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22 Public Works of Art You Have to Visit in Your Lifetime

01/01/2018 - 06:57 PM

When it comes to public works of art, cultural composers Antony Gormley, Yayoi Kusama, and Claes Oldenburg are responsible for the crème de la crème — and you can visit them all! From the "Funky Bones" park in Indianapolis, which you likely spotted when the leads of The Fault of Our Stars used to romantically picnic there, or Beyoncé's favourite Prada Marfa installation [1], these go-to spots will make your bucket list double-sided.

Funky Bones, Atelier Van Lieshout

Where? Indianapolis Museum of Art [2], IN.

Yellow Pumpkin, Yayoi Kusama

Where? Benesse Art Site [3], Naoshima, Japan.

Statue of Kafka, David Cerný

Where? Quadrio Shopping Centre [4], Prague, Czech Republic.

Traffic Light Tree, Pierre Vivant

Where? Billingsgate Market [5], London.

Prada Marfa, Elmgreen and Dragset

Where? Valentine [6], TX.

Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor

Where? AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park [7], Chicago.

The Berlin Wall

Where? Berlin [8].

Shuttlecocks, Claes Oldenburg

Where? Outside The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art [9], Kansas City, MO.

Crack Is Wack, Keith Haring

Where? Crack Is Wack Playground [10], Harlem, NY.

Puppy, Jeff Koons

Where? The Guggenheim Museum [11], Bilbao, Spain.

Colonnes de Buren, Daniel Buren

Where? Palais Royal [12], Paris.

The Headington Shark, John Buckley

Where? Headington [13], Oxford.

Binoculars Building, Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, and Frank Gehry

Where? Venice [14], Los Angeles.

Another Place, Antony Gormley

Where? Crosby Beach [15], Liverpool.

Carhenge, Jim Reinders

Where? Alliance [16], NE.

Le Pouce, César Baldaccini

Where? Paris [17].

Digital Orca, Douglas Coupland

Where? Vancouver Convention Centre [18], British Columbia, Canada.

Crown Fountain, Jaume Plensa

Where? Millennium Park [19], Chicago.

Tiger and Turtle Magic Mountain

Where? Angerpark [20], Duisburg, Germany.

Angel of the North, Antony Gormley

Where? Gateshead [21], Tyne and Wear.

Big Sweep, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen

Where? Denver Art Museum [22], Denver.

Wynwood Walls

Where? Miami [23].


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