This is a list of permanent public art in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The list contains only works of permanent public art freely accessible in public spaces, and not, for example, works inside museums that charge admission, or that are installed for short-term display.
Artworks Image Title Location Year Artist / Designer Notes Lace Up Emera Oval 2013 Ilan Sandler Commissioned to commemorate the 2011 Canada Winter Games The Wave Halifax Boardwalk c. 1986 Donna Hiebert Samuel Cunard Halifax Seaport 2006 Peter Bustin The Emigrant Halifax Seaport 2013 Armando Barbon Bronze and marble. Depicts an emigrant leaving his home country to start a new life in Canada. Saunders Park memorial sculpture Saunders Park 1966 Fairey Canada Ltd. The park is named after Donald Saunders, aviator, and manager of the Halifax Civic Airport at this location, 1931-1941. Robert Burns Victoria Park George Anderson Lawson Walter Scott Victoria Park North Is Freedom Halifax North Memorial Public Library 2007 Doug Bamford and Stephen Brathwaite Named for a George Elliott Clarke poem, the monolith has four lines written by the poet about the surrounding neighbourhood which he considers his home, and other words that tell the story of the local community. The monolith is made from Corten steel. Marine Venus University Avenue, Dalhousie University 1967 Robert Hedrick Commissioned for Expo 67, donated to Dalhousie University in 1969 by Seagram.Rebecca Schneidereit, Contemplating 'Marine Venus', Dal News, Dalhousie University, June 6, 2008 Sailors' Memorial Sackville Landing Peter Bustin Sir Winston Churchill Grafton Park 1980 Oscar Nemon Bronze Kindred Spirits Alderney Gate, Dartmouth 1990 Dawn McNutt Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower Fort Needham 1985 Core Design Group Life Ben's Bakery, Quinpool Road 1968 Joseph Drapell Origins Ondaatje Courtyard, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia 1995 John Greer Humangination Barrington Street 1979 Adrien Francescutti The Iron Worker Macdonald Bridge Dartmouth end 2005 Peter Bustin "Harbour Lookoff" sign Point Pleasant Park School of Architecture, Technical University of Nova Scotia Celtic Cross George Street 2000 Donated by Charitable Irish Society of Halifax Weldon sculptures University Avenue 1968 Gord Smith Two sculptures by the same artist – one in the forecourt and one in the building lobby. Vytaiemo Peace and Friendship Park 1992 Dawn McNutt Sponsored by Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Custom House Lions Granville Mall 1904 Reassembled at current site in January 2005.
Removed public art
Image Title Location Year Artist / Designer Notes Edward Cornwallis Cornwallis Park (now Peace and Friendship Park) 1931 J. Massey Rhind Removed on January 31, 2018 and placed in storage. Orzo (a.k.a. The Kiss) South Park Street 1981 Adrien Francescutti One of three statues made of granite from a staircase removed from a building on Barrington Street. Removed on November 26, 2014 and temporarily relocated to the garden of a private homeowner while the adjacent YMCA is redeveloped. 20th Century Student Dalhousie University 1968 Reg Dockrill Removed in 2012 due to corrosion and structural damage. Halifax Explosion Memorial Sculpture Halifax North Memorial Library 1966 Jordi Bonet Removed in 2004 and replaced with North is Freedom. Bird of Spring Ondaatje Courtyard (formerly Cheapside Park), Art Gallery of Nova Scotia 1988 Abraham Etungat Removed
See also List of public art in Montreal List of public art in Victoria, British Columbia
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