🇨🇦 Canada · 2011 · 🎨 Public art
Hundreds of mirrored balls, stacked like a giant cluster. Beside the Whitemud.
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
C$600,000 one sculpture
Edmonton bought a disco ball for drivers doing 80.
What actually happened
Talus Dome by Ball-Nogues Studio was built in 2011 for the Edmonton Public Art Collection at roughly $600,000, reported as the city’s most expensive public artwork at the time. Dented balls later cost about $5,000 to repair.
Source: Wikipedia (citing Edmonton Journal & City of Edmonton) ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.