Percent for art
A policy that sets aside a fixed share of a capital construction budget, commonly one percent, to commission public artwork as part of the project.
Philadelphia adopted the first municipal percent-for-art ordinance in the United States in 1959, and hundreds of cities, states, campuses, and transit agencies have followed with their own variations. Some apply only to public buildings; others extend to private development over a certain size. The percentage itself ranges from half a percent to two percent, and some programs pool the funds citywide rather than tying each commission to its building.
For anyone managing a collection, percent-for-art programs matter because they are the steadiest pipeline of new work. The collection is always growing, and the map of it is never finished.