List of public art in Belfast

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

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast Queen's Square 1870 W. J. Barre Clock tower Stone Q2638495 [1]

More images 		Thanksgiving Square Beacon Thanksgiving Square (Belfast) 2007 Andy Scott Abstract sculpture Metal Q4876007 [2]

More images 		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]

More images 		The Big Fish Donegall Quay 1999 John Kindness Ceramic sculpture Stone Q4091869 [5]

More images 		"No Pasaran", Spanish Civil War memorial Writers Square, Donegall Street 2007 Anto Brennan Bust on pedestal Bronze and stone [6]

More images 		Monument to the Unknown Woman Worker Great Victoria Street 1992 Louise Walsh Sculpture group Bronze Q6906904

More images 		Spirit of Belfast Arthur Square 2009 Dan George Abstract sculpture Steel Q7577956 [7]

More images 		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]

More images 		The Speaker Customs House Square Gareth Knowles Statue Bronze

More images 		Henry Cooke Wellington Place 1876 Samuel Ferris Lynn Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone [9]

More images 		Renewal Queen's Square Ned Jackson Smyth Abstract sculpture Metal [10]

More images 		Thompson memorial fountain Bedford Street / Ormeau Avenue 1885 Young and McKenzie Architects Fountain Stone [11]

More images 		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

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		The Cenotaph, Belfast Belfast City Hall 1929 Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas Cenotaph Stone Q30323973 [12]

More images 		Queen Victoria Belfast City Hall 1903 Sir Thomas Brock Statue on pedestal with supporting figures Stone and bronze Q17778520 [13]

More images 		Titanic Memorial Belfast City Hall 1920 Sir Thomas Brock Statue group on pedestal Stone Q7809806 [14]

More images 		Sir Edward James Harland Belfast City Hall 1903 Sir Thomas Brock Statue on pedestal Q17778453 [15]

More images 		The 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Belfast City Hall 1906 Frederick W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal with canopy Q17778397 [16]

More images 		Sir James Horner Haslett Belfast City Hall 1909 Frederick W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal Q17778550 [17]

More images 		Sir Daniel Dixon Belfast City Hall 1910 Sir Hamo Thornycroft Statue on pedestal Q72151439 [18]

More images 		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]

More images 		Robert James McMordie Belfast City Hall 1919 Frederick W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal [20]

More images 		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

South 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 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		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]

More images 		Sweet Water Arch Stranmillis, Belfast

54°34′30″N 5°55′54″W / 54.574907°N 5.931665°W / 54.574907; -5.931665 		2009 (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

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		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]

More images 		Eco McClay Library, Queen's University Belfast 2008 Marc Didou Sculpture [36]


East Belfast

East 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
Titanica Titanic Centre 2012 Rowan Gillespie Sculpture on pedestal Bronze [37]

More images 		Titanic Kit Titanic Quarter 2009 Tony Stallard Sculpture Bronze Q48743282 [38]
Titanic Yardmen 401 Newtownards Road 2012 Ross Wilson Sculpture [39]

More images 		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

More images 		The Baron Carson Stormont Estate 1933 Leonard Stanford Merrifield Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone [41]

More images 		The Gleaner Stormont Estate John Knox Sculpture on pedestal Stone


West Belfast

West 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
James Connolly Falls Road 2016 Steve Feeny Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone [42]

More images 		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

References

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