Counterpublic has commissioned installations, artwork, and programs from over 60 artists. Of the projects included in the 2019 and 2023 editions of the triennial, 10 are permanently on view.

One aspect of Counterpublic’s mission is to leave permanent inspiration and investment, owned by existing cultural and community organizations. Of the 36 commissions from the 2023 edition, a selection are permanent or will remain on view indefinitely. These include permanent works from four St. Louis artists: Damon Davis at CITYPARK and Brickline Greenway; Robert Green at Rudo Studio, Vincent Stemmler, donated to the National Building Arts Center, and Simiya Sudduth at 2311 South Jefferson Avenue.

Civic initiatives include the ongoing rematriation, preservation and support of Sugarloaf Mound in partnership with the Osage Nation and capacity building investments at The Griot Museum of Black History, including the donation of David Adjaye’s Asaase III, as well as a permanent signage project organized by Risa Puleo in relation to Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s work. Jordan Weber’s Defensive Landscape, a series of sculptures and a regenerative earthwork, will be donated to the Peace Park/College Hill Community Land Trust and managed by the Green City Coalition.

Additional donations and acquisitions include Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s two works, State Names Map: Cahokia and Trade Canoe: Osage Orange, both acquired by the St. Louis Art Museum, and Black Quantum Futurism’s Slower-Than-Light shrine, donated by the artists and Counterpublic to the George B. Vashon Museum of African American History.