About Us

For Art, For Charity, For Fun

CowParade is the world’s largest public art event. From Chicago and New York in 1999 and 2000 to Kansas City and Houston in 2001 and London in 2002, CowParade continues to evolve, not just in size, but in creativity and quality of art. While the cow sculptures remain the same, each city’s artists are challenged by the art from past events, inspired by the cultural influences of their respective cities, and moved by their own interpretation of the cow as an art object.

CowParade is not meant to be high art, however. It is first and foremost a public art exhibit that is accessible to everyone.

Most important, CowParade ultimately benefits charity. At the conclusion of each event, the cows are herded up and many are auctioned, with a substantial portion of the proceeds benefiting charity. Our Chicago auction raised an amazing $3,000,000.00 for charity, including $1.4 million on-line and $2.1 million at the live auction assisted by Sotheby's. The average bid price on the 140 cows was nearly $25,000, with the top cow, HANDsome, selling for $110,000. The CowParade New York 2000 Charity Auction raised an equally impressive $1,351,000.00 benefiting several New York City charities. The highest winning bid was $ 60,000, for Tiffany Cow. The average bid was $ 18,257. Detailed auction results for CowParade 2000 New York, Stamford and West Orange will be coming soon, so check back often!

CowParade.com is your virtual ‘moo-seum’ for all of the CowParades, past, present and future. Enjoy!

Timeline

1999
Chicago, Illinois, USA

2000
New York City, New York, USA
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
West Orange, New Jersey, USA

2001
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
Sydney, Australia

2002
London, England
Venspils, Latvia
Portland, Oregon
Las Vegas, Nevada

2003
Atlanta, Georgia
San Antonio, Texas
West Hartford, Connecticut
Tokyo, Japan
Isle of Man, UK
Dublin, Ireland
Brussels, Belgium
Auckland, New Zealand

2004
Manchester, UK
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Prague, Czech Republic
Stockholm, Sweden

2005
Johannesburg, South Africa
Barcelona, Spain
Monaco
Bratislava, Slovakia
Geneva, Switzerland
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Moscow, Russia
Bucharest, Romania

2006
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Florence, Italy
Lisbon, Portugal
Paris, France
Edinburgh, Scotland
Budapest, Hungary
Athens, Greece
Boston, Massachusetts
Denver, Colorado
Wisconsin, USA
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Curitiba, Brazil
Guadalajara, Mexico

2007
Milano, Italy
Vigo, Spain
Marseille, France
Istanbul, Turkey
Copenhagen, Denmark
Miami, Florida
West Hartford, Connecticut