The questioning of art, the search for intellectual methods rather than the search for form, and the formation of collective works as a result of the criticism of the artists, who have come out of the galleries and museums, towards the art market and institutions, have also caused many artistic avant-garde movements. Changing art practices of the artists, who searched for different ways of expression after major social crises such as world wars, evolved towards the existence of public works by

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... rtists, their actions or their bodies. The history of artistic works, which started to take place in public spaces, dates back to the monumental sculpture and thus to the classical period. However, in the public space, which emerged as an example of the artist's intellectual attitude, art samples began to be seen with his art after 1960. Turkey in the Republican era has begun at the first examples and examples go beyond monumentality, it has intensified in the 70s and later. Sculptures supported by state and art formations in our country have started to take place in public spaces especially since 1990s. After the 90s, we witnessed new alternative art spaces in the public sphere. Shopkeepers, construction breaks, containers, ferries, universities, etc. Thanks to all these examples, art has been realized in a way that will surprise the audience outside the determined and ordinary public spaces. In the study, the passage of art from monumentality and its changing meanings in public space, new space examples will be given. The emergence of new alternative spaces in the public sphere and the increase of new forms of discourse in art will be exemplified.