Salt Lake City has an extensive public art collection. Works have included:
Salt Lake City, Utah has many historic and notable sites within its immediate borders. Although the entire Salt Lake City metropolitan area is often referred to as "Salt Lake City", this article is concerned only with the buildings and sites within the official city limits of Salt Lake City.
Cyrus Edwin Dallin was an American sculptor best known for his depictions of Native Americans. He created more than 260 works, including the Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere in Boston; the Angel Moroni atop Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City; and Appeal to the Great Spirit (1908), at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He was also an accomplished painter and an Olympic archer.
The International Peace Gardens is a botanical garden located in Jordan Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Eagle Gate is a historical monument which forms an arch across State Street in the downtown area of Salt Lake City, Utah. The monument pays homage to Brigham Young's 1859 Eagle Gate, which served as an entrance to his property and the City Creek Canyon road. After the road was publicly opened and the gates removed, the arch, with its perched eagle and beehive sculpture, remained over the street. Since then, the structure has been rebuilt twice; once in the 1890s and again in the 1960s.
Pioneer Woman, also known as Joy, Joy (Pioneer Woman), the Laberee Memorial Fountain, Mother/Child and Young Pioneer Woman, is an outdoor 1956 bronze sculpture and drinking fountain by American artist Frederic Littman, located at Council Crest Park in Portland, Oregon.
Handcart Pioneers is a 1926 bronze sculpture by Torleif S. Knaphus, installed in Salt Lake City’s Temple Square, in the U.S. state of Utah.
Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: John the Baptist is a 1957 bronze sculpture by Avard Fairbanks, installed in Salt Lake City’s Temple Square, in the U.S. state of Utah. The sculpture commemorates the restoration of the Aaronic priesthood, an event in which, according to Latter-day Saint belief, the lesser order of the power and authority of God was given to male leaders of the church.
Peace Cradle is a sculpture by Dennis Smith. Two copies are installed in Salt Lake City, Utah; one is installed in the Gallivan Center and another represents Russia in Jordan Park's International Peace Gardens.
Preaching Buddha is a bronze bas-relief sculpture located in the International Peace Gardens at 9th West and 10th South, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dedicated in 1965, the artwork, which measures approximately 35 x 18 x 7 inches, depicts Buddha seated on a lotus blossom. It was presented by India's Ministry of Education to the International Peace Gardens. The sculpture is part of the Indian Garden section, promoting cultural understanding and world peace. It is set on a concrete base with a plaque detailing its dedication.
A Monument to Peace: Our Hope for the Children is a monument by Avard Fairbanks, installed in Salt Lake City's Jordan Park in the U.S. state of Utah. The work has several titles and is sometimes considered more than one sculpture. Other titles include:
The Nauvoo Bell, also known as the Relief Society Memorial Campanile, is a bell tower in Salt Lake City's Temple Square, in the U.S. state of Utah.
Irish Cross is a sculpture by an unknown artist, installed in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Olmec Head Replica is installed in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
The Pagoda is a memorial designed by architect and WWI veteran Slack Winburn (1895-1964), installed in Salt Lake City's Memory Grove in the U.S. state of Utah. Along with the park's entry gates, the Pagoda was built c. 1925. It was the park's first memorial using marble from Vermont, and the classical structure has eight Doric columns. The shaft and urn were added in 1932.
Spirit Poles is a sculpture by Thomas Brewster Kass, installed in Salt Lake City's Jordan Park, in the U.S. state of Utah.