′32″N83°3′42″W / 42.35889°N 83.06167°W / 42.35889; -83.06167 (short title)	2016	Charles McGee	sculpture				Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History [33]
	Unity	28 West Grand River Avenue 42°20′2″N83°2′58″W / 42.33389°N 83.04944°W / 42.33389; -83.04944 (short title)	2017	Charles McGee	mural		118 x 50 feet		Library Street Collective [3]
	untitled mural	The Belt 42°20′5″N83°2′49″W / 42.33472°N 83.04694°W / 42.33472; -83.04694 (short title)	2016	Nina Chanel Abney	mural				Library Street Collective [3]
	untitled mural	25 East Grand River Avenue 42°20′4″N83°2′53″W / 42.33444°N 83.04806°W / 42.33444; -83.04806 (short title)	2015	Aryz	mural				Library Street Collective [3]
	untitled mural	One Campus Martius 42°20′0″N83°2′48″W / 42.33333°N 83.04667°W / 42.33333; -83.04667 (short title)	2015	Shepard Fairey	mural		184 feet (56.1 m)		Library Street Collective [3]
	untitled mural	Madison Building 42°20′9″N83°2′57″W / 42.33583°N 83.04917°W / 42.33583; -83.04917 (short title)	2014	HENSE	mural		10,000 square feet (929 square meters)		Library Street Collective [3]
	untitled mural	14635 East Jefferson 42°22′27″N82°56′30″W / 42.37417°N 82.94167°W / 42.37417; -82.94167 (short title)	2016	Swoon and Baba Wayne	mural				Library Street Collective [3]
	Wayfinding: An Art Installation and Skate Park	Monroe Blocks 100 Monroe Avenue 42°19′58″N83°2′42″W / 42.33278°N 83.04500°W / 42.33278; -83.04500 (short title)	from August 2017 through January 2018	Ryan McGinness and Tony Hawk	installation		4600 square feet (1402.1 square meters)		Library Street Collective and Cranbrook Art Museum [3] [34]
	Weather Permitting	35 East Grand River Avenue 42°20′4″N83°2′52″W / 42.33444°N 83.04778°W / 42.33444; -83.04778 (short title)	2017	Willie Wayne Smith	mural				Library Street Collective [3]
	William Cotter Maybury	east of Woodward Avenue and East Adams Avenue 42°20′13″N83°3′2″W / 42.33694°N 83.05056°W / 42.33694; -83.05056 (short title)	dedicated November 24, 1912	Adolph Alexander Weinman	sculpture	bronze	5 x 3 x 4 feet (1.5 x .91 x 1.2 m)		City of Detroit [35]

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

1. "City Guide 2009 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac". Hour Detroit. Hour Media, Inc. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
2. "Gazelle, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
3. "PUBLIC ART". Library Street Collective. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
4. "Bagley Fountain, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
6. "Bagley Memorial Fountain". Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
7. Nawrocki, Dennis Alan (2008). Art in Detroit Public Places. Wayne State University Press. p. 70.
8. "Best Bizarre Statues Or Public Art In The Detroit Area". CBS Detroit. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
9. "Le Fleuve la Garonne, early 20th Century". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
10. "Schiller, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
11. "International Underground Railroad Memorial, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
12. "General Alexander Macomb, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
13. "Gracehoper, 1961". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
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15. "Hazen Pingree, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
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19. "James Scott Memorial Fountain, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
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31. "The Thinker, 1904". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
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34. "Wayfinding: An Art Installation + Skate Park by Ryan McGinness and Tony Hawk". Cranbrook Art Museum. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
35. "William Cotter Maybury Memorial, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 21, 2017.