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Cai Guo-Qiang, Earth Has Its Black Hole Too: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 16 (1994) Hiroshima Realized at Hiroshima Central Park near the A-Bomb Dome, October 1, 1994, 6:01 p.m. In 1994, the artist realized the explosion event ‘earth has
Ludwig Engelhardt , Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (1985) Marx-Engels Forum Berlin Bronze 3.6m H + pedestal Visual artist @cathy__wade selected today’s post; this work is featured in a recent essay titled Rendered In/visable, 2018 the artist
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, The Gates (1979 - 05) Central Park, New York The installation in Central Park was completed with the blooming of the 7,503 fabric panels on February 12, 2005. The 7,503 gates were 16 feet (4.87 meters) tall and varied in
Badlands Unlimited, New Proverbs (2017) Badlands Unlimited publishing house founded by artist Paul Chan started publishing the protest signs, which were for sale on their website, with a portion of the money going to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, th
Esther Shalev-Gerz, The Shadow (2018) Vancouver Commissioned by UBC, Vancouver, Photograph Robert Keziere 24000 three-shade concrete pavers, 100x25m Esther Shalev-Gerz’s commission The Shadow embeds the ghostly silhouette of a first-growth D
Henry Moore, Wall Relief No.1 (1955) Rotterdam Commissioned by the Bouwcentrum Henry Moore is best known for his abstract sculptures of figures, recognizable for their undulating lines and large, unusual proportions. Wall Relief No. 1 deviates from
Sir Peter Blake, Everybody Razzle Dazzle (2015) Liverpool British pop artist Sir Peter Blake - who designed the Beatles iconic Sgt. Pepper’s album sleeve created Everybody Razzle Dazzle camouflage pattern for Snowdrop an iconic Mersey Ferry pa
Eduardo Paolozzi, Tottenham Court Road Mosaics (1984) London Underground U.K. In 1979, the year of Margaret Thatcher’s first election victory, a member of the Tube’s team saw a mural the Scottish pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi had made for
Jörn Hintzer and Jacob Hüfner, Bewegtes Land (2017) Jena-Naumburg, Germany The Bewegtes Land (aka “Moving Land”) project saw 400 residents along the 30-kilometer (19-mile) Jena-Naumburg train route volunteer their time over tw
Sam Durant, End White Supremacy (2016) New York Though the slogan originates from a sign used in a 1963 protest, the words “End White Supremacy” still ring painfully true today. Artist Sam Durant has taken note. Drawn from his Electric S
Antony Gormley, Another Place (1997) Crosby, Liverpool U.K. 100 cast-iron, life-size figures spread out along three kilometres of the foreshore, stretching almost one kilometre out to sea. "The sculptures are made from 17 body-casts taken from
Alex Chinneck, A Bullet from a Shooting Star (2015) Greenwich, London A 35-metre-tall latticed steel sculpture resembling an upside-down electricity pylon for the 2015 London Design Festival. A kind of surreal one-liner, Chinneck’s sculpture
Cai Guo-Qiang, Colour Mushroom Cloud (2017) Cai Guo-Giang created a 75 meter tall ‘color mushroom cloud’ on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the first controlled, self-sustained nuclear chain reaction in chicago. The work served a
Theaster Gates, Dorchester Projects (2009) Dorchester, Chicago Dorchester Projects is a platform for art and cultural development in the Dorchester neighbourhood, Chicago. After refurbishing some buildings using repurposed materials from all over C
David Shrigley, MEMORIAL (2016) Central Park, New York Commissioned by Public Art Fund ‘MEMORIAL’ by British artist David Shrigley replicates an average grocery list onto a 17-foot slab of granite. The monumental sculpture stands at the e
Peter Randall-Page, Theme and Variation (2014) Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham Future History asked a number of international contributors ranging from artists, curators, writers, architects and urban design specialists around the w
Olafur Eliasson, Waterfall 2016 Future History asked artist Steve Messam what inspires the creation of his work, and to share with us #greatpublicart he has experienced from around the world. “My work is inspired and influenced by place, light
Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen, Flooded Modernity (2018) Villa Savoye has ‘run aground’ in Vejle Fjord, a comment on the state of modernity today. “The geopolitical events of recent years – Brexit, the election of Trump, Putin&rsq
Ugo Rondinone, Seven Magic Mountains Las Vegas, Nevada Seven thirty to thirty-five-foot high dayglow totems comprised of painted, locally-sourced boulders. Visible across the desert landscape along Interstate 15, Seven Magic Mountains offers a crea