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″N 83°2′37″W	2001	William Kieffer and Ann Feely	sculpture	bronze			City of Detroit [1]
	Atom Gazelle	Belle Isle Park 42°21′2″N 82°58′10″W	1991	Richard Bennett	sculpture	stainless steel			City of Detroit [2]
	Balancing Act	One Campus Martius 42°20′0″N 83°2′47″W	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″N 83°2′42″W	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″N 83°3′47″W	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″N 83°3′39.89″W	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″N 83°3′54″W	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″N 82°58′48″W	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″N 83°2′38″W	dedicated October 20, 2001	Edward Dwight	sculpture				City of Detroit [11]
	General Alexander Macomb	Washington Boulevard at Michigan Avenue 42°19′55″N 83°3′3″W	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″N 83°3′55″W	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″N 83°3′31″W	created 1992, finished 1999	Dmytro Szylak	installation				Hatch Art [14]
	Hazen Stuart Pingree	southwest of Woodward Avenue and East Adams Avenue 42°20′12″N 83°3′3″W	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″N 83°1′16.88″W	created 1986, ongoing	Tyree Guyton	installation				Tyree Guyton [17]
	Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain	Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′37″N 83°2′38″W	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″N 82°59′57.52″W	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″N 83°3′47″W	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″N 83°2′40.36″W	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″N 83°3′55″W	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″N 83°2′43″W	1963	Giacomo Manzù	sculpture	bronze	11 feet (3.4 m)		One Woodward Avenue [24]
	Phoenix	Scarab Club, west facade 42°21′34″N 83°3′46″W	1976	Stephen Veresh	sculpture	copper			Scarab Club [25]
	Pylon	Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′41.4″N 83°02′39.0″W	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″N 83°2′59″W	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″N 83°3′39″W	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″N 83°2′40.66″W	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″N 83°2′58″W	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″N 83°3′55″W	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″N 83°2′41″W	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″N 83°3′42″W	2016	Charles McGee	sculpture				Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History [33]
	Unity	28 West Grand River Avenue 42°20′2″N 83°2′58″W	2017	Charles McGee	mural		118 x 50 feet		Library Street Collective [3]
	untitled mural	The Belt 42°20′5″N 83°2′49″W	2016	Nina Chanel Abney	mural				Library Street Collective [3]
	untitled mural	25 East Grand River Avenue 42°20′4″N 83°2′53″W	2015	Aryz	mural				Library Street Collective [3]
	untitled mural	One Campus Martius 42°20′0″N 83°2′48″W	2015	Shepard Fairey	mural		184 feet (56.1 m)		Library Street Collective [3]
	untitled mural	Madison Building 42°20′9″N 83°2′57″W	2014	HENSE	mural		10,000 square feet (929 square meters)		Library Street Collective [3]
	untitled mural	14635 East Jefferson 42°22′27″N 82°56′30″W	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″N 83°2′42″W	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″N 83°2′52″W	2017	Willie Wayne Smith	mural				Library Street Collective [3]
	William Cotter Maybury	east of Woodward Avenue and East Adams Avenue 42°20′13″N 83°3′2″W	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.