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Public Art

The City of Perth is home to more than 200 public artworks reflecting the city’s identity, both past and present.

  • Highlights of our Public Art

    The City’s significant collection of major historic and contemporary public art works includes permanent and temporary installations that stimulate our thinking, deepen our sense of place and experience of space, and transform the places where we live, work, and play.

    Highlights of our Public Art Collection are available in our Art City Walking Trail and you can also view an online map of the City’s Public Art Collection.

  • Water labyrinth in Forrest Place

    Appearing Rooms, Labyrinth

    HEIN, Jeppe

    Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016 
  • Flowers in lightboxes on wall

    Lightbox Laneway

    The aim of our Lightbox Laneway Gallery is to create a public exhibition space to showcase local artists and their talent, get artistic conversation flowing on the streets and help create an artistic atmosphere within our creative community. It helps provide opportunities for artists or a group of artists to showcase their concepts, creativity and artistic intentions in the public realm, or emerging curators to celebrate and feature young artists of their choice.

    Between St Michael’s Restaurant and Orno Interiors (near 483 Beautfort Street, Highgate).

  • A series of three Robots located in North Perth Town Centre

    Robotopia

    HUMMERSTON, Si

    The projects vision was to produce a contemporary artwork for the public domain that would deliver an injection of colour, dynamism and fun to the area. It was considered that North Perth needed a greater community focus and a distinctive Town Centre.

    Fitzgerald Street, North Perth

  • A woman with a rabbits head and man with a dog’s head ride a tandem bicycle v2

    Tandem Riders

    Gillie & Mark

    “This bike addresses the city’s environmental concerns, and the characters represent diversity – they appeal to all races, genders, and identities in a universal way.” - Marc

    Cnr Vincent and Beaufort Street

  • Tram Sculpture

    Tram Sculpture

    WHEATLEY, Kath

    If you drive over the causeway from Vic Park towards Perth CBD, or happen to be going for a stroll along the banks of the Swan River, you will probably stumble upon the tram sculpture in McCallum Park.

    The piece by Kath Wheatley was unveiled in 2001 and features a bright red tram with silhouetted passengers inside, and pelicans outside.
  • Coexistence sculpture in front Supreme Court

    Co-existence

    LOWE, Peter

    City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016
  • Connectus sculpture suspended over laneway

    Connectus

    LANGLEY & ARMATURE, Warren

    Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016 
  • Circular artwork 'Delight and Hurt' on the ceiling of the City of Perth Library

    Delight and Hurt Not

    NICHOLLS, Andrew

  • Abstract green sculpture, 'Grow Your Own' in Forrest Place

    Grow Your Own (2011)

    ANGUS, James

    Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016 
  • Koorden sculptures

    Koorden

    GARLETT & KUHAUPT & CHANEY, Rod & Richie & Fred

    Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016 
  • The Arch in Northbridge

    The Arch

    GRANT, Lorenna

    Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016 
  • The Mob Kangaroos on St George's Terrace

    ‘The Mob’ Kangaroos on the Terrace

    SMITH & WALSH, SMITH, Charles & Joan

    Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 2016 
  • 'Unidentified' artwork

    Unidentified Photographer

    NEIL, Anne

    Image credit: City of Perth Public Art Collection, image courtesy of Frances Andrijich Photography / Perth Public Art Foundation @ 201
  • Angels sculpture on Forrest Walk in Subiaco

    Arrive to Paradise

    ALQARAGHOLLI, Ayad

    Forrest Walk, Rokeby Road

For more information on the City of Perth’s Cultural Collections, please contact our Cultural Collections team at Collections@cityofperth.wa.gov.au. If you have an enquiry about the City of Perth’s history & heritage, please contact our History Centre team at history.centre@cityofperth.wa.gov.au.