Artwork
The Gates of Hell
(1880-1917)by Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)
Rodin Museum entrance, Benjamin Franklin Parkway between 21st and 22nd StreetsThe theme for Rodin’s Gates of Hell derives from Dante’s Inferno, but Rodin incorporated dozens of figures that have no strict parallel in the poem.
A Quest for Parity: The Octavius V. Catto Memorial
(2017)by Branly Cadet (b. 1966)
Southwest corner of Philadelphia City HallOctavius V. Catto was one of the most influential African American leaders in Philadelphia during the 19th century.
Winter Fountains
(2017-2018)by Jennifer Steinkamp (b. 1958)
Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Aviator Park, Rodin Museum, Park Towne Place, and Spring Garden Triangle)A centerpiece for the Parkway 100 celebration, Jennifer Steinkamp’s Winter Fountains illuminated the Benjamin Franklin Parkway with the artist’s dream-like digital animations.
Big Bling
(2016)by Martin Puryear (b. 1941)
Along Kelly Drive between Fountain Green Drive and the Connecting Railway and Girard Avenue BridgesThe Association for Public Art, working with New York’s Madison Square Park Conservancy in a first-time collaboration, brought internationally acclaimed artist Martin Puryear’s Big Bling to Philadelphia as a temporary installation on Kelly Drive.
Calder Statues
(1897 – 1899)by Alexander Stirling Calder (1870 - 1945)
Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard StreetThese larger-than-life statues at the Presbyterian Historical Society represent six important figures in early American Presbyterianism.
The internationally renowned artist Cai Guo-Qiang draws on memories of the traditional lantern festivals of his childhood for his latest site-specific project.
City Hall
(1871-1901)by Alexander Milne Calder (1846 - 1923)
City Hall, Penn Square at Broad and Market StreetsThe exterior and interior of City Hall contain over 250 works of sculpture, many of which relate to Philadelphia’s government and history, principally attributed to one man, Alexander Milne Calder.
Joe Frazier
(2015)by Stephen Layne (b. 1968)
XFINITY Live! Philadelphia, Pattison at 11th StreetThis commemorative statue depicts legendary Philadelphia boxer Joe Frazier during the “Fight of the Century” in 1971, when he knocked out Muhammad Ali with a left hook.