Editing Grant Park (Chicago) (section)

==Public art==
The park holds a great deal of public art, much of it sculpture, in many areas including in Millennium Park, near Buckingham Fountain, the several gardens, and Congress Plaza. Four individual large installations, in other areas of the park, include:

===''Abraham Lincoln Monument''===
''[[Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State]]'' is a statue by sculptor [[Augustus Saint-Gaudens]] set in a 150-foot wide [[exedra]] by architect [[Stanford White]], honoring the Illinois resident and 16th President of the United States. The statue was cast in 1908 and was displayed at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] and at the 1915 [[San Francisco World's Fair]], prior to being installed in the park in 1926. It is located in the ''Court of Presidents,'' north of Ida B. Wells Drive and west of Columbus Drive and is frequently called ''Seated Lincoln'' to avoid confusion with Saint-Gaudens' 1887 sculpture ''[[Abraham Lincoln: The Man]]'' in Lincoln Park.

===''Agora''===
''[[Agora (sculpture)|Agora]]'' (from Greek, for urban meeting place) is an installation of 106 headless, armless sculptures designed by the Polish artist [[Magdalena Abakanowicz]] in southwestern Grant Park near [[Roosevelt Road]]. The piece was brought to the park in 2006.<ref name="Agora">{{cite news |first=Noreen S. |last=Ahmed |title=Walking among iron giants; Gift to Grant Park 'not a decoration' |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=October 27, 2006 |page=1 |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-153422041.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106051942/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-153422041.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref> The figures are {{cvt|9|ft|m}} tall and weigh approximately {{cvt|1800|lb}}. Each is made from a hollow, seamless piece of [[Weathering steel|weathering or COR-TEN® steel]], giving the pieces a reddish appearance and rough bark-like texture. The figures appear to be milling about in a crowd; some face each other, while others look away.<ref name="beyond">{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Herrmann |title=Grant Park art is 'beyond words': Some love, some hate headless, armless figures |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-1154DEFC0BC2C9B8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106051951/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-1154DEFC0BC2C9B8.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |via=HighBeam Research |date=October 27, 2006 |page=6 |access-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref>

===''Columbus Monument''===
A [[Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chicago)|bronze statue]] by Carlo ("Charles", "Carl") Brioschi<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bach |first1=Ira |first2=and Mary Lackritz |last2=Gray |title=A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture |url=https://archive.org/details/guidetochicagosp0000bach |url-access=registration |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |date=May 1983 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/guidetochicagosp0000bach/page/7 7–8] |isbn=978-0226033990}}</ref> was displayed on a monumental pedestal at the southern end of Grant Park. In 1933, Chicago celebrated its 100th anniversary with the [[Century of Progress]] World's Fair. In conjunction with the fair, Chicago's [[Italian-American]] community raised funds and donated the statue of the [[Genoa|Genoese]] navigator and explorer, Christopher Columbus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Columbus |url=http://www.cpdit01.com/resources/planning-and-development.fountains-monuments-and-sculptures/Grant%20Park/Christopher%20Columbus.pdf |publisher=Chicago Park District |access-date=July 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006170834/http://www.cpdit01.com/resources/planning-and-development.fountains-monuments-and-sculptures/Grant%20Park/Christopher%20Columbus.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> It [[List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests|was removed]] on July 24, 2020 by order of Mayor [[Lori Lightfoot]] amid the [[George Floyd protests in Chicago]] and [[2020 deployment of federal forces in the United States|the deployment of federal forces]] to Chicago over Lightfoot's objections.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gstalter |first1=Morgan |title=Chicago mayor has Christopher Columbus statue removed from city park |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/508843-chicago-mayor-has-christopher-columbus-statue-removed-from-city-park |website=TheHill |access-date=24 July 2020 |language=en |date=24 July 2020 |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724121414/https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/508843-chicago-mayor-has-christopher-columbus-statue-removed-from-city-park |url-status=live }}</ref>

===''Logan Monument''===
At Michigan Avenue and Ninth Street is the [[General John Logan Memorial]], a large [[equestrian statue]] of [[John A. Logan#Legacy|John A. Logan]], dedicated in 1897.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dryfhout |first=John H. |title=The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7oG5JpbeuDEC&q=john+logan |publisher=University Press of New England |location=Lebanon, NH |edition=Reprint |year=1982 |pages=230–231 |isbn=978-1584657095 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701063551/https://books.google.com/books?id=7oG5JpbeuDEC&q=john+logan |url-status=live }}</ref> Logan was a United States major general, who had resigned his congressional seat to serve in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He led troops in many battles throughout the West and South. After the war, he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois. The monument mound, with a statue by [[Augustus Saint-Gaudens]] and [[Alexander Phimister Proctor]], was initially intended as a burial site for Logan, but his family declined to relocate the general's grave.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Joseph Logan Monument |url=http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/2656/General-John-Logan-Monument.php |publisher=Chicago Architecture Info |access-date=June 15, 2015 |archive-date=June 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601085619/http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/2656/General-John-Logan-Monument.php |url-status=dead}}</ref>