Best of Public Art: 2021

Public art has become a prolific creative component to cities around the world. Sited in civic spaces and designed to create impact, it carries the potential to change the way community interacts with place, fundamentally. In its sixth iteration, UAP, in collaboration with five influential curators, has surveyed top public art projects of the year, reflecting trends and recurring themes that artists are addressing in different ways and in diverse locations globally.

The highlighted projects intersect a broad range of mediums and scales and reflect the reputation of the world-class curators who each have suggested their top two public artworks. Contributing to this year's list are Paul Farber, Director and Co-Founder, Monument Lab; Kirsten Lacy, Director, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki; Matthew Israel, Commissions Lead at Open Arts, Meta and formerly Co-Founder and Chief Curator, Artful; Yang Zi, Independent Curator, and former Curator and Head of Public Programs at UCCA Center for Contemporary Art; Sarah Collicott, Founder, Artscape; and UAP’s Natasha Smith, Curatorial Director, and Ineke Dane, Senior Curator. Their cumulative list, detailed below, includes artworks noted for their innovation, aesthetic engagement, and exhilarating scope, at the same time exploring thematic threads that respond to the current state of the world.

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