Chicago Picasso
The Chicago Picasso is an untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois. The 1967 installation of the Picasso, "precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban planning, broadening the idea of public art beyond the…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jcrocker, Public domain.
Photo: Michel Curi, Public domain.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: sculpture by Pablo Picasso
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Richard J. Daley Center and Christkindlmarket.
Richard J. Daley Center
Public building
Photo: TonyTheTiger, Public domain.
The Richard J. Daley Center, also known by its open courtyard Daley Plaza and named after longtime mayor Richard J. Daley, is the premier civic center of the city of Chicago, Illinois.
Christkindlmarket
Marketplace
Christkindlmarket is a Christmas market held annually at Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The festival attracts more than 1 million visitors each year.
Goodman Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Michel Curi, CC BY 2.0.
Goodman Theatre is a professional theater company located in Chicago's Loop. A major part of the Chicago theatre scene, it is the city's oldest currently active nonprofit theater organization. Goodman Theatre is situated 500 feet north of Chicago Picasso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loop and Chicago.
Loop
Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Loop is the central business district of Chicago, bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.
Chicago
Photo: Raymonst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chicago is the home of the blues and the truth of jazz, the heart of comedy and the idea of the skyscraper. Here, the age of railroads found its center, and airplanes followed suit.
River North
Quarter
Photo: OmidGul, CC BY-SA 4.0.
River North is a Chicago neighborhood located north of the Chicago River, south of Division Street, and west of Wabash Avenue. It is adjacent to the Magnificent Mile retail and tourism corridor.
Chicago Picasso
- Categories: sculpture, untitled work of art, and tourism
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.88362° or 41° 53′ 1″ northLongitude
-87.62998° or 87° 37′ 48″ westInception
1967Open location code
86HJV9MC+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 124865476OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q5095736
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Chicago Picasso” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شيكاكو بيكاسو”
- Catalan: “Chicago Picasso”
- Chinese: “芝加哥的毕加索”
- Chinese: “芝加哥的畢加索”
- French: “Chicago Picasso”
- Italian: “Chicago Picasso”
- Japanese: “シカゴ・ピカソ”
- Korean: “시카고 피카소”
- Moroccan Arabic: “شيكاڭو پيكاسو”
- Portuguese: “Chicago Picasso”
- Spanish: “Chicago Picasso”
- Swedish: “Chicago Picasso”
- Vietnamese: “Chicago Picasso”
- Western Armenian: “Շիքակօ Փիքասօ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Daley Center Fountain and Cook County States Attorney.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Eternal Flame and Chicago Picasso Braille Model.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chicago Picasso”. Photo: Jcrocker, Public domain.