Conservation projects

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There are up to 400 pieces of public art, including 58 statues and memorials, 77 sculptures and installations, 30 major fountains within the City of Sydney. Our ongoing restoration and conservation program is important to ensure these unique and often historic pieces are returned to their former glory and can be enjoyed by future generations.

What Bird is That?

What Bird is That?

The City is working with the Surry Hills community to restore a well-loved, but well-worn community art project, the What Bird is That? wall mural. More

John Christie Wright Fountain

John Christie Wright Fountain

The John Christie Wright Fountain, designed by Sydney sculptor Gerald Lewers, was installed in 1960 as a memorial to the Scottish-born Australian sculptor who was killed in action in France in 1917. More

John Christie Wright Fountain

Restoration of John Baptist Fountain, Hyde Park

The City is planning to restore the John Baptist Fountain, a rare example of a mid-19th-century Australian ornamental garden fountain. More

  • Welcome

    Public Art in the City of Sydney has a new forum

    The City Art News page is the new place to find out all the latest information on the City's public art program

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  • Laneway Art

    Laneways Art

    Explore the city through Laneway Art until January 31st 2012

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  • Windlines

    Laneways Art

    Windlines - The Scout Compass of Discovery at Circular Quay by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford commemorates 100 years of Scouting in Australia

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  • EARTH V SKY

    Earth v Sky

    Visit Gebe Point at sunset to see the City's first wind turbine power lights projecting continuosly changing colour onto magnificent fig trees

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  • FORGOTTEN SONGS

    FORGOTTEN SONGS

    ...as day shifts to night, daytime birds' songs disappear with the sun and nocturnal birds sound into the evening...

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  • STREETWARE

    Sydney Dust Storm - Dean Sewell

    Street artists and illustrators have unleashed their skills on unsuspecting Sydney laneways...download a walking and cycling guide to find where

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