CowParade is public art of a most unique kind! These unique painted cows have brought smiles to the faces of locals and tourists across the globe since first seen in Zurich in 1999. Each fiberglass original creation was designed to showcase the culture and humor of the home cities where this popular fundraising event has been held. To the delight of collectors worldwide, replicas of many of the life-sized originals have been made into figurine form.
CowParade is not meant to be high art, however. It is first and foremost a public art exhibit that is accessible to everyone. 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.
Check out this list of host cities where Cow Parade has been since 1999!
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
Twice each year, there are the new models of the CowParade. The fall collection of the cows are announced in June, and the Spring herd is unveiled in March. Once you discover the fun new art form of the CowParade painted cows, you just can’t resist wanting to collect each and every replica cow figurine from the entire collectible, colorful herd! Whether large or small, brightly colored or black and white – the integrity of the original creations is always reproduced with impressive detail. And those are the fun collectible cows of the CowParade you will find here! So have fun browsing through our huge selection of new, European, and retired CowParade sculptures. These colorful ceramic & resin painted cows make for fun home decor & have become the number one collectible for cow collectors worldwide! The CowParade public art fundraiser project brings art and humor together with each unique artistic decorated cow. The life-sized original fiber glass cows seen grazing from city to city and country to country, and the replica collectable cows seen here, have brought smiles to fun loving folks of all ages…& that’s no bull! To keep up with the herds of CowParade figures we have provided a CowParade cows figurine checklist that is sure to please devoted collectors!
