"Axis Mundi" (Center of the World) is by Mexican geometrical sculptor Sebastián.  Sebastián donated the work to the Library through the San Antonio Public Library Foundation. "Axis Mundi" is a sister sculpture to the artist’s more massive "La Antorcha de Amistad" (The Tor ...more

Upon entering the building, you will encounter the first work of art owned by the Library, the "Blue Room" by neon artist Stephen Antonakos.  The space is designed to create a sense of place for the Library and give the visitor a clear boundary between the outside world and the world of info ...more

Pass through the lobby and look straight ahead to "Caballo Tamaño Grande", a sculpture by Fernando Botero on long-term loan to the Library from the San Antonio Public Library Foundation.

Once dark and neglected, the I-35 overpass adjacent to Camden Street has been given new brightness and levity by Philadelphia artist Donald Lipski. Lipski’s school of fish are larger-than-life fiberglass sculptures suspended above the river and below the highway, seemingly stuck in traffic. ...more

Look up past the Library's circulation desk to the second-floor atrium to view "Fiesta Tower," Dale Chihuly’s exuberant glass sculpture which was a gift from the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts and the Library Foundation in celebration of the Library’s 100th anniversary in 2003. ...more