This list features two sortable tables of art works on permanent public display in

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and its neighborhoods It comprises works of public art, including

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, relief panels, tablets and

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s with sculptural features, accessible in an outdoor public spaces or inside state or federally owned public buildings. This does not include artwork visible inside museums or visible only on private property. This table is not complete and most likely will not include recent installations. Please feel welcome to contribute/add these in the Additional Artworks area below.

Usage

The tables' columns (except for ''note'', ''Type'' and ''Image'') are sortable by pressing the arrows symbols. The following gives an overview of what information is included in the table. *''Name'': The artwork's commonly used name or name as it has been entered on its Wikipedia page (where it has one) *''Artist'': name of the primary artist(s) or designer(s) if known. *''Year'': variously the artwork's installation date; date of creation; or date of reinstallation at its current location *''Location'': the street, park, intersection or plaza where the artwork is currently located *''Material'': the main material(s) from which the artwork is constructed *''Dimensions'': the approximate dimensions of the artwork, where known *''Notes'': additional information, including ownership or known repairwork *''Image'': a picture of the artwork, where available This page seeks to be an aggregate list of general facts. For information on individual sculptures, please visit the individual artwork's pages.

Artworks

City of Boston

Includes:

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, North End, South End, Boston

Boston Neighborhoods

Includes: Charlestown,

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, and

Jamaica Plain Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of the former Town of Roxbury, now also a part of the City of Boston. The commun ...

(

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has its own page)

Additional Artwork

*Split Dodecahedron, 2012, Don Tellalian, Rose Kennedy Greenway *Citgo sign, 1965, Kenmore Square *Giant Milk Bottle by Arthur Gagner, 1934 *“

Bunker Hill Monument The Bunker Hill Monument is a monument erected at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston, Massachusetts, which was among the first major battles between the Red Coats and Patriots in the American Revolutionary War. The 221-foot (67 m) gran ...

” by Solomon Willard, 1842, Charlestown *Rainbow gas tank (untitled, but often called the “Rainbow Swash”) by Corita Kent, 1971, Dorcester *Roxbury Love Mural by Ricardo "Deme5" Gomez and Thomas “Kwest” Burns, 2014, spray paint, 17 ft. x 100 ft., Roxbury. Removed 2020.

References

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Culture of Boston

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