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                    Projection of possum with glowing purple outline onto tree at night

                    Mikala Dwyer, 'Apparition', 2021 night-time digital projection onto holo-gauze screen. Photo by Darren Tanny Tan

                    Melbourne is well known for its love of art, and a walk around the city can be rich with innovative visual experiences of public artworks and street art – in our laneways and gardens, on our buildings and on the waterfront.

                    ​Wander the City of Melbourne's streets and intimate laneways, parks and waterfront to find inspiring works of art in surprising places.

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                    • Celebrating women in Melbourne’s history

                      We’re taking action to address the gender imbalance in the city’s statues and will soon commission a new statue of a remarkable Victorian woman. Only 10 of the city’s 580 statues in the city depict and celebrate women from Melbourne’s history – representing less than two per cent of all statues.
                    • Public Art Melbourne

                      Public Art Melbourne commissions art in the public realm, opening up city spaces to artists to create encounters with the unexpected for the people of Melbourne. Once commissioned, permanent public artworks enter the City’s collection.
                    • Flash Forward

                      We’ve partnered with the Victorian Government to deliver Flash Forward, a program to revitalise 40 of Melbourne’s historic laneways.
                    • Street art

                      The City of Melbourne recognises the importance of street art in contributing to a vibrant urban culture. Melbourne’s street art is internationally renowned and has become an attraction for local and overseas visitors experiencing Melbourne’s creative ambience.
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                    Explore our outdoor collection of sculptures

                    Fanciful telescope steampunk-style sculpture next to riverCircular neon sign on gabled building, in spectrum of green, yellow, orange, red, purple and blue spelling out the words 'to the point where we can see nothing everything has become clear'Brass hieroglyphics inlaid in bluestone pavementArtwork of slate, granite and glass on grassy areaStainless-steel and aluminium boat-like sculpture on waterYellow origami-like steel sculptureSculpture of long scrolls of paperRibbed spherical metal seed-like sculptures in parkSculpture of flat wave-like forms lined up in a row, in city park settingRed-granite and stainless-steel sculpture of purseWhite fibreglass sculptures resembling figures and trees on paved areaStainless-steel sculpture among city buildingsMetal sculpture of a pole with hoop attached which has radiating armature and cups on a poleLife-size model of tram partially embedded into ground, next to palm tree of similar height

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