The Picasso
A monumental abstract steel landmark known for its playful, climbable form.
Salvation Mountain
A colorful artificial hill covered with flowers, hearts, and religious symbols.
Bear of Porcuna
A seated funerary bear with a raised paw resting on a carved herma.
Broken Chair
A towering wooden chair with one broken leg, created for an anti-landmine campaign.
Apollo Barberini
A cult statue from Apollo’s Palatine temple, probably after Scopas.
Tazza Farnese
A Hellenistic sardonyx gem with Medusa and a debated Egyptian scene.
Trans Am Rapture
Stacked cars rise from a tree-trunk base in a striking urban installation.
Victory Monument
A war memorial honoring an African American regiment that served France in World War I.
Monument to the Azoreans
A futuristic steel monument shaped like a caravel with interwoven human figures.
The Man by the Sea
Nine metres tall in white concrete, inspired by Ramses and the Moai.
Colossal Head of Amenhotep III
A granite Egyptian royal head, preserved in two fragments in the British Museum.
Origins
A contested sculptural work linked to Bernini’s designs and several 1676 versions.
The Resistance
A nude woman with a cannon, made in a few hours during the siege.
Bicha of Balazote
A limestone man-bull chimera with archaic features and a possible funerary role.
La Pigna
An ancient pine cone fountain once admired in the heart of Rome.
Lobster Telephone
A working phone topped with a plaster lobster, blending humor and unease.
Stalin Monument
A towering socialist realist statue, later toppled during the 1956 uprising.
Huangze Monastery Rock Sculptures
Cave carvings behind an ancient monastery, spanning several dynasties.
Lion-man
A prehistoric ivory figure with a human body and cave lion head.
Memorial to the Murdered Sinti and Roma of Europe
A circular water basin with broken stone slabs and a single floating rose.
Aphrodite, Pan and Eros
A witty marble group showing desire, resistance, and playful intervention.
Emancipation Memorial
Lincoln frees an enslaved man in a controversial post-Civil War monument.
Madama Lucrezia
A colossal Roman bust, and the only female figure among Rome’s talking statues.
Battle of the Centaurs
A multidimensional marble relief showing the mythic struggle between Lapiths and Centaurs.
Sarcophagus of Constantina
A red porphyry sarcophagus with pagan motifs set in a Christian context.
Moor of Borghese
A polychrome stone statue combining ancient fragments with later additions.
Evening
An aging athletic figure sinks into drowsy, unfinished contemplation.
Las Limas Figurine
A green stone figure of a seated youth holding a jaguar-faced child.
Artemision Bronze
A bronze figure of a bearded man poised with one arm raised back.
Géant du Tourmalet
An iron tribute to the 1910 Tour de France crossing of the Col du Tourmalet.
Bust of Francesco I d'Este
A marble portrait marked by noble expression, flowing drapery, and abundant hair.
Cane Tago
A terracotta tribute to a loyal hound that greeted its master with joy.
Muisca Raft
A votive gold raft linked to the legend of El Dorado.
Holocaust Memorial
A survivor-conceived memorial opened in 1990 on Meridian Avenue.
Standing Fauness
White marble figure with symbolic themes and a notable inscription on the base.
Dupont Circle Fountain
A marble fountain with three allegorical sculptures in an open plaza.
Monument to Hristo Botev
A bronze full-length figure holding a book scroll on a pedestal.
Parthenon Metopes
Ninety-two marble panels depicting mythological battles in a severely damaged state.
Capitol Columns
Twenty-two Corinthian columns set in a broad prairie at the arboretum.
The Emperor Napoleon I Memorial
A bronze bust of Napoleon mounted on a tall plinth.
Orbit Tower
A twisting red tower that combines sculpture, engineering, and panoramic views.
Statues, Busts and Sculptures
Park sculptures and installations
Ancient World & Antiquity
Middle Ages & Renaissance
Marble & Other Stones
Bronze & Other Metals