Commissioning of Public Sculpture  

When a government institution wishes to commission a sculpture it is usually done through a tender process or a similar competitive exercise. This is largely driven by the need for public accountability for public funds and the need to be impartial.  The selection committee is chosen by the internal curatorial/ public sculpture committees and the public art agenda of the institution.

The process may take the form of a staged exercise where initial proposal are reviewed and a selection will be asked to further their proposal with more detailed proposal (drawings, maquettes, etc) related issues (e.g engineer input, risk and maintenance aspects)  and costing of all aspects of design, creation and installation.