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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.

                    Our current projects

                    • About Public Art Melbourne

                      Honouring our city’s commitment to nurturing and enabling artists and curators, Public Art Melbourne offers a platform for artists to realise their ideas for city sites, to interpret its places, invent new experiences and make the city crackle with possibilities for visitors, workers and residents.

                    • Public Art in University Square

                      City of Melbourne is transforming University Square, and public art has been identified as a key component of the revived space.

                    • The Love Locks Project

                      The Love Locks Project, initiated by the City of Melbourne in partnership with Craft Victoria, saw local artists transform the padlocks removed from the Southbank Footbridge into everlasting works of art and jewellery.

                    • 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.

                    • Green Transfer: 1200 Buildings Public Art Commission

                      The Green Transfer is an innovative artwork and building design feature located on the street-facing façade at 490 Spencer Street, West Melbourne.

                    • Public Art in Southbank

                      We are embarking on an ambitious project to create 2.5 hectares of public space and neighbourhood parkland for the people of Southbank, Melbourne's most densely populated suburb.
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