London Public Art: Shadwell DLR’s bike shed
A bike shed next to Shadwell DLR is an unlikely site for a piece of public art in London.
A bike shed next to Shadwell DLR is an unlikely site for a piece of public art in London.
There’s a statue of a man in the City of London who is famous in the USA, and little remembered in the UK, but his statue is here, in London.
In the middle of a wide avenue by Shoreditch station stands three ropes threaded and frozen in space.
A wooden boat that once raced across the waves stands frozen in time carrying passengers who never arrive.
There’s a tube station with a relatively little used staircase, and at the top, standing proud is a massive slab of rusted iron — from a warship.
What is believed to be the first statue in the UK to a named black woman stands in the grounds of St Thomas’ Hospital overlooking the Houses of Parliament.
This is a piece of art outside the Museum of London that shows a horse surrounded by two discs, unsurprisingly, called Union – Horse with Two Discs.
The bronze statue of a shoe maker can be found on a side street in the City of London in memory of those who worked in the area during medieval times.
A giant white disembodied foot can be found in the gardens next to the US Embassy in Nine Elms.
This rather weather-worn statue of King Edward VI sits somewhat uncomfortably outside the municipal tiled wall of St Thomas Hospital.
An ever changing brick canvas is the hallmark of this famous railway arch that is now one of the top spots for street art and legal graffiti.
A stone plinth with the striking bust of a young lady staring impassively across the Thames towards Parliament, this is the memorial to those who died in secret operations during WW2.
There is a rather ungainly statue on a plinth outside the back of the Tate Modern that is in celebration of all the artists who will never make it into the hallowed art galleries of London. Holding a paintbrush in…
This sculpture at the bottom of the Isle of Dogs is a modern replica of a work of public art that used to sit outside the Cleveland Estate of council housing in Whitechapel.
These massive stainless steel sculptural artworks near St Paul’s Cathedral are both art and function – for they are also ventilation shafts for an electricity substation in the basement underneath.
This rather modern looking sculpture is actually a memorial, or celebration if you prefer, unveiled on the 300th anniversary of the death of the composer, Henry Purcell.
A tall column stands impossibly slender on a side street, solid blocks of colour stand out amongst the steel and brick of the Liverpool Street estate.
This is a set of originally three, now four sculptures that were unveiled in 1991 to commemorate the work of the medical doctor, campaigner and Labour politician, Alfred Salter.
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