This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The list applies only to works of public art accessible in a public space; it does not include artwork on display inside museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals and mosaics. The murals of Belfast are discussed separately in Murals in Northern Ireland.
City centre
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Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast | Queen's Square | 1870 | W. J. Barre | Clock tower | Stone | Q2638495 | [1] | |
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Thanksgiving Square Beacon | Thanksgiving Square (Belfast) | 2007 | Andy Scott | Abstract sculpture | Metal | Q4876007 | [2] | |
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The Masts | Donegall Place | 2011 | 8 masts | Copper | The eight copper clad lighting masts are named after White Star Line ships built at Harland and Wolff:- Titanic, Olympic, Oceanic, Britannic, Laurentic, Celtic, Nomadic, Traffic.[3] | |||
James Larkin | Donegall Street Place | 2006 | Anto Brennan | sculpture | Bronze | [4] | |||
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The Big Fish | Donegall Quay | 1999 | John Kindness | Ceramic sculpture | Stone | Q4091869 | [5] | |
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"No Pasaran", Spanish Civil War memorial | Writers Square, Donegall Street | 2007 | Anto Brennan | Bust on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [6] | ||
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Monument to the Unknown Woman Worker | Great Victoria Street | 1992 | Louise Walsh | Sculpture group | Bronze | Q6906904 | ||
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Spirit of Belfast | Arthur Square | 2009 | Dan George | Abstract sculpture | Steel | Q7577956 | [7] | |
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Sheep on the Road | Waterfront Hall, Lanyon Place | 1990 | Deborah Brown | Sculpture group | Bronze | Q7492438 | Originally at Riddell Hall. Relocated to Waterfront Hall in 1999 | |
The Barrel Man | Lanyon place | 1997 | Ross Wilson | statue | bronze | Also known as 'The Ulster Brewer' [8] | |||
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The Speaker | Customs House Square | Gareth Knowles | Statue | Bronze | ||||
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Henry Cooke | Wellington Place | 1876 | Samuel Ferris Lynn | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [9] | ||
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Renewal | Queen's Square | Ned Jackson Smyth | Abstract sculpture | Metal | [10] | |||
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Thompson memorial fountain | Bedford Street / Ormeau Avenue | 1885 | Young and McKenzie Architects | Fountain | Stone | [11] | ||
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The Buoys | York Street / Donegall Street | Pre 1979 | Unknown | 3 Buoys | Metal | Group of obsolete navigation buoys presented by the Commissioner of Irish Lights to Belfast City Council to highlight Belfast's maritime heritage. |
Belfast City Hall
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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The Cenotaph, Belfast | Belfast City Hall | 1929 | Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas | Cenotaph | Stone | Q30323973 | [12] | |
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Queen Victoria | Belfast City Hall | 1903 | Sir Thomas Brock | Statue on pedestal with supporting figures | Stone and bronze | Q17778520 | [13] | |
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Titanic Memorial | Belfast City Hall | 1920 | Sir Thomas Brock | Statue group on pedestal | Stone | Q7809806 | [14] | |
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Sir Edward James Harland | Belfast City Hall | 1903 | Sir Thomas Brock | Statue on pedestal | Q17778453 | [15] | ||
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The 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava | Belfast City Hall | 1906 | Frederick W. Pomeroy | Statue on pedestal with canopy | Q17778397 | [16] | ||
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Sir James Horner Haslett | Belfast City Hall | 1909 | Frederick W. Pomeroy | Statue on pedestal | Q17778550 | [17] | ||
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Sir Daniel Dixon | Belfast City Hall | 1910 | Sir Hamo Thornycroft | Statue on pedestal | Q72151439 | [18] | ||
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The 1st Viscount Pirrie | Belfast City Hall | 1924 | Bertram Pergram | Bust on pedestal | Bronze | Originally erected in Belfast City Cemetery. Refurbished and re-erected on grounds of Belfast City Hall in 2006.[19] | ||
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Robert James McMordie | Belfast City Hall | 1919 | Frederick W. Pomeroy | Statue on pedestal | [20] | |||
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Boer War memorial | Belfast City Hall | 1905 | Sydney March | Statue group on pedestal with plaques | Stone and bronze | [21] | ||
James Joseph Magennis | Belfast City Hall | 1999 | Elizabeth McLaughlin | [22] | |||||
Korean War memorial | Belfast City Hall | 1951 | Originally erected in Korea on site of battlefield at Chaegunghyon. Re-erected in St. Patrick's Barracks in Ballymena in 1962. Re-erected and dedicated at Belfast City Hall in 2010[23] | ||||||
USAEF memorial | Belfast City Hall | 1943 | T. F. O. Rippingham | Originally sited at gateway to City Hall. Moved to present location in 1995 and rededicated by President Bill Clinton [24] |
South Belfast
editSouth Belfast is defined as the area of the city south of the railway line from the A12 (Westlink) to the River Lagan. It includes Queen's University Belfast, the Ulster Museum and the Botanic Gardens.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
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The 1st Baron Kelvin | Botanic Gardens (Belfast) | 1913 | Albert Bruce-Joy | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [25][26] | ||
New metal piece | Ulster Museum | 1978 | Barry Flanagan | Abstract sculpture | Metal | [27] | |||
Modern sculpture | Ulster Museum | Abstract sculpture | Metal | ||||||
Belfast Wheel | King William Park | Sculpture | Bronze | Wheel is composed of 12 segments, each depicting an area of the city [28] | |||||
Ella Pirrie | Belfast City Hospital | 2007 | Ross Wilson | Statue | Bronze | [29] | |||
Mother - Daughter - Sister | Sandy Row | 2015 | Ross Wilson | Statue | Bronze | [30] | |||
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Sweet Water Arch | Stranmillis, Belfast 54°34′30″N 5°55′54″W / 54.574907°N 5.931665°W |
2009 | Denis O'Connor | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 4m high | The Irish name for the area, "An Srúthan Milís", means "sweet stream".[31][32] |
The Queen's University of Belfast
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War memorial | Queen's University Belfast | 1924 | Sir Thomas Brock | Statue group on pedestal with plaques | Bronze and stone | Q66459168 | [33] | ||
Sir William Whitla | Queen's University Belfast | 1942 | Gilbert Bayes | Bust in niche | Bronze | [34] | ||||
Reclining Figure | Queen's University Belfast | 1958 | Frederick Edward McWilliam | Sculpture | Bronze | [35] | ||||
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Eco | McClay Library, Queen's University Belfast | 2008 | Marc Didou | Sculpture | [36] |
East Belfast
editEast Belfast is defined as the city east of the River Lagan. It includes the Titanic Quarter and the Stormont Estate.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Titanica | Titanic Centre | 2012 | Rowan Gillespie | Sculpture on pedestal | Bronze | [37] | |||
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Titanic Kit | Titanic Quarter | 2009 | Tony Stallard | Sculpture | Bronze | Q48743282 | [38] | |
Titanic Yardmen 401 | Newtownards Road | 2012 | Ross Wilson | Sculpture | [39] | ||||
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The Searcher, C. S. Lewis | C. S. Lewis Square | 2016 | Ross Wilson | Statue group | Bronze | [40] | ||
The Longbridge Stone | Albertbridge Road and Castlereagh Street | 1831 | N/A | Stone | Said to be the last remnant of the Long Bridge which spanned the Lagan from Ballymacarret to Belfast | ||||
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The Baron Carson | Stormont Estate | 1933 | Leonard Stanford Merrifield | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [41] | ||
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The Gleaner | Stormont Estate | John Knox | Sculpture on pedestal | Stone |
West Belfast
editWest Belfast is defined as the area of the city west of the A12 (westlink) and south of the Crumlin Road. It includes the Falls Road and the Shankill Road. West Belfast is famous for its murals, both Loyalist and Republican. These are discussed separately in the article Murals in Northern Ireland.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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James Connolly | Falls Road | 2016 | Steve Feeny | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [42] | |||
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RISE | Broadway Roundabout, A12 | 2011 | Wolfgang Buttress | Abstract sculpture | Q7335884 | [43] | ||
Clonard Martyrs Memorial | Bombay Street | 2000 | Celtic wheel cross | Stone | [44] | ||||
Garden of Remembrance | Falls Road | 2001 | [45] | ||||||
Bayardo Bomb Memorial | Shankill Road | 2008 | [46] | ||||||
William Conor | Shankill Road | 2015 | statue | Bronze | [47] | ||||
The Millie | Crumlin Road | 2010 | Ross Wilson | Bronze | Statue to Belfast's female linen mill workers [48] |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Thanksgiving Square Beacon". www.andyscottsculptor.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Iconic Masts". www.belfastcentre.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/big-jim-larkin-18741947-310934
- ^ "Big Fish". Visit Belfast. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "The XV International Brigade "No Pasaran"". Excellent Street Images. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Spirit of Belfast". www.dangeorge.nyc. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ https://www.excellentstreetimages.com/belfast-street-photography/more-to-do/public-art-and-monuments/the-best-of-public-art/the-barrel-man-by-artist-ross-wilson/
- ^ "Henry Cooke". www.victorianweb.org. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "J3474 Sculpture Queen's Square/Custom House Square, Belfast". www.geograph.ie. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Thompson Memorial Fountain, Belfast". Archiseek, Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Belfast Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Queen Victoria,Belfast". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Belfast Men Memorial". Titanic Memorials. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Sir Edward Harland". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Lord Dufferin Memorial, City Hall, Belfast". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Memorials and Statues". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Memorials and Statues". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Lord Pirrie Memorial Plinth, Belfast". Titanic Memorials. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Memorials and Statues". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "R.I. Regiment Boer War Memorial". Irish War Memorials. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Bravery wins through 54 years on, Belfast statue for Catholic awarded VC". Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Korean War Monument dedicated at Belfast City Hall". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Memorials and Statues". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "your place and Mine – Greater Belfast. Inventors – Lord Kelvin". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Joy, Albert, Bruce". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 – 1940. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "new metal piece". Barryflanagan.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyworrall/2852377763
- ^ "Ella Pirrie Statue, Belfast City Hospital". Geograph.ie. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=134128
- ^ "Sweet Arch opened in Stranmillis" 4NI.co.uk, 27 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Sweet Water Arch" Art UK. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Queen's University Belfast". Ulster War Memorials. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Sir William Whitla (1851–1933)". The Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Reclining Figure (1958)". The Naughton Gallery at Queens. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Eco at Queen's University". Excellent Street Images. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "New Titanic sculptures unveiled". BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Titanic Kit". www.tonystallard.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ https://www.titanic.memorial/post/memorial/titanic+yardmen+401/
- ^ "CS Lewis' life celebrated in new Belfast space". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Elementary - Sherlock finally sorting out Carson at Stormont!". Derry Journal. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "James Connolly statue unveiled in honour of 1916 Easter Rising leader". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Sculpture is 'new icon' for Belfast". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden". www.northernirelandmemorials.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Garden of Remembrance (Falls Road)". CAIN-Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Bayardo Bomb Memorial". CAIN-Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ https://extramuralactivity.com/2015/09/10/conors-corner/
- ^ https://www.lisburnmuseum.com/virtual-museum-lisburn/statue-the-millie-crumlin-road/