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Over the many years, Sydney has grown, providing the backdrop for much sculptural public art found all over the city. Following is just a small selection of some of the Sydney public art that we have enjoyed.


A Folly for Mrs Macquarie by Fiona Hall (2000), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
A  Folly for Mrs Macquarie by Fiona Hall
a life, 2004-07, by Gary Deirmendjian, The Goods Line, Sydney's Urban Walkway NSW
a life, 2004-07, by Gary Deirmendjian
Armillary Sphere Sundial at the Herb Garden, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Armillary Sphere Sundial by John Ward & Margaret Folkard, Marion Westmacott, Karen Rumpf
Australian painter Lloyd Rees is by artist Lawrence Beck, Sydney NSW
Australian painter Lloyd Rees is by artist Lawrence Beck
Birdbath for Hope Clayton, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney NSW
Birdbath for Hope Clayton by Peter A. Mueller
Statue 'Boy Extracting Thorn', Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney NSW
‘Boy Extracting Thorn’ by AW Rosemen (a replica of the famous ‘Fidele’ (faithful)
Earth Mother by Helen Leele (1993), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Earth Mother by Helen Leele
Huntsman and dogs by Henri Alfred Marie Jacquemart c1879, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Huntsman and dogs by Henri Alfred Marie Jacquemart
Interloop by artist Chris Fox, 2017
Interloop by artist Chris Fox, 2017
I WISH (1946) by Arthur Fleischmann (1896-1990), Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney NSW
I WISH (1946) by Arthur Fleischmann
Memorial to Henry Kendall was provided under the bequest of Mrs A M Hamilton-Grey (1940), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Memorial to Henry Kendall under the bequest of Mrs A M Hamilton-Grey (1940)
Memory is Creation Without End by Kimio Tsuchiya
Memory is Creation Without End by Kimio Tsuchiya
Mermer Waiskeder: Stories of the Moving Tide by the Ghost Net Collective, Exchange Square, Barangaroo, Sydney NSW
Mermer Waiskeder: Stories of the Moving Tide by the Ghost Net Collective
Sensory Fountain, artist Tim Jones, Art Foundry (Elphinstone, VIC), Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Sensory Fountain, artist Tim Jones, Art Foundry (Elphinstone, VIC)
Vanuatu Slit Drum, 1992, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Vanuatu Slit Drum, from the island of Ambrym in Vanuatu
Table of Love by Gillie and Marc, Sydney NSW
Table of Love by Gillie and Marc
Tank Stream Fountain by sculptor Stephen Walker, Herald Square, Sydney NSW
Tank Stream Fountain by sculptor Stephen Walker
Temple Dogs / Bronze Lion from Thailand, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, NSW
Temple Dogs / Bronze Lion (from Thailand)
"The Canopy" by artist Jacob Nash, Pier Street Underpass, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
“The Canopy” by artist Jacob Nash
Wishing Well Fountain, Professor Peter Spooner, Sydney NSW
Wishing Well Fountain, Professor Peter Spooner
Wurrungwuri (This side - on this side of the water) by sculptor Chris Booth, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Wurrungwuri (This side – on this side of the water) by sculptor Chris Booth

Footnote & References

  1. Artworks, City of Sydney, https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/public-art

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