2025 saw a flourishing of public art projects worldwide. In Australia, new commissions supported Indigenous artists and fostered international artistic exchange. In September, Brisbane’s Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art permanently installed The Big Hose (2022–25), a 119-meter-long sculptural garden hose by First Nations artist Tony Albert and Sydney-based artist Nell, which playfully engages with the Indigenous Story Place of Kuril, the native water rat. Drawing attention to marginalized communities, British artist Thomas J Price’s Ancient Feelings (2025), a monumental bronze sculpture of a Black woman’s head overlooking Sydney Harbour, marked the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia’s inaugural Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission. In October, the Art Gallery of New South Wales unveiled Relatum – dialogue (2025) by Lee Ufan, which is the latest addition to the Korean artist’s long-running minimalist sculptural series, Relatum (1972–). Over in New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki showcased Māori artist Ammon Ngakuru’s Three Scenes (2025), an outdoor installation that addresses 19th-century colonial industrial history.