Christ To Rise On Primrose Hill?
Copy of famous Rio statue could grace the north London viewpoint.
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Should There Be A Statue Of Dickens In London?
200 years after the author was born, there is still no public statue of Dickens in the UK.
London To Get Yuri Gagarin Statue
The cosmonaut’s likeness will stand on the Mall.
New Statue Celebrates 300 Years Of St Paul’s
A new equine sculpture by Bruce Denny will stand, nay, rear up, outside St Paul’s cathedral to mark 300 years since the landmark’s official completion. The work shows a stunned St Paul (or ‘Paul’ as he was known at the time) falling from his horse …
Unusual Brunel Statue Planned For Rotherhithe
Plans to erect a 15 metre statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel near the Rotherhithe tunnel have met with disdain from local residents (and probably approval as well, but disdain is much more fun to report). One of the main criticisms is that it looks, frankly, …
Video: New Frieze For St Pancras Kissing Couple Sculpture
New sculpture in St Pancras from Londonist on Vimeo. A bronze frieze dipicting scenes from railway life has been erected around St Pancras’ notorious sculpture of a nuzzling couple. The mammoth statue has become something of a love/hate landmark on the station concourse. Some think …
Bronzed Reagan Coming To London
A statue of actor-president Ronald Reagan will be erected in Grosvenor Square after a neat dodge of planning rules. Westminster Council waived its usual policy, which restricts statuary to those with more than 10 years experience of the grave. Reagan died only five years ago. …
Seacole On The Strand
Portrait in the NPG As another dead white military man moves into Traf Square it’s satisfying that a black female nurse is the subject of a memorial appeal and competition. Mary Seacole was voted The Greatest Black Briton in a contemporary poll. She had the …
Battle Of The Plinth
Image by peripathetic from the Londonist Flickr pool Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth is going to play host to a very traditional piece of art after Antony Gormley’s One and Other. Westminster Council last night gave permission for a statue of Battle of Britain commander Sir …
Queen Unveils Queen
HRH. Hip flask not pictured. New royal statues are a rare thing these days, thanks to the tenacious longevity of the current monarch. We reckon the last blue-blooded bronze erected in London was more than 50 years ago – the statue of Liz Snr’s husband, …
Chimpressive Sculpture In Economist Plaza
Image: Tessa Angus While a controversial conflation of monkeys and economics is the talk of New York, London goes for a more urbane pairing of primate and finance. Artist Alastair Mackie today unveils his new work in Economist Plaza (St James), named Mimetes Anon. The …
