List of public art in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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This is a list of permanent public art in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The list contains only works of permanent public art freely accessible in public spaces, and not, for example, works inside museums that charge admission, or that are installed for short-term display.


Image Title / subject Location Date Artist Notes
CornwallisStatueHalifaxNovaScotia.jpg Edward Cornwallis Cornwallis SquareCornwallis Square
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1931 J. Massey Rhind
Lace Up Emera Oval
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2013 Ilan Sandler Commissioned for the 2011 Canada Winter Games[1]
File:"The Wave", back to normal (Halifax NS, April 19 2007) (465513852).jpg The Wave Halifax Boardwalk
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c. 1986 Donna Hiebert [2]
File:Statue of Samuel Cunard in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.jpg Samuel Cunard Halifax Seaport
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2006 Peter Bustin [3]
File:The Emigrant.jpg The Emigrant Halifax Seaport
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2013 Armando Barbon Bronze and marble. Depicts an emigrant leaving his home country to start a new life in Canada.[4]
Saunders Park.jpg Saunders Park memorial sculpture Saunders Park
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The park is named after Donald Saunders, aviator, and manager of the Halifax Civic Airport at this location, 1931-1941.
File:RobbieBurnsVictoriaParkHalifaxNovaScotia.jpg Robert Burns Victoria Park
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George Anderson Lawson [5]
WalterScottVictoriaParkHalifaxNovaScotia.jpg Walter Scott Victoria Park
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North Is Freedom Halifax North Memorial Public Library
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2007 Doug Bamford and Stephen Brathwaite Named for a George Elliott Clarke poem, the monolith has four lines written by the poet about the surrounding neighbourhood which he considers his home, and other words that tell the story of the local community. The monolith is made from Corten steel.[6]
Marine Venus University Avenue, Dalhousie University
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1967 Robert Hedrick Commissioned for Expo 67, donated to Dalhousie University in 1969 by Seagram.
Sailors' Memorial Sackville Landing
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Peter Bustin
Orzo (a.k.a. The Kiss) South Park Street
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1981 Andy Francis Cutti One of three statues made of granite from a staircase removed from a building on Barrington Street. Removed on November 26, 2014 and temporarily relocated to the garden of a private homeowner while the adjacent YMCA is redeveloped.[7]
WinstonChurchillHalfaxNovaScotia.JPG Winston Churchill Grafton Park
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1980 Oscar Nemon
20th Century Student Dalhousie University
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1968 Reg Dockrill Removed in 2012 due to corrosion and structural damage.[8]

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