Sculpture in the City

Annual sculpture park in the City of London

Sculpture in the CityEstablished| 2011

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Location| City of London
Type| Sculpture park
Public transit access|  Aldgate, Aldgate East, Bank, Fenchurch Street, Liverpool Street, Monument
Website| Sculpture in the City

Sculpture in the City is a sculpture park that takes place every year in London, United Kingdom. Located in the City of London, the artworks in the open-air sculpture trail are updated annually and remain in place for the year.[1]

Since its inception in 2011, the event has hosted 130 artworks by 113 artists at locations throughout the city.[2]

Artists who have featured in the exhibitions include Anish Kapoor, Marina Abramović, Tracey Emin, Do Ho Suh and Ai Weiwei.[3][4][5][6]

The exhibition is free to visit and accessible at any time of day.[2]

## Description

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Every summer Sculpture in the City shows artworks by different artists in different locations in the city, including 30 St Mary Axe, Leadenhall Market, the churchyard at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate and 122 Leadenhall Street.[7]

Sculpture in the city is a collaboration between Lacuna Projects[8] and the City of London Corporation. Stella Ioannou is the director of Lacuna Projects.[9]

Each year, 200 students from schools in and around the City of London take part in workshops to explore and creatively respond to the artworks on show.[10]

## History

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The 1st Edition of Sculpture in the city launched in 2011 with four artworks, by artists Anish Kapoor, Franz West, Julian Opie and Kenneth Armitage.[11]

In 2012–13, for the 2nd Edition, the number grew to eight and featured works by Michael Craig-Martin, Tracey Emin, Yayoi Kusama, Angus Fairhurst, Dan Graham, Julian Opie and Thomas Houseago.[12]

In 2013–14, for the 3rd Edition, the exhibition featured works by Robert Indiana, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Ryan Gander, Richard Wentworth, Keith Coventry, Antony Gormley, Shirazeh Houshiary.[13][14][15]

In 2014–15, for the 4th Edition, work was featured from Jim Lambie, Lynn Chadwick, Julian Wild, Paul Hosking, Peter Randall-Page RA, Antony Gormley, João Onofre, Nigel Hall (sculptor), Richard Wentworth (artist), Cerith Wyn Evans, Ben Long.[16]

In 2015-16 the 5th Edition featured Kris Martin, Laura Ford, Adam Chodzko, Folkert De Jong, Xavier Vielhan, Sigalit Landau, Ekkehard Altenburger, Tomoaki Suzuki, Keita Miyazaki, Ai Weiwei, Damien Hirst, Bruce Beasley, Shan Hur.[17]

In 2016-17 the 6th Edition featured Gavin Turk, William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx, Lizi Sánchez, Ugo Rondinone, Recycle Group, Jürgen Partenheimer, Huma Bhabha, Antony Caro, Benedetto Pietromarchi, Michael Lyons, Mat Collishaw, Jaume Plensa, Giuseppe Penone, Petroc Sesti, Shan Hur, Sarah Lucas, Enrico David.[18][19]

In 2017-18 the 7th Edition featured Gavin Turk, Mark Wallinger, Martin Creed, Ryan Gander, Nathaniel Rackowe, Recycle Group, Paul McCarthy, Daniel Buren, Fernando Casasempere, Karen Tang, Kevin Killen, Mhairi Vari, Gary Webb, Damien Hirst, Bosco Sodi, Peter Randall-Page RA.[20]

In 2018–19, the 8th Edition featured David Annesely, Richard Rome, Gabriel Lester, Tracey Emin, Claire Jarrett, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Michail Pirgelis, Miroslaw Balka, Karen Tang, Sarah Lucas, Amanda Lwin, Shaun C. Badham, Sean Scully RA, Thomas J. Price, Jyll Bradley, Jean-Luc Moulène, Nancy Rubins, Marina Abramović, Doh Ho Suh[21][22]

In 2019-21 the 9th Edition featured Kevin Francis Gray, Do Ho Suh, Michael Lyons, Leo Fitzmaurice, Nancy Rubins, Salvatore Arancio, Nina Saunders, Lawrence Weiner, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Shaun C. Badham, Marisa Ferreira, Jennifer Steinkamp, Nathan Coley, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Jyll Bradley, Claire Jarrett, Reza Aramesh, Elisa Artesero, Jonathan Trayte[23]

In 2019, Sculpture in the city launched on Google Arts and Culture, allowing users to virtually tour the artworks.[24]

In 2021–22, the 10th Edition featured Alice Channer, Ruth Ewan, Isabella Martin, Mike Ballard, Oliver Bragg, Mark Handforth, Eva Rothschild, Laura Arminda Kingsley, Tatiana Wolska, Guillaume Vandame, Bram Ellens, Jake Elwes, Jun T. Lai, Regitze Engelsborg Karlsen, Almuth Tebbenhoff, Ro Roberston, Laure Provost, Elisa Artesero[25]

In 2022–23, the 11th edition featured work by Emma Louise Moore, Sarah Lucas, Victor Seaward, Shezad Dawood,[26] Oliver Bragg, Pedro Pires, Jesse Pollock, Ugo Rondinone, Emma Smith, Bosco Sodi, Claudia Wieser, Mike Ballard, Alice Channer, Bram Ellens Jun T. Lai Eva Rothschild and Guillaume Vandame.[27]

In 2023, the 12th edition featured works by Simeon Barclay, Oliver Bragg, Jocelyn McGregor, Phyllida Barlow, Arturo Herrera, Vanessa da Silva,[28] Larry Bell, Rafael D’Aló, Isamu Noguchi, Mika Rottenberg, Emma Louise Moore, Pedro Pires, Jesse Pollock, Ugo Rondinone, Victor Lim Seaward Emma Smith and Elisa Artesero.[29]

## Aldgate Square Commission

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A new biannual art commission for Aldgate Square was announced by Sculpture in the city, to support emerging artists in the UK. Jocelyn McGregor's artwork was unveiled in May 2022, and will be followed by Emii Alrai's sculpture.[30][31]

## See also

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* List of public art in the City of London – for permanent sculptures in the area

## References

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1. ^ Sculpture in the City. "Financial Times".
2. ^ a b "Sculpture in the City". Art UK.
3. ^ "Sculpture in the City". Lacuna Projects.
4. ^ "Traditional Korean house installed above busy London street by Do Ho Suh". Dezeen.
5. ^ https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tracey-emin-and-marina-abramovic-lead-sculpture-in-the-city-lineup-a3871506.html
6. ^ https://www.frieze.com/article/how-artists-reveal-emotion-hidden-our-cities
7. ^ "Sculpture in the City — lending new life to London". Financial Times.
8. ^ "Installations and murals by Ugo Rondinone and Pae White to be unveiled in major revamp of London's Paddington station". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
9. ^ "Stella Ioannou". CityAM.
10. ^ "Sculpture in the City". Urban Learners.
11. ^ "Anish Kapoor In New Temporary Sculpture Park". Londonist. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
12. ^ "Tracey Emin Unveils Seven Sculptures In London's Square Mile". Artlyst. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
13. ^ "Sculpture in the City 2013". Londonist. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
14. ^ "Biography". Keith Coventry. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
15. ^ "Sculpture in the City | News | Lisson Gallery". www.lissongallery.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
16. ^ "Sculpture In The City 2014". Londonist. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
17. ^ "Fifth edition in London's Square Mile - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
18. ^ "6th Edition Archives". Sculpture in the City. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
19. ^ Magazine, Wallpaper* (7 July 2016). "Site-specific: 'Sculpture in the City' adorns London's architectural landmarks". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
20. ^ Frankel, Eddy. "Five great things to see at Sculpture in the City 2017". Time Out London. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
21. ^ "The 2018 Sculpture In The City Is The Best Yet". Londonist. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
22. ^ "Sculpture carves out a new market in London". Financial Ties. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
23. ^ "Sculptural delights in the City". Culture Whisper. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
24. ^ Waywell, Chris. "Sculpture in the City goes virtual with Google collaboration". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
25. ^ Waywell, Chris. "The City of London is getting an arty takeover". Time Out London. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
26. ^ Fowler, Susanne (9 October 2022). "This Fall, London Is Awash in Sculpture". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
27. ^ "Trail of Sculptures Installed Across London's Square Mile". Hypebeast. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
28. ^ "Sculpture In The City 2023". Londonist. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
29. ^ Barker, Sam (31 May 2023). "Sculpture In The City Returns This Summer For Their 12th Year Of Public Art Trails". Secret London. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
30. ^ "Human Snails Crawl Into Aldgate Square". Londonist. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
31. ^ "Great outdoor art to see this summer". Financial Times. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

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Public art and memorials in London

Portrait sculpture

| British/English
royalty|

* Boudica
* Alfred the Great
* Richard I
* Queen Eleanor (Charing Cross)
* Edward VI
* St Thomas' Hospital: bronze
* stone
* Charles I
* (Interregnum: Oliver Cromwell)
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* Chelsea
* Soho
* Stocks Market†
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* King's Cross†
* Trafalgar Square
* Duke of York
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* Duke of Kent
* Duke of Cambridge
* Victoria
* Kensington Palace
* Victoria Memorial
* Prince Albert
* Albert Memorial
* Memorial to the Great Exhibition
* George V
* George VI and Queen Elizabeth
* Elizabeth II (planned)

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Arts|

* John Betjeman
* Marc Bolan
* Robert Burns
* Thomas Carlyle
* Charlie Chaplin
* Geoffrey Chaucer†
* Agatha Christie
* John Donne
* Henry Irving
* Michael Jackson†
* John Milton†
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* Leicester Square
* Park Lane†
* Arthur Sullivan
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* Amy Winehouse

Explorers|

* James Cook
* Yuri Gagarin

Merchants|

* John Cass†
* Thomas Guy
* Quintin Hogg
* Robert Milligan†
* Hugh Myddelton

Military|

* Lord Alanbrooke
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* Earl Haig
* Henry Havelock
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* Lord Montgomery
* Lord Mountbatten
* Charles James Napier
* Admiral Lord Nelson (Nelson's Column)
* James Outram
* Lord Roberts
* Viscount Slim
* Duke of Wellington
* City
* Hyde Park Corner
* George Stuart White
* Lord Wolseley

Nurses|

* Edith Cavell
* Florence Nightingale
* Mary Seacole

Politics|

| British|

| Prime ministers|

* Clement Attlee
* George Canning
* Winston Churchill
* Parliament Square
* Woodford
* Lord Derby
* Benjamin Disraeli
* David Lloyd George
* William Ewart Gladstone
* Lord Palmerston
* Robert Peel

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Other politicians|

* Robert Clayton
* Robert Clive
* Duke of Devonshire
* Charles James Fox
* Henry Bartle Frere
* Sidney Herbert
* Wilfrid Lawson
* Simon Milton (Paddington, St James's, Southwark)
* Marquess of Westminster

International|

* Simón Bolívar
* Mahatma Gandhi
* Bloomsbury
* Westminster
* Charles de Gaulle
* Haile Selassie†
* John F. Kennedy†
* Abraham Lincoln
* Nelson Mandela
* Karl Marx
* Peter the Great
* José de San Martín
* Jan Smuts
* Trajan
* Volodymyr
* George Washington

Religion|

* Thomas Becket
* John Henry Newman
* John Wesley
* St Paul's
* Shoreditch

Science and
engineering|

* Joseph Bazalgette
* Isambard Kingdom Brunel
* Sigmund Freud
* James Henry Greathead
* Nigel Gresley
* Edward Jenner
* Joseph Lister
* Isaac Newton
* Robert Stephenson

Social reformers
and humanitarians|

* Thomas Barnardo
* Millicent Fawcett
* Margaret MacDonald
* Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst
* Sylvia Pankhurst
* Robert Raikes
* Raoul Wallenberg

Sport|

* Harry Kane (planned)
* Bobby Moore
* Upton Park—with Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson
* Wembley

Fictional
characters|

* Paddington Bear
* Peter Pan
* Sherlock Holmes

See also|

* Talking Statues
* Statues in London on Wikimedia Commons

Other monuments and memorials

* 7 July bombings
* Queen Alexandra
* Anti–air war
* Bali bombings
* Lady Burdett-Coutts
* Lord Cheylesmore
* Cleopatra's Needle
* Conscientious objectors
* COVID-19 pandemic
* Michael Faraday
* Firefighters
* W. G. Grace
* Great Fire of London
* Golden Boy of Pye Corner
* The Monument
* Heroic self-sacrifice
* Journalists
* Police
* Queen Elizabeth Gate
* Silver Jubilee Crystal Crown
* Star and Garter Home
* Stratford Martyrs
* Suffragettes
* Victims of the Atlantic slave trade (planned)
* Virginia colonists
* Wellington Arch
* Wellington Monument
* Whittington Stone
* Windrush generation
* Custard Apple (Annonaceae), Breadfruit (Moraceae) and Soursop (Annonaceae)
* National Windrush Monument
* Mary Wollstonecraft

| War memorials|

| Pre-C20|

* Animals in War
* Guards Brigade (Crimean War)
* Gurkhas (1816–)
* Marble Arch
* New Zealand Campaign (1863–1864)
* Siege of Cádiz
* Westminster School

|

Boer Wars|

* 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery (Woolwich)
* Barnet Boys School
* Royal Artillery (The Mall)
* Royal Marines

WWI · WWII|

* The Cenotaph

* Africa and the Caribbean
* Australia
* Battle of Britain
* Belgium
* Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red
* Burma Railway
* Canada
* La Délivrance
* Flanders Fields Memorial Garden
* Malta
* Memorial Gates
* Merchant Navy
* Ships named on the memorial
* New Zealand
* Poland
* South Africa
* Submarines
* Women of World War II

| Regimental|

* 24th Division
* Cavalry
* Chindits
* Civil Service Rifles
* Eagle Squadrons
* Fleet Air Arm
* Guards Brigade
* Imperial Camel Corps
* Machine Gun Corps
* Rifle Brigade
* Royal Air Force
* RAF Bomber Command
* Royal Artillery
* Royal Fusiliers
* Royal Naval Division
* Royal Tank Regiment

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Local|

* London Troops

* Arkley
* Bromley
* parish
* Chingford
* Chipping Barnet
* Cockfosters
* Croydon
* East Barnet
* Enfield Town (3 memorials)
* Finchley
* Friern Barnet (parish)
* Fulham
* Golders Green
* Hampstead
* Hampton Wick
* Hendon
* Hornsey
* Islington
* Kingston
* Monken Hadley
* New Barnet
* New Malden
* Paddington
* Poplar
* Rainham
* Richmond
* St Michael, Cornhill (parish)
* St Saviour, Southwark (parish)
* Silvertown
* Streatham
* Twickenham
* Wood Green

Corporate|

* Baltic Exchange
* Bank of England
* British Medical Association
* Dulwich College
* Old
* New
* Great Eastern Railway
* Great Western Railway
* Lincoln's Inn
* London and North Western Railway
* London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
* Pearl Assurance†
* South Suburban Gas Company

Holocaust|

* Victoria Tower Gardens (planned)

* Hyde Park
* Kindertransport

Post-WWII|

* Victims of Communism
* Korean War
* Iraq and Afghanistan

Blue plaques|

* Camden
* Kensington and Chelsea
* City of Westminster

Other works

| Sculptures|

* Atalanta
* The Barbican Muse
* Bellerophon Taming Pegasus
* The Bermondsey Lion
* Big 4‡
* Bull
* The Burghers of Calais
* Christ Child
* Cornerstone
* Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
* The Diver
* Dolphin lamp standards
* Dragon boundary marks
* Elfin Oak
* Enwrought Light
* Father Time
* Fulcrum
* The Gold Smelters
* Gorilla
* The Hampstead Figure
* Homage to Leonardo
* Icarus
* Labyrinth
* Liberty Clock
* London Noses
* London Pride
* The Meeting Place
* The Messenger
* Millennium Dial
* Monolith and Shadow
* The Naked Ladies
* The Neighbours
* Nelson's Ship in a Bottle
* Nike
* Paternoster Vents
* Peckham Arch
* Physical Energy
* Platforms Piece
* Pope's Urn
* Putney Sculpture Trail
* The Queen's Beasts
* The Rush of Green
* St Paul's Cross
* Sculpture in the City‡
* Skylon†
* Slipstream
* South Bank Lion
* Still Water
* Tortoises with Triangle and Time
* Traffic Light Tree
* Union (Horse with Two Discs)
* The Watchers
* The World Turned Upside Down
* The Young Lovers

| Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square‡|

* The End
* Hahn/Cock
* Nelson's Ship in a Bottle
* One & Other

|

Elisabeth Frink|

* Blind Beggar and his Dog
* Horse and Rider
* Paternoster

Barbara Hepworth|

* Meridian†
* Single Form (Memorial)
* Two Forms (Divided Circle)†
* Winged Figure

Henry Moore|

* The Arch 1979–1980
* Draped Seated Woman 1957–58
* Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65
* Large Standing Figure (Knife Edge)
* Locking Piece
* Three Standing Figures 1947

Eduardo Paolozzi|

* The Artist as Hephaestus†
* Piscator

The Line‡|

* ArcelorMittal Orbit
* Here
* Quantum Cloud
* Liberty Grip
* A Slice of Reality

Fountains|

* Buxton Memorial
* Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain
* Diana Fountain, Bushy Park
* Diana Fountain, Green Park
* Edward VII Jewish Memorial Fountain
* Henry Fawcett Memorial
* The Horses of Helios
* Guilford Place
* Matilda Fountain
* Poets' Fountain†
* Readymoney Drinking Fountain
* Revolving Torsion
* Roehampton
* St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalene
* Shaftesbury Memorial ("Eros")
* Lady Henry Somerset Memorial
* Victoria Park

Murals|

* Brixton
* Children at Play
* Cable Street
* Dulwich
* Old Kent Road
* National Covid Memorial Wall
* Poplar Rates Rebellion
* Poured Lines
* Sutton twin towns
* Sutton Heritage Mosaic

| Banksy|

* From this moment despair ends and tactics begin
* Girl with Balloon†
* One Nation Under CCTV†
* Pulp Fiction†
* Slave Labour†

|

Land art|

* Northala Fields

See also|

* Art on the Underground
* Tube map covers
* Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm
* London Mural Preservation Society
* Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

By location

* City of London
* Barking and Dagenham
* Barnet
* Bexley
* Brent
* Bromley
* Camden
* Croydon
* Ealing
* Enfield
* Greenwich
* Hackney
* Hammersmith and Fulham
* Haringey
* Harrow
* Havering
* Hillingdon
* Hounslow
* Islington
* Kensington and Chelsea
* Kingston
* Lambeth
* Lewisham
* Merton
* Newham
* Redbridge
* Richmond
* Southwark
* Sutton
* Tower Hamlets
* Waltham Forest
* Wandsworth

City of Westminster|

* Belgravia1
* Covent Garden2
* Green Park
* Hyde Park
* Kensington1
* Kensington Gardens1
* Knightsbridge1
* Mayfair
* Millbank
* Paddington
* Pimlico
* St James's
* St Marylebone
* Soho
* Strand
* Trafalgar Square
* Victoria
* Victoria Embankment3
* Westminster
* Whitehall

* 1 Partly in Kensington and Chelsea
* 2 Partly in Camden
* 3 Partly in the City of London

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