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                    Public Art Melbourne Projects

                    A row of brightly coloured cabinets.

                    Standing by Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner. Image: Brook Andrew and Trent Walter.

                    Public art relies on investment, planning and partnerships to make work of enduring quality. By converting creative vision into tangible results, Public Art Melbourne projects is a catalyst for city artists, planners, enablers and investors to work together on various special projects.

                    ​​​It aims to build and enhance Melbourne's public places by realising public art that illustrates the stories of our city and reflects its complex and contested history.

                    To do this, Public Art Melbourne:

                    • works with internal City of Melbourne departments to coordinate the production of innovative public art through major capital works programs
                    • ensures that public art projects complement and align with Council plans and priorities
                    • realises various kinds of City of Melbourne partnerships for public art to include developers, building owners, arts organisations, artists and state and federal government to deliver innovative public art.
                    • Hero Apartment Building commissions

                      The City of Melbourne has partnered with the Hero Apartment Building Owners Corporation to present a series of billboard-scale public art commissions on the facade of the iconic residential building in Melbourne’s CBD.
                    • NGV Triennial partnership commissions

                      The City of Melbourne is partnering with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) to commission three major public artworks for three NGV Triennial exhibitions.
                    • narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services

                      Designed to invite reflection, learning, ceremony and play – the artworks at narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services celebrate the rich contribution First Nations people make to the life of the city, share stories of Country and speak to the impact of colonisation.
                    • Honouring Warrior Woman Lisa Bellear

                      ​A new art project pays tribute to the memory and contribution of Warrior Woman Lisa Bellear by sharing her story with a new generation of locals, visitors and the wider community.
                    • John Patten – Remembering

                      Rich with colour and historical meaning, 'Remembering' by John Patten spotlights significant figures from Victorian Aboriginal history.
                    • Public art in University Square

                      City of Melbourne has commissioned two temporary public artworks as part of the Stage One Masterplan for the redevelopment of University Square, Carlton.
                    • Mikala Dwyer – Apparition

                      From 2021 to 2022 Mikala Dwyer’s new temporary public art commission, Apparition, can be seen after dark at University Square, Carlton.
                    • Sean Lynch – Distant Things Appear Suddenly Near

                      ‘Distant Things Appear Suddenly Near’ is an immersive and experimental temporary public artwork, located at University Square, Carlton.
                    • Tom Nicholson – Chimney in store

                      Commissioned by the City of Melbourne in association with Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Tom Nicholson’s ‘Chimney in store (Towards a monument to Batman’s Treaty)’ is a public artwork and resolution to the artist’s public art project titled ‘Towards a monument to Batman’s Treaty’.
                    • Rose Nolan – Screen Works (ENOUGH-NOW/EVEN/MORE-SO)

                      A new public artwork by Melbourne artist Rose Nolan can be seen on the exterior of the new City of Melbourne Munro community hub at the Queen Victoria Market precinct.
                    • Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner public marker

                      Artist Brook Andrew, along with Trent Walter, were recently commissioned by the City of Melbourne to develop a public artwork commemorating Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner, two Tasmanian Aboriginal men who were publicly hanged in Melbourne in 1842.
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