Self-guided walking tour
Tour the sculptures, reliefs, fountains, and other artworks that enhance our Downtown public spaces.
Download our brochure and head out for an hour or two.
Yaletown False Creek public art walking tour PDF file (700 KB)
Public Art Program partnerships
Offering a rotating program of innovative public art projects by local and international contemporary artists, this exhibition space allows artists to explore and respond to Vancouver's unique urban environment. Offsite is located on West Georgia St between Thurlow and Bute, west of the Shangri-La Hotel.
Canada Line Public Art Program
The focus of InTransit BC's Public Art Program is to enhance the ridership experience by providing emerging artists with an opportunity to display their work in highly visible locations along the Canada Line route within Vancouver.
The WALL is a large format artists’ platform made possible through a unique partnership between Vancouver Heritage Foundation, CBC/Radio-Canada, and ourer Public Art Program. Additional support is provided by JJ Bean Coffee Roasters. The WALL features a new artist every year. This outdoor installation has featured artworks of both upcoming and established artists, exploring the theme of Vancouver’s built environment.
Featured artworks
Queers’ Vernacular (Slanguage) by Paige Gratland
Learn about Queers' Vernacular (Slanguage), a public artwork by Paige Gratland exploring language in 2S/LGBTQIA+ communities.
The Hollow Man by Jon Sasaki
The Hollow Man is a temporary public sculpture at Hastings Park that challenges monuments and reflects on Japanese Canadian internment history.
A Constellation of Remediation
A 2-year long public art project by T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss and Anne Riley that includes the planting of Indigenous remediation gardens.
Adrift
The new sculpture Adrift is suspended in the double-height skylit space that spans between floors eight and nine at VPL Central Library.
Coming Soon
A year-long project which will see unique poster prints by Diyan Achjadi installed on the fencing around construction sites in the Main and Cambie neighbourhoods.
Platforms: The Teachers Among Us
Celebrating senior artists and their lasting influence through mentorship, with new public artworks across Vancouver.
Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing
A rolling program of newly commissioned works by 21 local and urban Indigenous artists on multiple public platforms throughout the city.
Platforms: We Are Here, Live
Explore the previous installment of the Platforms program where 23 artists created pieces that reflect the complexities of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Platforms 2020: Public Works
A monthly series of public art projects being presented from June until the year’s end.
Platforms 2016
View our outdoor art exhibition of temporary print and video works about the Coastal City premiering each month from May to October 2016.
Centennial Totem Pole Conservation Project
We're reviewing the future of the Centennial Totem Pole located in Hadden Park just south of the Maritime Museum in Kitsilano.
Hastings Park: Home + Away
Home + Away is a playful public artwork with seating at Hastings Park's Empire Fields. Learn about the artists and how they made this possible.
Launch Pad
Launch Pad features artwork by 20 recent graduates on billboards along the Arbutus Greenway.
Guelph Park public art
The Park Board accepted the donation of the Dude Chilling Park sign after receiving a request from Mount Pleasant residents to reinstall the sign permanently.
Brockton Point public art donation proposal
Learn more about the proposed donation of public art at Brockton Point in Stanley Park and provide your feedback through our online survey.
Occupying Chinatown
Paul Wong launches his year-long residency at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden to coincide with the City of Vancouver’s formal apology for the historical discrimination against Chinese residents in Vancouver.
Musqueam artist-designed crosswalk in Marpole
In collaboration with Musqueam, we're pleased to introduce a new original crosswalk design by Musqueam artist Robyn Sparrow.
Zac George’s Syewá:l (Ancestors) house post
A house post by Zachary George Sko-Kay-Lem at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre plaza, commissioned through the Public Art Program.
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