One and Other, Antony Gormley’s human statues on the fourth plinth, ends tomorrow at 8.59am. (Quick Boris! Less than a day to fulfil our flag waving prediction!) But if you find yourself staring mournfully around Trafalgar Square, feeling the lack of anyone getting nekkid or …
Tom from Tired of London Tired of Life sends us this pic of an unusual plinthian from the One and Other art project. Boris Johnson, fresh from last night’s surreal Newsnight interview, stands atop the fourth plinth waving the flag of double-deckered transport. Rival Ken …
Two Londonistas were selected to take part in Antony Gormley’s installation for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. We share the experience, from behind the scenes, in the crane and up above the square then back down again. Second shift: SallyB, 3-4am, Monday 31st August. …
Two Londonistas were selected to take part in Antony Gormley’s installation for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. We share the experience, from behind the scenes, in the crane and up above the square then back down again. First shift: Hazel Tsoi-Wiles, 8.00am, Sunday 23 …
A woman on death row in Texas has had her hour on the plinth. No brainer of the day: the Beeb relocates – and
Remember the Oubliette Collective? They created an Arthouse in the shell of a building in Waterloo back in May. Since then, they’ve moved onto Mayfair, where they’re occupying two six-storey former embassies. They found time to create the Fifth Plinth as a riposte/tribute to Gormley’s …
It was generally a ‘quiet’ carnival – although a 15 year old teenager was stabbed. Plinth-es of rock: two new Marillion songs were debut-ed there today. A service took place at St. Paul’s today to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the evacuation. This is cool: …
A catwoman prowls high above a plinth in Trafalgar Square adding a touch of colour to the neutral palette of the National Gallery behind. Photo by Maurizio Parenti via the Londonist Flickrpool.
‘Curse this yob culture’. Nicholas Penny, Director of the National Gallery, has unleashed an extraordinary broadside against Anthony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth experiment. Speaking to The Times, Mr Penny berates the idea as symptomatic of Britain’s shift away from artistic and architectural appreciation. He goes on …
