Virginio Ferrari working on a sculpture

Virginio Ferrari, sculptor in residence and an assistant professor of art (1966–76), at work in his studio. (Photography by Lloyd Eldon Saunders; UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-09759, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)

Art around us

UChicago’s public art, by the numbers

Public sculptures on the University’s Hyde Park campus 
50+

Most sculptures by a single artist, former faculty member Virginio Ferrari
5

Works by Ferrari rumored to cast the shadow of a hammer and sickle on May 1
1

Works by Ferrari that actually cast such a shadow on May 1
0

Campus sculptures that mark a national historic landmark
1

Height, in feet, of that work, Henry Moore’s Nuclear Energy
12

Weight of Wolf Vostell’s public sculpture Concrete Traffic—a 1957 Cadillac encased in concrete—in tons
16.2

Weight of a 1957 Cadillac, sans concrete, in tons
2.3

Vintage Cadillacs that escorted Concrete Traffic to its current home in the Campus North parking garage
4