This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space; it does not include artwork on display inside museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals and mosaics.
This list does not include military and war memorials.
Name | Image | Location | Artist | Year | Ref |
Lion | King George Square | E.F. Kohler, R. Summerhayes and E.S. Taylor | 1938 | ||
The Banker | Post Office Square | Leonard Shillam | 1970 | ||
Forme del Mito: Forms of Myth | Edward Street/Turbot Street | Arnaldo Pomodoro | 1983 | ||
Pelicans | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Leonard and Kathleen Shillam | 1984 | ||
Offshoot | South Bank | Clement Meadmore | 1984 | ||
Pelicans | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Leonard and Kathleen Shillam | 1984 | ||
Sisters | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Ante Dabro | 1985 | ||
Approaching Equilibrium | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Anthony Pryor | 1985 | ||
Leviathan Play | South Bank | Ron Robertson-Swann | 1985 | ||
Continuous Division | Roma Street Parkland | Greg Johns | 1988 | ||
Plant Form | City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point | Robert Juniper | 1988 | ||
Morning Star | City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point | Jon Barlow Hudson | 1988 | ||
Gates of Heaven | King Edward Park | Wendy Mills | 1988 | ||
Elephant | South Bank Parklands | 1988 | |||
Gestation | Queen Street | Baile Oakes | 1988 | ||
The Man & Matter Series | Kangaroo Point Park | Peter D Cole | 1992 | ||
Anchorage and Passage | Brisbane International Terminal, Brisbane Airport | 1995 | |||
Crossover Guardians | Kangaroo Point Park | Mona Ryder | 1995 | ||
Geerbaughs Midden (Section B) | Kangaroo Point Park | Ron Hurley | 1995 | ||
Beacon | Esplanade, Shorncliffe | Marion Hoad | 1996 | ||
Bowline | Queen Street | Simon Perry | 1996 | ||
Net | William Street, Neville Bonner Building | Barbara Heath | 1998 | ||
City Roos | George Street | Christopher Trotter | 1998/99 | ||
City Roos | George Street | Christopher Trotter | 1998/99 | ||
Pride | Charlotte Street/Albert Street | Grant Lehmann | 1999 | ||
A tree a rock a cloud | Eagle Street | Barbara Heath | 1999 | ||
The Courier | Charlotte Street | John Coleman | 1999 | ||
Sundial | Centenary Place | 1999 | |||
Emporium | Ann Street | 2000s | |||
Fish | Chinatown, Brisbane | 2000s | |||
Hands | Eagle Street | Sebastian Di Mauro | 2003 | ||
Guardian | Kangaroo Point | John Dahlsen | 2003 | ||
The Passenger | Queen Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2003 | ||
Confluence | George Street | Daniel Templeman | 2004 | ||
Drift | Charlotte Street | Sebastian Di Mauro | 2004 | ||
Felix | Mary Street, Brisbane | Terry Summers http://www.terrysummers.com/drupal/ | 2004 | ||
Dialogue | Queen Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2004 | ||
The Witness Box | South Bank | Daniel Templeman | 2004 | ||
Echoes from the North | Edward Street | Augustine Dall'Ava | 2004-5 | ||
Steam - 15 geodesic spheres | George Street | Donna Marcus | 2006 | ||
Industrial Growth | Boundary Road, Richlands | Christopher Trotter | 2007 | ||
Billow | Esplanade, Shorncliffe | Davis -Thomas | 2007 | ||
Surge | Esplanade, Shorncliffe | Davis -Thomas | 2007 | ||
The Guardian | Wharf Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2008 | ||
Kernel (Falling from Above) | 275 George Street | Stuart Green | 2009 | ||
Wormholes (Section C) | Kangaroo Point Park | Alexander Knox | 2009 | ||
Pod | Northshore Hamilton, Queensland | 2010s | |||
Venus Rising | Kangaroo Point Park, Main Street | Wolfgang Buttress | 2011 | ||
Eyes Are Singing Out | 415 George Street | Yayoi Kusama | 2012 | ||
The World Turns | Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, South Bank | Michael Parekowhai | 2012 | ||
Preservation | Kangaroo Point Park | Mel Robson | 2013 | [1] [2] | |
Confluenza | Roma Street Parkland | Salvatore Di Mauro and Sebastian Di Mauro | 2013 | ||
Gloria | Teneriffe | Mark Andrews | 2013 | https://ggbooks.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/gloria-sculpture-launched/ | |
Feast of the Bon-yi 1 | Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha | 2013 | |||
Feast of the Bon-yi 2 | Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha | 2013 | |||
Poinsettia Riverfire | Emma Miller Place, Brisbane CBD | Luke Roberts | 2016 | ||
The Bull | Edward Street | ||||
Big Sister | Eagle Street | John Seward Johnson II | |||
Mirage | Brisbane Arcade, Queen Street Mall | Gidon Graetz | |||
Pelicans | on the old bridge foundations in the Brisbane River, Brisbane CBD | Christopher Trotter | |||
Kangaroo | City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point | ||||
Garden Sculpture | Brisbane Airport | ||||
Cicada | South Bank | ||||
Boundary St, Melbourne St and Mollison St intersection West End | |||||
Platypus | Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Fig Tree Pocket | ||||
Name | Image | Location | Artist | Year |
Queen Victoria | Queens Gardens | Thomas Brock | 1906 | |
Robert Burns | Centenary Place | 1929 | ||
George V | King George Square | E.F Kohler, R Summerhayes and E.S.Taylor | 1938 | |
Petrie Tableau | King George Square | Stephen Walker (sculptor) | 1988 | |
The Drovers | Ann Street | (World Expo 88) | 1988 (original)/ 2005 (recast) | |
Speakers corner | King George Square | Artbusters | 1993 | |
Hippocrates | Herston | Phillip Piperides | 1996 | |
Child Abuse Memorial | Emma Miller Place | Gavan Fenelon | 2004 | |
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky | Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium | Sergei Bychkov | 2007 | |
Lady Diamantina Bowen | Gardens Point | Phillip Piperides | 2009 | |
El Emigrante | Cathedral Square | (World Lebanese Cultural Union) | 2010 | |
Confucius | South Bank Parklands | (Ji'nan Municipal Government, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China) | 2010 | |
Themis | Courts of Law, George Street | 2012 | ||
Aurora | Queen Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2015 | |
Thomas Joseph Byrnes | Centenary Place | |||
Thomas Joseph Ryan | Queens Gardens | Edgar Bertram Mackennal | ||
Name | Image | Location | Artist | Year |
Mooney Memorial Fountain (Firemen Memorial) | Queen Street | William Webster, sculptor | 1879 | |
First Free Settlers Monument 1838 | Nundah | 1938 | ||
Tide Recorder | Newstead Park, Newstead | 1959 | ||
John Oxley Landing Memorial | Newstead Park, Newstead | 1983 | ||
Resilience | Emma Miller Place | Cida de Aragon and Steffen Lehmann | 2007 | |
Q150 time capsule | Gardens Point | 2009 | ||
Speakers' Corner | George Street | 2010 | ||
Ken Fletcher Memorial | Tennyson | 2013 | ||
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial | Brisbane Airport | |||
Gateway to Victory | Hamilton | |||