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It was promoted as a public art program, which can be considered quite innovative in the Portuguese context. In view of this framework, this article aims to debate the relationships between public art and the dynamics of urban regeneration at the end of the 20th century. For that, it will analyse: (1) Expo\u201998\u2019s public art program, comparing its initial assumptions with the final results; and (2) the impact of this program, through the identification of the placement of public art before (1974\u20131998) and after (1999\u20132009) the event. Although most of the implemented works did not (intentionally) explore aspects of space integration nor issues of public space appropriation, Expo\u201998\u2019s public art program originated a monumentalisation of Lisbon\u2019s eastern riverfront, later extended to other waterfront areas. At the same time, it played an important role in the way of understanding the city and public space that decisively influenced subsequent policies and projects. It is concluded that public art had a significant role in urban processes in the late 20th century, which is quite evident in a discourse of urban art as space qualifier and as a means of economic and social development.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/su14020985","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,16]],"date-time":"2022-01-16T20:46:06Z","timestamp":1642365966000},"page":"985","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["The \u201cExpo\u201d and the Post-\u201cExpo\u201d: The Role of Public Art in Urban Regeneration Processes in the Late 20th Century"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9447-7050","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rita","family":"Ochoa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CIAUD, Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-063 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"66","article-title":"Cit\u00e9s portuaires de l\u2019Europe du Sud, une dialectique du m\u00e9tissage","volume":"332","author":"Boeri","year":"2001","journal-title":"L\u2019architecture d\u2019aujourd\u2018hui"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"Bruttomesso, R. 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