Elephant Parade, the London-wide art installation to raise awareness of the plight of Asian elephants, is all but over. The herds have now migrated to two locations. A group of 18 are currently browsing the Westfield shopping centre (until Wednesday). Their hardier brethren – all …
With all the attention heaped upon the 250 plastic pachyderms of the current Elephant Parade, we thought we’d give some space to their predecessors. The first recorded elephant in town came over with the Romans around 2000 years ago. Since then, we’ve seen vicious elephants, …
Of the 260 or so painted-jumbos-about-town that constitute Elephant Parade, a handful use London as their inspiration. Here’s a round-up of some of our favourites. Click through the gallery for locations.
London’s temporary herd of 260 painted elephants continues to entertain. A couple of days ago, Mike Reeve spotted the nebulous pachyderm ‘Cloudia’ boarding the London Eye for a quick spin above the capital. Following her nephelauxetic adventure, Cloudia continued a tour of the capital to …
Yeah, they’re all over town and all over the internet, but we’d be remiss not to give the Elephant Parade their own Londonist gallery. In fact, expect a few of them. Here, then, is our first selection of a few favourites, drawn from the 260 …
Mike Reeve sends us this clip of his encounter with one of the Elephant Parade installations. Number 255 contains a clever surprise. Portholes let you peer into the interior where you’ll find a tiny model elephant perched atop a representation of Elephant & Castle. You …
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the day the elephants take over London. 250 brightly painted model elephants have been installed throughout central London as part of the Elephant Parade, each one decorated by an artist or celebrity. Come July, each one will …
Anyone who recalls the Cow Parade of 2002 will be looking forward to this summer. From 3 May, 250 model elephants, each painted by an artist or celebrity (and even some royals) will appear on the streets of our city, in what is being styled …
Our city is perpetually blessed with inventive art in the public realm, from the ongoing Fourth Plinth initiative to last summer’s telectroscope. For us, the two finest examples were the Sultan’s Elephant of 2006, in which a giant steampunk pachyderm terrorised the West End, and …
A bloody great shopping mall will be gateway to Olympics Boris is going to consult on the Congestion Charge extension in September But would 41,000 alleged missing votes have kept him in Henley? Proof that Londoners shouldn’t go trekking north of the Watford Gap And …
