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Dublin Canvas is a public art initiative that adds colour throughout the Dublin region. Artists apply for and win commissions to design and deliver their art pieces on previously grey traffic control boxes. There are 898 boxes located throughout Dublin's four local authority areas. For more information on the Dublin Canvas initiative see: www.dublincanvas.com

This dataset includes artist name, artwork title, locations of each artwork, and links to artwork image and profile pages. Created Spring 2025.

Please note: The data published in May 2025 remains the latest version, connecting locations with website profile pages (https://www.dublincanvas.com/).

Summer 2025 artwork is yet to be created. Profiles for these artists will be created Autumn 2025.

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Dublin City Council

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The authority responsible for local government in the city of Dublin read more

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Created on

2021-12-09

Last updated

2025-05-16

Date range

2015-2021

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Annually

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Title Dublin Canvas Public Art DCC
Description

Dublin Canvas is a public art initiative that adds colour throughout the Dublin region. Artists apply for and win commissions to design and deliver their art pieces on previously grey traffic control boxes. There are 898 boxes located throughout Dublin's four local authority areas. For more information on the Dublin Canvas initiative see: www.dublincanvas.com

This dataset includes artist name, artwork title, locations of each artwork, and links to artwork image and profile pages. Created Spring 2025.

Please note: The data published in May 2025 remains the latest version, connecting locations with website profile pages (https://www.dublincanvas.com/).

Summer 2025 artwork is yet to be created. Profiles for these artists will be created Autumn 2025.
Landing Page https://www.dublincanvas.com/
Publisher Dublin City Council
Author Data & Analytics Unit
Maintainer Data & Analytics Unit
Region Dublin City and County
Category Arts Culture and Heritage
Star Rating
License Creative Commons Attribution
Target public,artists,Researcher,policy maker
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Language en
Version NA

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