List of public art in Detroit
# 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 - An catalog of Detroit sculptures and murals.

## Selected artworks

| Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′43″N 83°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 |
| Atom Gazelle | Belle Isle Park 42°21′2″N 82°58′10″W﻿ / ﻿42.35056°N 82.96944°W﻿ / 42.35056; -82.96944﻿ (short title) | 1991 | Richard Bennett | sculpture | stainless steel | | | City of Detroit |
| Balancing Act | One Campus Martius 42°20′0″N 83°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 |
| Bagley Memorial Fountain | Cadillac Square 42°19′53″N 83°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 |
| Curved Form with Rectangle and Space | Scarab Club 42°21′34″N 83°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 |
| Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural | Russell Industrial Center, Building Number 2 42°22′39.71″N 83°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 |
| Le fleuve la garonne | Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′32″N 83°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 |
| Johann Friedrich Schiller | Belle Isle Park 42°20′29″N 82°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 |
| Gateway to Freedom International Memorial to the Underground Railroad | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′35″N 83°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 |
| General Alexander Macomb | Washington Boulevard at Michigan Avenue 42°19′55″N 83°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 |
| Gracehoper | Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′36″N 83°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 |
| Hamtramck Disneyland | Hamtramck 42°24′26.2″N 83°3′31″W﻿ / ﻿42.407278°N 83.05861°W﻿ / 42.407278; -83.05861﻿ (short title) | created 1992, finished 1999 | Dmytro Szylak | installation | | | | Hatch Art |
| Hazen Stuart Pingree | southwest of Woodward Avenue and East Adams Avenue 42°20′12″N 83°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 |
| Heidelberg Project | McDougall-Hunt neighborhood, east Detroit 42°21′31.23″N 83°1′16.88″W﻿ / ﻿42.3586750°N 83.0213556°W﻿ / 42.3586750; -83.0213556﻿ (short title) | created 1986, ongoing | Tyree Guyton | installation | | | | Tyree Guyton |
| Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′37″N 83°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 |
| James Scott Memorial Fountain | Belle Isle Park 42°20′6.22″N 82°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 |
| Jeune fille et sa suite (Young Woman and Her Suitors) | Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′32″N 83°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 |
| Monica | 500 Woodward | 2016 | Swoon | mural | | 17 feet | | Library Street Collective |
| Monument to Joe Louis | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′43.3″N 83°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 |
| Nymph and Eros | Detroit Institute of Arts 42°21′33″N 83°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 |
| Passo di danza (Step of the Dance) | One Woodward Avenue, Jefferson Avenue entrance 42°19′43″N 83°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 |
| Phoenix | Scarab Club, west facade 42°21′34″N 83°3′46″W﻿ / ﻿42.35944°N 83.06278°W﻿ / 42.35944; -83.06278﻿ (short title) | 1976 | Stephen Veresh | sculpture | copper | | | Scarab Club |
| Pylon | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′41.4″N 83°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 |
| Russell Alger Memorial Fountain | Grand Circus Park 42°20′12″N 83°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 |
| Sentry | Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History 42°21′31″N 83°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 |
| The Spirit of Detroit | Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 42°19′45.47″N 83°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 |
| Stevens T. Mason | Capitol Park 42°19′59″N 83°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 |
| The Thinker | Detroit Institute of Arts, southeast lawn 42°21′32″N 83°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 |
| Transcending | Philip A. Hart Plaza 42°19′40″N 83°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 |
| United We Stand | Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Farnsworth entrance 42°21′32″N 83°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 |
| Unity | 28 West Grand River Avenue 42°20′2″N 83°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 |
| untitled mural | The Belt 42°20′5″N 83°2′49″W﻿ / ﻿42.33472°N 83.04694°W﻿ / 42.33472; -83.04694﻿ (short title) | 2016 | Nina Chanel Abney | mural | | | | Library Street Collective |
| untitled mural | 25 East Grand River Avenue 42°20′4″N 83°2′53″W﻿ / ﻿42.33444°N 83.04806°W﻿ / 42.33444; -83.04806﻿ (short title) | 2015 | Aryz | mural | | | | Library Street Collective |
| untitled mural | One Campus Martius 42°20′0″N 83°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 |
| untitled mural | Madison Building 42°20′9″N 83°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 |
| untitled mural | 14635 East Jefferson 42°22′27″N 82°56′30″W﻿ / ﻿42.37417°N 82.94167°W﻿ / 42.37417; -82.94167﻿ (short title) | 2016 | Swoon and Baba Wayne | mural | | | | Library Street Collective |
| Wayfinding: An Art Installation and Skate Park | Monroe Blocks 100 Monroe Avenue 42°19′58″N 83°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 |
| Weather Permitting | 35 East Grand River Avenue 42°20′4″N 83°2′52″W﻿ / ﻿42.33444°N 83.04778°W﻿ / 42.33444; -83.04778﻿ (short title) | 2017 | Willie Wayne Smith | mural | | | | Library Street Collective |
| William Cotter Maybury | east of Woodward Avenue and East Adams Avenue 42°20′13″N 83°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 |
