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“Rack-n-Roll” Project
Multiple Artists
2006  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
21st Boundary
Shirley Wyrick
1984  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
4th & Walnut Looking West ca 1906
Doug Shelton
1985  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
6th Avenue Bridge Concept Design (unrealized)
Alice Aycock
Concept Design, 2012  |  Archive | More Public Art in DSM
6th Avenue Corridor Project
Chaden Halfhill
2010 ongoing  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
A Monumental Journey
Kerry James Marshall
July 2018  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
A Shift in the Stream
Maya Lin
1995-97  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
A Social History of Des Moines
Harry Donald Jones
1941  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
A Veteran’s Prayer for Eternal Peace
Christopher Bennett
1994  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
A World of Possibilities
Viola Frey
1993-95  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
air gets into everything even nothing
Ugo Rondinone
2006  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Allée
Stuart Davis
1955  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Always Together
Ricardo Gonzalez aka “It’s a Living”
2024  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
Ancient Forest
Deborah Butterfield
2009  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Ancient Minds of Modern Scribes
ASPHATE
May 2015  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Animal Pyramid
Bruce Nauman
1990  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Back of a Snowman (Black)
Gary Hume
2002  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Back of a Snowman (White)
Gary Hume
2002  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Black Renaissance
Jill Wells
2024  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Bus Wrap #1: “Untitled”
Alex Brown
2014  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Bus Wrap #10: Multiple Black
Mitchell Squire
2019  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Bus Wrap #2: “Totems”
Jay Vigon
2015  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Bus Wrap #3: “STOMP”
Susan Chrysler White
2016  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Bus Wrap #4: “Where’s the Ball”
Larassa Kabel
2016  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Bus Wrap #5: “Splatter”
Brent Holland
2017  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Bus Wrap #6: “Extinct Plant Species”
Jordan J. Weber
2017  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Bus Wrap #7: “The Chasm”
Benjamin Gardner
2017  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Bus Wrap #8: Outward
Nick Goettling
2018  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Bus Wrap #9: “Zigs Zag, Zags Zig”
Marianne Fairbanks
2019  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Centerview: Central Iowa’s Nature and Edifice
Concetta Morales
1993  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Circle of Life
Hilde DeBruyne
2008; installed 2013  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Column of Change
Michael Pavlovsky
1996  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Confluence
Lynn Basa
2012  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Construction
Ivan Chermayeff
1971  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Corn Dogs and Clowns
PAINTALLICA, an art collective
Completed 13 August 2014; on view through 23 August 2014  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Cosmic Seed
Ronald Bladen
1977  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Cosmic Waltz
Jack Heintz
2015  |  Archive | More Public Art in DSM
Crown
James Ellwanger
2012  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Crusoe Umbrella
Claes Oldenburg
1979  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Culture Carriage
Pete P. Goché
9/1/12  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Decoy
Martin Puryear
1990  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Dephinus
Eric Jean-Marie
1995  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Des Moines
Thomas Agran
2024  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Des Moines Color Field
STRETCH
Date Unknown  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Des Moines Mural
Ben Schuh
2019  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Disney Murals
Milton Erwin Kahl
1944  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug
John Collier
2011  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Echo-Obelisk
David B. Dahlquist
2002  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Even Stones Have Eyes
Huma Bhabha
2023  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Even Water
Cliff Garten
2019  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Expansion
Jun Kaneko
2013  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
Family at Corner
Watson Powell, Jr.
Date Unknown  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Five Dangos
Jun Kaneko
Installed 2012  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
Five Plate Pentagon
Richard Serra
1986  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Five Stones, One Tree
Luther Utterback
1979  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Folded Circle Zig
Fletcher Benton
1988  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Future
Jill Wells
2023  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Granite Tree
Jesús Bautista Moroles
Date Unknown  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Gray’s Lake Bridge
Calvin “Cal” F. Lewis, FAIA
2001  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Greenfall
Shirley Wyrick
1987; 2006  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Growth Culture
Jill Wells
2024  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Gymnast III
William G. Tucker
1985  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Hall of Pride Mural
David B. Dahlquist
2009  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Hand and Land: Fingerprint
David B. Dahlquist
2007  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Harmony Line
TJ Moberg
2010  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
High Trestle Trail Bridge
David B. Dahlquist
2011  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Hills, Fields, Wind, and Rain
Mac Hornecker
2005  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Hulking Giants
OYORAM
2020  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
In the Morning
Sir Anthony Caro
1986  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Inhale… Exhale…
Jordan J. Weber
2024  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Iowa Made: By Land and Hand
David B. Dahlquist
2002  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Iowa Workers Monument
Michael Stutz
2007  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Iron Tree Trunk
Ai Weiwei
2015  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
John Ruan, Sr.
Chas Fagan
2011  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Joy of Music
George Lundeen
1994  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Juno
Deborah Butterfield
1989  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Landscape Piece #1
Dale Eldred
1965  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Last Breath
James Turrell
1990  |  Archive | More Public Art in DSM
Leap of Faith
Jesse Small
2009  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Les Vents
Edward Lee Hendricks
1986  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Life Flight Crew Memorial
Rebecca Eckstrand
1983  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Liftoff
Alice Aycock
2021  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
Lincoln and Tad
Fred Torrey
1961  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Louis Vuitton Crack House
Jordan J. Weber
2013  |  Archive | More Public Art in DSM
LOVE
Robert Indiana
1969-1999  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Man and Pegasus
Carl Milles
1949  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Marriage
Tony Smith
1961  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Menorah
Jeffrey Abt
1975  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Mental Banquet: Painting with Lights
OYORAM
2018  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Miffy Fountain
Tom Sachs
2007, fabricated in 2008 from an edition of 5 (5/5)  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
Modular Piece
Sol LeWitt
1969  |  Archive | More Public Art in DSM
Monroe Colston Cornerstone Mural
ASPHATE
2023  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Moonrise, east. august
Ugo Rondinone
2006  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Moonrise, east. january
Ugo Rondinone
2005  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Nation at Play
Glenn Chamberlain
1937  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Nation at Work
George Verle Grooms
1936  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
No Action Too Small
Chris Vance
2013  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Nomade
Jaume Plensa
2007  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
North Side Library Arch and Carousel
Todd Niccum
2024  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Order
Tony Cragg
1989  |  Archive | More Public Art in DSM
Panoramic awareness pavilion
Olafur Eliasson
2013  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Paragon Prairie
David B. Dahlquist
2008  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Path of Peace
Ron Dinsdale
2011  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Pearl Clutcher/Snatcher
Jordan J. Weber
2015  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Plains Aurora
Cork Marcheschi
1987  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Plantoir
Claes Oldenburg
2001  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Post Balzac
Judith Shea
1990  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Prairie Emergence
Mac Hornecker
2006  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Prairie Song
Reed Madden Designs
2013  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Prairie Winds
Mac Hornecker
1996  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Primavera III
Peter Chinni
1965  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Pumpkin (L)
Yayoi Kusama
2014, fabricated 2018  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Quantum Leaf
Sally Vagliano Pettus
2006  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
RAGBRAI: River to River
Gail Folwell
2020  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
Rainy Day in Des Moines
Doug Shelton
1990  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Reclining Figure
Williem de Kooning
1969-82  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
River Constellation
River Constellation Team
2019  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens
Multiple Artists
2009  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Sarah and Leland with Bees
Frank Hansen
2011  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Seating for Eight and Café Table 1
Scott Burton
Designed 1985/1984, fabricated 1989-90/1992  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Shattering Silence
James Ellwanger
2009  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Shine
Robert Whicker
2016  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Slides
Norie Sato
2005  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil War Monument
Harriet A. Ketcham
1892  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Solitary Journey: Morning, Noon, Dusk, Night
Astrid Preston
1992  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Spectral Liberation
Christiane T. Martens
1984  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Sphere Within a Sphere
Arnaldo Pomodoro
1999  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Spider
Louise Bourgeois
1997  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Standing Stones
Richard Serra
1989  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Steadfast
Robert Craig
2000  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Stripes
Travis Rice
8/1/13  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Swirl
Jim Campbell
2016  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
SWISH
Jordan J. Weber
2022  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
SWITCH
M12 Collective
On view 11-21 August 2016  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
T-8
Mark di Suvero
1985  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Tall Grass Tapestry
Troy Corliss
2012  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
Temple Chess & Poetry Garden
Siah Armajani
2006  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
The Big Question
Mags Harries
2007  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
The Birth Place of Des Moines
Hilde DeBruyne
2010  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
The Black Crown of Perpetual Loss
Larassa Kabel
2019  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
The Pipes of Pan
Jon Turner
1992  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
The Puzzle of Life
Barri J. Lester
2003  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
The Seam
James Ellwanger
Date Unknown  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
The Theater
David B. Kraisler
1991  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
The Youth Have Spoken
Jill Wells
2024  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Thinker on a Rock
Barry Flanagan
1997  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Three Cairns
Andy Goldsworthy
2002  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Three Way Piece No. 1: Points
Henry Moore
1964-65  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Threshold
Juanjo Novella
2021  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
Transportion Signature
David B. Dahlquist
2013  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Truth Booth
Cause Collective
On view 28-29 September 2016  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Until the Woods Began to Move
Anna Gaskell
11/1/06  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled
Joel Shapiro
1985  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled
Ellsworth Kelly
1994  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled
Luther Utterback
  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled
James Rosati
1974  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled
Joel Shapiro
2001-2003  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled (Pioneer group)
Karl Gerhardt
1890  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled (Three Dancing Figures, version C)
Keith Haring
1989, fabricated 2009  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled Mural
Chris Vance
2000  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled Mural
Chris Vance
2017  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled Relief with Covered Wagon
Christian Petersen
1924  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled Sculpture
Peter Marasco
ca. 1972  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled Series: 6AC Bus Shelters
Sheena Rose
2020  |  Commissioned by GDMPAF | Long-Term
Untitled Steel Sculpture
Julius Schmidt
1971  |  Archive | More Public Art in DSM
Untitled Wall #1
Jennifer Leatherby
2015  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
US Senator William Boyd Allison Monument
Evelyn Beatrice Longman
1916  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Utility Cabinet
Mark Kane
2012  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Utility Cabinet Prototype
King Au
2011  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Victory Victory
Richard Hunt
2004  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Volutes Tapestry
Pablo Picasso
1959  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Wading Bridge
Mary Mattingly
2015  |  Archive | Commissioned by GDMPAF
Wall Drawing #601, Forms Derived from the Cube
Sol LeWitt
1989  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Wall Drawing 1238, Whirls and Twirls
Sol LeWitt
2007  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
West Pediment
Unknown Artist
1879  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Westward
Edwin Howland Blashfield
1905  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
What We Love About Clive
Sarah Grant
2009  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
White Ghost
Yoshitomo Nara
2010  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Willy
Tony Smith
1962, fabricated 2005  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
World War I Monument
Charles Henry Niehaus
1925  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
XII
Edward Lee Hendricks
1983  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM
Yesterday
jd Hansen
2006  |  Long-Term | More Public Art in DSM