List of public art in Boston explained

This list features two sortable tables of art works on permanent public display in Boston, Massachusetts and its neighborhoods

It comprises works of public art, including sculpture, relief panels, tablets and fountains 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: Back Bay, Boston, North End, South End, Boston

Name	Artist	Year	Location	Material	Dimensions	Notes
The Embrace	Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group	2023	Boston Common	bronze	height: 6.7 m (22 ft)
	Peabody & Stearns	1912	Post Office Square, BostonAngell Memorial Plaza	terrazzo; gilded copper; steel.	h. 60 ft. x W. 10 ft.
Appeal to the Great Spirit		1908		bronze	sculpture: 290 cm × 250 cm × 300 cm (114" × 100" × 120")	Boston Museum of Fine Arts
					height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
					sculpture: 2.5 m (96")
		1985		bronze	5 ft. x 6 ft. x 2 ft. 3 in
		1939		bronze; granite	sculpture: 32" x 16" x 16" plinth: 57" high, 60" diameter.
		1949,1977 copy		bronze; granite
		1898 rebuilt	Massachusetts State House, Ashburton Park	granite; slate, Bronze
		1913		slate, granite	15 x 5 x 20 ft
		1998	Washington Street and School Street plaza
				bronze; granite
		1921		bronze; granite	sculpture: 6 x 4 x 4 ftplinth: 3.5 x 7 x 7 ft.
		2003		bronze; granite
		1934, recast 1977, 1992		bronze
		1868	Park Street and Tremont Street corner	bronze; granite	height: 22 ft (6.7 m)
	Frances Grimes	1910		bronze; granite; marble
		1920, relocated 1975		bronze; granite	sculpture: 108" x 60"x 60"plinth: 56" x 48" x 62"
		1899		bronze; granite (red beach Maine)	sculpture: 8 ft. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.plinth: 6 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 8 in
		1903	Boston Public Garden, exterior wall	bronze; granite (Milford); marble	sculpture: 8 ft. 5 in. x 45 in. x 46 in.plinth: 25 ft. x 24 ft. x 86 in.
		1872		Granite
China Trade Gate		1988	Chinatown (Beach Street)
City Carpet		1983		Mosaic: ceramic;bronze; stone; brick;concrete
		1908		bronze; granite
		1850		marble
		1979		marble; granite
		2002		bronze
		1980		bronze
		1924
		1980-1		Bronze; Granite (red)
Declaration of Independence Tablet		1925		bronze; granite
		2012		bronze
		1998 installed		bronze
		1894		bronze; granite	sculpture: 7 x 3 x 3 ftplinth: 7 x 3 x 3 ft
Dolphins of the Sea		1977		bronze
		1959		bronze; granite
Echo of the Waves		1981		painted steel; Teflon coated fiberglass
		1831		granite
		1936		granite (white, red)
		1887		bronze; granite
		1868		granite	height: 12 m (40 ft)
		1866	Richardson Park	bronze; granite	sculpture: 7 x 4 x 2.5 ft. plinth: 7 x 5.5 x 5.5 ft
		1891	Marine Park	bronze; granite
		1984		aluminum, granite
	Thomas Ball	1856			sculpture: 100" x 26". x 26"plinth: 111" x 90" x 90"
		1930		bronze; granite
		1886		bronze; granite (Quincy)	sculpture: 7 ft. x 4 ft. x 6 ft. 4 in.plinth: 4 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. x 6 ft. 4 in.
		1875		bronze; granite	sculpture: 8 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 inplinth: 6 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in.
		1984		granite (red, Dakota mahogany)
		1913		bronze; granite
		1865		granite	sculpture:10 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in.
Harbor Fog		2009	Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway	steel; bronze; granite; LED lights
		1903	Massachusetts State House, Ashburton Park	bronze; granite
	Peter White	1997		granite
		1986	Liberty Square Park	bronze; granite; steel
		1915		bronze; granite	sculpture: 98" x 52" x 30"plinth: 78" x 66" x 48"
				bronze; granite
		1990	Massachusetts State House	bronze; granite	sculpture: 8 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. x 18 in. plinth: 27 x 72 x 87.5 in
		1927		bronze; granite	sculpture: 10 ft. x 32 in. x 27 inplinth: 6 ft. x 6 ft. x 5 ft. 7 in.
		1587	Boston Public Garden	granite		gifted to the city by Bunkio Matsuki in 1904
		1981		granite	53 .5" x 32" x 8.25"
		1932		bronze; granite	sculpture: 96 x 30 x 28 1/2 in., plinth: 73 x 56 x 53 1/2 in
	J. W. Ames and E. S. Dodge	1939		granite
Make Way for Ducklings		1987		bronze
		1865		bronze; granite
		2007	Massachusetts State House, Ashburton Park	bronze; granite
		2004	Massachusetts State House, Ashburton Park	granite
		1982		bronze; granite
		1995	Carmen Park	glass; steel
		1996	Faneuil Hall, west side	granite		City of Boston
		1925		marble	tablet: 198 cm x 76.2 cm x 17.78 cm
		1896		bronze; granite
		2010		bronze
		1983	South Boston waterfront	aluminum
		1953		bronze; granite
		1915		bronze; granite (Stony Creek pink)
Poe Returning to Boston		2014	Boylston Street and Charles Street, Edgar Allan Poe Square
		1879
		1885, cast 1940		bronze; granite
		2013		bronze
		1973		bronze; concrete	sculpture: 10 ft. x 4 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 3 in
		1897		bronze; granite
		1929		bronze; granite	sculpture: 28" x 21" x 17"
		1877		granite; bronze	column: 126 ftplinth: 35 ft square
		1930	Statler Park	bronze; granite
		1948		bronze; granite
		1878		bronze; granite
		1675		bronze, granite	sculpture: 91 cm x 61 cm diameter, (36" x 24" diameter) plinth: 109 cm x 81 cm x 81 cm (43" x 32" x 32")
		1966		bronze	sculpture:12 ft. tall and 16 ft. wide
		1958		bronze; granite
		1994		bronze
		1922		bronze, granite
		1999	South End	bronze
		1954		bronze; granite	sculpture: 8 x 3 x 3 ft.
		1869		bronze; granite	sculpture: 22 x 6 x 15 ftplinth: 16 x 8 x 15 ft.
		1859		bronze; granite
		1924		bronze; granite
		2006		bronze
		1873		bronze; concrete	sculpture: 7 ft. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 3 in. plinth: 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft
		1922	Adams Square	granite	sculpture: 8 x 12 x 1 ft
World War II Memorial, Fenway - Kenmore	World War II Memorial, Fenway - Kenmore		1948		bronze; granite

Boston Neighborhoods

Includes: Charlestown, East Boston, and Jamaica Plain (Cambridge has its own page)

Title	Artist	Year	Location	Material	Dimensions
Death and the Sculptor		1889	Jamaica PlainForest Hills Cemetery	bronze
Firemen's Memorial		1909	Jamaica PlainForest Hills Cemetery	bronze; granite
Madonna, Queen of the Universe		1954	East Boston	bronze, copper	height: 10.6 m (35 ft)
	Moisey S. Altshuler	1993		bronze; granite; brick
		2005	East BostonBremen Street Park	bronze; granite
		1881		bronze; granite (Quincy)	sculpture: 8 ft. x 4 ft. x 5 ft. 10 in. plinth:74" x 64" x 70"
		2009	CharlestownGreen Street42.2257°N -71.0382°W	granite
		1857
		1946		granite	height: 15 ft.

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” 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.^[1]

Notes and References

Web site: Vaugn. Alyssa. July 24, 2020. The Roxbury Love Mural Has Been Destroyed to Make Way for an Apartment Complex. August 20, 2020. Boston Magazine.