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.

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Selected artworks

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignationOwner / administratorNotes
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.png 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 sculpturebronzeCity 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)
1991Richard Bennettsculpturestainless steelCity 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 mural184 x 60 feet (56.1 x 18.2 m)Library Street Collective [3]
BagleyMemorialFountainDetroit.jpg 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 fountainwhite Worcester graniteMichigan State Historic SiteCity 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 sculpturestainless steelUniversity 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 mural8,750 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 centuryafter Antoine Coysevox sculpturebronze53 x 99 1/4 x 44 3/4 inches (134.6 x 252.1 x 113.7 cm) Detroit Institute of Arts

[9]

Schiller ststue Belle Isle detroit.jpg 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 sculpturestainless steelapprox. 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 sculptureCity of Detroit

[11]

Macomb statue in detroit.jpg 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 sculpturebronze9 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 sculpturesteel and paint23 × 22 × 46 feet (7 m 1 cm × 6 m 70.6 cm × 14 m 2.1 cm) Detroit Institute of Arts

[13]

AlleyDisneyland.jpg 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 1999Dmytro SzylakinstallationHatch Art

[14]

Pingree statue, Grad Circus Park, Detroit.jpg 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 bronzestainless steel10 1/2 x 6 x 6 feet (3.2 x 1.8 x 1.8 m)City of Detroit

[15]

HeidelbergProj01jpg.jpeg 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]

Dodge Fountain in Hart Plaza in the evening with lights.jpg 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 fountainstainless steel and black granite30 feet (9.1 m)City of Detroit

[18]

JSMFFULL.jpg 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 fountainmarble, cement, bronze18 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 sculpturepainted steel35 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]

Monica500 Woodward2016 Swoon mural17 feetLibrary Street Collective

[3]

Fist of a Champion - Detroit's Monument to Joe Louis - panoramio.jpg 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 sculpturebronze25 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 centuryafter Philippe Magnier sculpturebronze51 x 99 x 45 inches (129.5 x 251.5 x 114.3 cm) Detroit Institute of Arts

[23]

OneWoodwardAvenue sculpture.jpg 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 sculpturebronze11 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 sculpturecopper 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 sculpturestainless steel20 x 7 x 7 feet (6 x 2.1 x 2.1 m)City of Detroit

[26]

RussellAlgersfoundGCircParkdetroit.jpg 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 fountainbronze7 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 sculpturealuminum and gold Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

[28]

The Spirit of Detroit.JPG 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 sculpturebronze312 inches (200.7 × 130.2 × 140.3 cm, 907.2 kg) Coleman A. Young Municipal Center

[29]

Stevens T Mason Monument.JPG 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 sculpturebronze8 feet x 30 inches x 30 inches (2.4 m x 0.76 m x 0.76 m)City of Detroit

[30]

Detroit Institute of Arts January 2015 04.jpg 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 sculpturebronze79 × 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, 2003David Barr and Sergio de Guistisculpturesteel63 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]

Unity28 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 mural118 x 50 feetLibrary Street Collective

[3]

untitled muralThe Belt

42°20′5″N83°2′49″W / 42.33472°N 83.04694°W / 42.33472; -83.04694 (short title)
2016 Nina Chanel Abney muralLibrary Street Collective

[3]

untitled mural25 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 muralLibrary 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 mural184 feet (56.1 m)Library Street Collective

[3]

untitled muralMadison Building

42°20′9″N83°2′57″W / 42.33583°N 83.04917°W / 42.33583; -83.04917 (short title)
2014 HENSE mural10,000 square feet (929 square meters)Library Street Collective

[3]

untitled mural14635 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 WaynemuralLibrary 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 installation4600 square feet (1402.1 square meters)Library Street Collective and Cranbrook Art Museum

[3] [34]

Weather Permitting35 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 muralLibrary Street Collective

[3]

Statue of William C. Maybury.jpg 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, 1912Adolph Alexander Weinmansculpturebronze5 x 3 x 4 feet (1.5 x .91 x 1.2 m)City of Detroit

[35]

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