Best Public Arts in Australia

Absolute 10/10 bird experience
My friend calls him Perry the pidgeon.
I love it so much, and im definitely going back to Adelaide's CBD to visit again

ITS A BIG METAL PIDGEON IN RUNDLE MALL BEST THING IN ADELAIDE BISIDES GUNBAE CHICKEN AND BEER

Shiny metal low poly pigeon at Rundle Mall is a sight to behold.

Very unique sculpture sitting in the middle of the road it's just gotta be seen to be believed

Great representation for the pigeons of Rundle Mall 🐦

The South Australian government pulled the trigger on this $174,000 pigeon peak 2020 when businesses were going under and owners becoming bankrupt. It was then installed nov 2020. I have nothing against the artist, but is a symbol of how terrible decision making can be within our government.

Also, pigeons are the rats of the sky.

For all these reasons. 1 out of 5

Pigeon. It's quite shiny. Provides the opportunity to say "meet me at the pigeon" instead of "meet me at the balls". Worth every cent.

Such a humanistic leader. This is why his values and principles are always up to date ❤️

Cool car with rock on it I like it took some pics w it

Tribute to Shakespeare and his works.

Did you know Australia Square was the first public space on private property? To celebrate this history, Emily Floyd's Open Place deconstructs the word 'Open' in this adjoining laneway.

This sculpture will one day be as famed as the malls balls or the pig statutes. Created by the nationally and internationally recognised South Australian artist Paul Sloan the Pigeon statute (apart from looking amazing) seeks to raise the status of the humble pigeon from a flying rat to the a respectable member of the city community.

In front of State Library and also Royal botanic garden. Be careful for cars!

very nice! every monday after acting lesson with friends we'd always race to this big car (if you're wondering, i won the races most of the time with my extrememly long legs muahaha). i'd love to see it painted blueone day, but it's just a thought.

Great artwork, very centrally located and hard to miss. One of the small things about Sydney that I never forget about.

Time Out Sydney describes this artwork as this - “For the 2004 Biennale of Sydney, Arkansas-born Berlin-based artist Jimmie Durham created this installation from a 1999 Ford Festiva hatchback purchased in Homebush, and a two-tonne quartz boulder from a Central Coast quarry – painted with a face. Originally the car was parked on the Opera House forecourt, and onlookers watched as Durham painted a face on the stone, before it was dropped on the car from a crane above – crushing it. At the time, Durham told the Sydney Morning Herald, "This piece is concerned with monuments and monumentality, but also with nature; that implacable hard stuff.”

In 2006, the piece was permanently installed in its current location in Walsh Bay – in the middle of a roundabout. On approach from either direction along Hickson Rd, you can notice roadworks signs by Australian artist Richard Tipping that read ‘ARTWORK AHEAD’.” So there you have it. I think it represents nature and man-made objects colliding and maybe not living together so harmoniously considering the state of the earth?

Something different and denotes where most pigeons can be found in Adelaide.
Rundle Mall the work place for all the pigeons in Adelaide. 😜

Came across this while wandering in the streets around Sydney Harbour Bridge. So its actually an attraction!

This statue is located about 200 metres in front of the entry to the Art Gallery of New South Wales. You’ll find it nestled alongside some large trees in The Domain. The plaque reads: “Sir John Robertson, KCMC. Patriot. Statesman. Prime Minister of New South Wales.

He is such a big leader so that he still lives all around the world...

一直喜欢这个皇家植物园，绿地，花鸟，珍奇植物多不胜数

This is a sculpture by Vic Simms installed February 2011. Not much information available but the limited information I managed to find pertains to "Yurabirong" to mean "People of this Place". This is a beautiful, be it obscured work, sculpture of red gum tree (Eucalyptus tereticornis) that have been growing in this area for over 200 years (refer to plaque). Its "remains" is now this breathtaking piece of artwork. It's inside the Royal Botanic Garden heading towards the statue of Boy Extracting Thorn.

Spotted this signature icon at the roundabout near Harbour Bridge, great piece of art work!

Probably the most interesting of the statues of our early politicians. This statue is an event of contemporary Australian " performance art" thanks to the continuing aerobatics of the native bees that have made a hive in his hollow head. Many of our living politicians should take care. This could happen to them.

New to me this memorial in so far as actually exploring it. By Sir Edward Bertram Mackennal, installed 1826. It's surrounded by characters of Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Portia and Falstaff. This was repositioned here in 1959 after originally being at the circular sweep between The Garden Palace Grounds & the Mitchell Library. Shakespeare used to face east towards Woolloomooloo then repositioned to face west towards the city in 1959. It's in a rather odd location making it not safe to fully explore as it's in the middle of a very busy road, between Mitchell Library and Royal Botanic Garden. But worth knowing it's there.

'City Roos' by Christopher Trotter installed in the '90s along with a some other similar artworks around Brisbane. A nice little touch to the street furniture and it's a nice way to spend a day finding them all around the City whilst doing other things/visiting other places.

Great little piece of artwork tucked away in the heart of the city. Work a gander if your in this part of the city or walking by.

I am unsure of the inspiration of this one so can’t really comment on that regard. Would be great if someone felt like hunting down that information.

Only downside of this one is its location. I would have worried if my children were there that they would have tried to run onto the road.

A statue in the middle of a very busy highway, could only get one photo. Had to look it up on google maps to find out the name of it.

In need of some restoration work and TLC. At the time of my visit, bees were making a hive out of his head. Look closely at the photo I've attached to this review and you'll be able to make out all the bees.

I found this master sculptor in Red Hill and was pleasantly surprised to find a real, classically trained artist producing great marble and bronze sculptures. Great to talk to the sculptor himself, as Mr Libucha has many, many works on show in his studio gallery.