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title: "Public art in Cologne: meaningful, critical & more"
url: "https://www.cologne-tourism.com/arts-culture/sights/public-art"
description: "Art for in-between moments: pause and ponder. Throughout Cologne's city center, you'll find many opportunities to do so, whether on a city tour or a shopping trip."
language: "en"
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*Public* Art
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*The* Obvious *&* the Subtle *to* Admire *and* Contemplate
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Stay curious and attentive during your visit to Cologne – art in public spaces gives you the opportunity for a cultural and artistic break with reflection opportunities during a city tour, a museum visit or shopping spree.

Whether it's the oversized ice cream cone near Schildergasse, which perhaps announces the ice age of our consumption – or subtle hints at the permanent changeability of the world that inspire reflection. And critical examination of the city and traffic, one's own identity or sculptural memories of a different time, for example, when we asked ourselves: How does sand get to the beach – and happily received the answer in the WDR-Maus program.

You encounter art in public spaces in many places in Cologne, inviting you to reflect or perhaps to pause and interpret it together: is this art and can it tell us something? Well-known artists such as Claes Oldenburg, Dani Karavan, Wolf Vostell, Merlin Bauer, George Warren Rickey and others have a permanent presence in public spaces in Cologne.

 

*From* light-hearted *to* serious *and other kinds of art*
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