Public art
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about public art
Project • By Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY • Pavilions
Moonrise
Moonrise takes its name from the fleeting moment when the moon appears on the horizon—an event that transforms the familiar landscape into something quietly magical. At once tangible and ethereal, the moon has always held a tantalising presence over the human imagination. The recent Artemis II space expedition dared to venture to the dark side of the moon, taking one step further than any previous effort and bringing back dazzling images of its surface.
Keith Isaacs
Keith Isaacs
In a park in Tennessee, Moonrise embodies this same spirit of adventure, inviting visitors to step beneath an otherworldly form that feels both grounded and dreamlike. The dome creates an immersive public experience: a place for gathering, rest, and... More
Project • By Tia Thuy Nguyen • Parks/Gardens
UNITY
In October 2025, artist Tia-Thủy Nguyễn unveils the public artwork named Unity - A Luminous Forest in a central urban park. The installation transforms collective memory into a contemporary spatial experience, transcending the conventional monumentality of static sculpture to emerge as an abstract constellation of light. Through the interplay of metal, glass, ceramics, illumination, and sound, Unity enriches the urban landscape—infusing it with poetic resonance and offering a renewed dialogue between art, nature, and the city’s everyday rhythms.
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The conceptual genesis of the artwork derives from the archetype of Vietnam’s primordial forests. These have served as sanctuaries of concealment, sources of sustenance... More
Project • By DION ART • Parks/Gardens
Cleveland Crystal
DION ART unveils a distinctive light art installation dedicated to the city of Cleveland. This modern urban artwork captures the city's vibrant energy, rich history, and forward-looking spirit. Shaped like a multifaceted crystal, each surface reveals a different aspect of Cleveland’s identity — from its storied industrial roots to its achievements in architecture and culture.
DION ART
DION ART
The installation reflects the city's diverse character. Its upper section features contemporary typography and sleek, modern forms, representing innovation, growth, and progress. The lower section, decorated with intricate patterns and light projections, evokes a sense of warmth and wonder, highlighting Cleveland’s cultura... More
Project • By SpY Studio • Exhibitions
GOLDEN MONOLITHS
GOLDEN MONOLITHS
Lille - France 2025
SpY's Golden Monoliths transforms the urban landscape of the French city of Lille through the installation of fourteen golden shipping containers in a vertical position, aligned along its main street.
This monumental intervention reconfigures the everyday perception of the public environment, turning industrial objects into totemic symbols that alter our understanding of space.
Ruben PB
Ruben PB
The street ceases to be a simple space of transit and becomes a ritual corridor, a passageway between monolithic columns that challenge the spectator to confront them. Passers-by, now active participants, find themselves immersed in a dialogue with these imposing volumes, which symbolize an er... More
Project • By DION ART • Exhibition Centres
Aqua Cascata in Kyiv
Dion Art proudly presents Agua Cascata — an extraordinary interior wall fountain designed to turn any entryway into a living canvas of flowing water and artistic elegance. Built on a durable metal framework, this monumental installation spans approximately 23 by 10 feet and is complemented by an additional decorative glass panel, measuring 3.3 by 8.2 feet. The fountain is composed of precise 1.6-foot-square segments, showcasing meticulous craftsmanship and attention to detail. Integrated lifelike artificial greenery adds a soft, organic dimension to the otherwise sleek, modern structure.
DION ART
DION ART
Harnessing our deep understanding of fluid dynamics, Agua Cascata mimics the serene, continuous motion of a natural wate... More
Project • By LAAB Architects • Playgrounds
Harbour Cup
Created by LAAB Architects for the Science in Art exhibition along the Central Harbourfront promenade in Hong Kong, Harbour Cup is an interactive artwork that integrates sports, science, and art in one.
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Otto Ng
Harbour Cup is similar to the table soccer game we all know, with some exceptions—there is no goal on either side and there is no definition of teams. The players need to negotiate and decide how they want to play the game, be it competition, or collaboration. By making the familiar unfamiliar, LAAB Architects creates a situation that invites people to reflect, to communicate, to negotiate.
Otto Ng
Otto Ng
An array of solar-powered LED lights is installed inside the artwork. When the ball... More
Project • By SpY Studio • Cultural Centres
Monolith
“Monolith” is a new large-scale, groundbreaking installation by international artist SpY. The piece explores the present and future of our relation with screens and data using light, sound and context to unprecedented effect. “Monolith” was unveiled in Barcelona as part of Llum BCN Festival 2023, drawing a large stream of visitors and becoming instantly viral.
SpY - Ruben P Bescos
In “Monolith”, SpY pays homage to Kubrick’s classic film “2001”. The movie portrays the encounter of a group of pre-human apes with a large monolith, incomprehensible at first, but eventually impelling them to use tools and marking the start of human evolution.
SpY - Ruben P Bescos
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Project • By O&O Studio • Townscapes
Siu Kai Fong
MEMORIES OF NORTH POINTNORTH POINT RESIDENTS’ ORAL HISTORIES AND BELOVED FURNISHINGS INSPIRED O&O STUDIO AND REHYPHENATION’S SIU KAI FONG, SHOWCASING A RICH TAPESTRY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD’S PAST FOR THE PRESENT.
Kevin Mak
Kevin Mak
BACKGROUNDIn response to Hong Kong Arts Centre’s (HKAC) open invitation for community-driven public art, Hong Kong firms O&O Studio (O&O) and REHyphenation proposed Siu Kai Fong. With support from the Urban Renewal Fund, Siu Kai Fong went on to become one of six winning entries commissioned and installed in the vicinity of North Point Ferry Pier.
Exhibited between 30 August and 31st October, 2021, Siu Kai Fong is a reflection of the neighbourhood’s daily... More
Project • By SpY Studio • Exhibitions
ORB
“Orb” draws its inspiration from the historical Egyptian heritage around it. The choice of form and materials in the piece is presented as a direct reference to elements of mathematics and symbolism present in classic Egyptian culture and in the Pyramids in particular.
Ruben PBescos
The shape of the piece alludes to the ‘pi’ number concealed in the geometry of the Pyramids, found when dividing the perimeter of a Pyramid by twice its height. The sphere is an invisible part of the resulting geometry, since a sphere with a radius as high as the Pyramid would have a circumference very close in length to the Pyramid’s perimeter.
Ruben PBescos
The surface of the artwork captures the Pyramids, the sky, the... More
Project • By SpY Studio • Urban Green Spaces
CESPED
Natural grass circle of 70m of diameter installed in the center of Madrid's Plaza Mayor. 400th Anniversary of Madrid's Plaza Mayor.
Ruben P Bescos
The main idea of this Project is as simple as recognizable. It consists of a 70 meter natural grass circle (3500 square meters in total) located in the center of the Plaza Mayor (Madrid) commemorating its 4th centenary.
Ruben P Bescos
Given the simplicity of such Project, both locals and tourists were immediately surprised by the decontextualisation of the Plaza and the invitation to new ways to feel pleasantly and comfortably embraced.
Ruben P Bescos
Over 200 thousand people enjoyed this artistic offer, along the 4 days that it lasted, that was also echoed by the most relevant... More
Project • By SpY Studio • Exhibitions
REFLECTION
“REFLECTION” Action and effect of reflecting. or Action and effect of reflecting or being reflected. “Reflection” comes from Latin. reflexus 'action of moving back', ‘withdrawal'. but also; Action that occurs involuntarily in response to a stimulus.
Ruben P Bescos
In “REFLECTION”, SpY makes use of such common elements of street furniture as convex traffic mirrors that are used in surveillance and security, to present this hypnotic kinetic sculpture in movement.
Ruben P Bescos
Made up of 20 convex traffic mirrors, this kinetic sculpture generates a replicated universe that evolves with the different variations of movement and position of the spectators through reflectio... More
News • News • 19 Jan 2022
Center for Maine Contemporary Art engages in a dialogue with the urban realm while recalling an industrial seacoast past
Located in the City of Rockford, the new Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) by Toshiko Mori Architect is a mixed-use complex of galleries, public space, and educational spaces that aims to provide a larger platform for contemporary art dialog in the city. The new location completes a cultural triangle comprising the Farnsworth Art Museum and the Strand theatre.
Iwan Baan
With refined detailing and precise control of proportions, the overall form and materiality of the building recall Rockland’s industrial seacoast past.
Iwan Baan
Entering the building through a courtyard, the building’s proportions echo that of a large two-storey gallery space complete with sawtooth skylights. By connecting the exterior c... More
Project • By SpY Studio • Exhibitions
EARTH / TIERRA
A luminous red sphere caged inside a structure
In “Tierra”, SpY presents an artistic project made up of a luminous red sphere caged inside a cube-shaped structure, constructed with the type of scaffolding normally used on building sites.
These 2 simple geometric elements (sphere and cube) form a large-scale construction which stands almost 25 metres high and has been installed in Plaza de Colón in Madrid.
Ruben PBescos
This powerful visual statement is accompanied by a bright red light emanating from inside the sphere, from which one can almost feel the heat transmitted by the concept of the work.
In this work, SpY asks us to reflect on the way in which our home makes up a whole of which we form part, and in whic... More
News • News • 14 Oct 2021
Christo realizes the vision of a wrapped L’Arc de Triomphe
As part of a temporary exhibition for the City of Paris in the Fall of 2021, Christo & Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Arc de Triomphe in 25,000 square meters of a silvery blue recyclable polypropylene fabric. The stunning wrapping was tied with 3,000 meters of red rope.
Yohan Zerdoun
After their initial meeting in Paris in 1961, Christo and Jeanne-Claude began their creation of art work in public spaces. The Arc de Triomphe has long been an attraction for the pair, with earlier works including a photomontage of the Arc de Triomphe wrapped and, in 1988, a collage. After 60 years, initial visions were realized.
Yohan Zerdoun
Throughout the construction and duration of the installation, the Eternal Flame, situated in front of the To... More
News • News • 7 Apr 2021
POAL Car Handling Facility doubles as a blank canvas for local and international artists
In Auckland, New Zealand, the POAL Car Handling Facility is a functional piece of architecture designed to maximize port operations efficiency while engaging with the public as a canvas for large-scale contemporary art display. Designed by Plus Architecture, the recently opened building is set to become a home for large scale installations in the years to come.
Simon Devitt
The Port of Auckland forms the backbone of freight logistics and transport for most of New Zealand’s Upper Island. This 35,000 square meter, 5-storey project greatly improves car capacity and movement at the port, reducing the amount of space taken up by imported vehicles on the harbour by stacking vehicles vertically.
Simon Devitt
Beyond its imme... More