ABSTRACT
The following timelines represent the establishment of significant public art policy and programs, artworks, and events, the United Kingdom and the United States. It includes groundbreaking works that represent the beginning of important movements in public art such as works by artists participating in design teams or new genre public art. For the purposes of the timeline the definition of public art primarily relates to funding, access, and intention. It is not a definitive timeline. There is no way we could possibly list the many important works of public art that both countries are privileged to claim. We purposefully omitted publications and sculpture parks – the latter because it typically operates with different funding and commissioning mechanisms. This is just a beginning and we hope it serves as a starting point for further conversation, research, and dissemination.
