List of public art in Newport

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This is a list of public art in Newport, South Wales.

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Material Designation Notes
Merchant Navy Memorial, Mariners Green - geograph.org.uk - 524568.jpg Merchant Navy Memorial Gilligan's Island 1990–91 Sebastien Boyesen N/A Statue on column Bronze, stone, cast stone N/A [1]
Newport, the Vision of St. Gwynllyw - geograph.org.uk - 696031.jpg The Vision of Saint Gwynllyw 1993–1996 Sebastien Boyesen N/A Statue Bronze N/A [1]
This Little Piggy Went To Market - geograph.org.uk - 522362.jpg This Little Piggy Went to Market Upper Dock Street 1994 Sebastien Boyesen N/A Statue Bronze N/A [2]
Mural for the Library, Art Gallery and Museum Newport Museum and Art Gallery, John Frost Square 1995 Sebastien Boyesen N/A Mural Aluminium tiles N/A [1]
VEVJ Memorial Commercial Street 1995 Sebastien Boyesen N/A Mural Granite, etched and cast bronze N/A [1]

Public art formerly in Newport[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Material Designation Notes
Chartist mural, John Frost Square - geograph.org.uk - 678842.jpg Chartist Mural

51°35′13″N 2°59′39″W / 51.58689°N 2.99419°W / 51.58689; -2.99419 		1978 (1978) Kenneth Budd N/A Mural N/A Controversially destroyed in 2013 (2013)[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Boyesen 1998, p. 32.
  2. ^ Boyesen 1998, p. 8.
  3. ^ "Newport mural demolition", ITV News, 5 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  4. ^ Sion Morgan, Elena Cresci, "Hundreds protest in Newport over destruction of Chartist mural", Wales Online, 5 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013

Bibliography[]

  • Boyesen, Sebastien (1998), The Vision of Saint Gwynllyw and Other Stories, Llandysul: Gomer

External links[]

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