Fourth Plinth Trafalgar Square 2026-2028 Artists Announced
Tschabalala Self and Andra Ursuţa have been revealed as the chosen artists to grace the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square
16 March 2024
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Russian Artist Pyotr Pavlensky London Exhibition – Queen Elizabeth II Fourth Plinth Takeover – Sex Pistols Sotheby’s Auction
Russian Art Activist Pyotr Pavlensky London Exhibition – Queen Elizabeth II Fourth Plinth Takeover – Sex Pistols Sotheby’s Auction
22 September 2022
Damien Hirst To Publically Burn Paintings – Samson Kambalu To Unveil Fourth Plinth Commission – Rhea Storr New Art On The Underground Commission
Damien Hirst To Publically Burn Paintings – Samson Kambalu To Unveil Fourth Plinth Commission – Rhea Storr New Art On The Underground Commission
26 July 2022
Latest Fourth Plinth Artists Reflect Societally Diverse Subject Matter
Samson Kambalu and Teresa Margolles have been announced as the next two artists chosen for the Fourth Plinth commission in Trafalgar Square.
7 July 2021
Super Inclusive Fourth Plinth Proposals Unveiled In London
The latest proposals for the Fourth Plinth commission project in Trafalgar Square were announced in London today.
24 May 2021
Fourth Plinth Commission Postponed Because Of You Know What
The unveiling of the Fourth Plinth commission, a giant soft-serve dollop of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly… Read More
20 March 2020
Whipped Cream And Other Delights: Fourth Plinth Goes Soft Serve
A giant soft-serve dollop of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone by Heather Phillipson will grace the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square central London for the next year two years.
8 January 2020
Michael Rakowitz Fourth Plinth Commission First Photo Unveiled
Here is the first view of Michael Rakowitz’s new commission, The Invisible Enemy, Should Not Exist which will be unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square
15 January 2018
Fourth Plinth Commission “Good For A Disposable Laugh” – Edward Lucie-Smith
The next two occupants of the so-called Fourth Plinth Commission in Trafalgar Square have just been announced and, true to form, the British visual arts establishment has laboured and given birth to a mouse. Or, to be fair, to two mice, one of them just slightly larger than the other. I speak not in terms of size, but in those of probable effect.
24 March 2017
New Fourth Plinth Commission Proposals Unveiled At The National Gallery
The new proposals for the fourth plinth commission in Trafalgar Square have been unveiled at the National Gallery this morning, Thursday 19 January.
19 January 2017
Fourth Plinth Shortlist Exhibition
See the shortlisted proposals for the 2018 and 2020 Fourth Plinth commissions – Huma Bhabha, Damián Ortega, Heather Phillipson, Michael Rakowitz and Raqs Media Collective.
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David Shrigley: Fourth Plinth Sculpture Sends positive message to Londoners
David Shrigley the Turner Prize nominated artist unveiled his new commission for the Fourth Plinth titled, ‘Really Good’, this morning… Read More
29 September 2016
David Shrigley Fourth Plinth Unveiling Announced By Sadiq Khan’s Office
David Shrigley the Turner Prize nominated artist unveils his new commission for the Fourth Plinth titled, ‘Really Good’ on Thursday 29 September 2016…. Read More
18 May 2016
Hans Haacke Proposes Tate For Gift Horse Beyond The Fourth Plinth
In the second and final part of our featured discussion between Hans Haacke and Jon Bird at the ICA, we conclude that… Read More
28 March 2015
Hans Haacke In Conversation About His Recent Fourth Plinth Commission
Hans Haacke is a leading figure in the contemporary art world. His work crosses boundaries of Conceptual, Minimal, Pop and site specific Land Art.
16 March 2015
Fourth Plinth’s Dinosaur Like Gift Horse Unveiled By Hans Haacke
Mayor Boris Johnson along with Ekow Eshun, Chair of the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group, and the German/US based artist Hans… Read More
5 March 2015
Unveiling: Hans Haacke Gift Horse Replaces Blue Cockerel On Fourth Plinth
A bronze and electroluminescent film horse by the German/US artist Hans Haacke is set to be unveiled in Trafalgar Square… Read More
2 March 2015
Fourth Plinth Artist Hans Haacke Unveils Skeletal Horse Sculpture In March
Gift Horse by artist Hans Haacke, a new commission for the Fourth Plinth, will be unveiled on Thursday 5 March… Read More
17 December 2014
Fourth Plinth Boy On A Rocking Horse Moves To Copenhagen
Ever wonder what happens to the high profile sculpture that graces the Fourth Plinth Commission in London’s Trafalgar Square? It’s… Read More
26 July 2013
Katharina Fritsch Unveils Her Giant Blue Cockerel On Fourth Plinth
Katharina Fritsch unveiled her ‘Fourth Plinth’ commission in London’s Trafalgar Square this morning at 10:45 am. The 4.7m high sculpture… Read More
25 July 2013
Feathers Fly: Westminster Council Receives Objection To Fourth Plinth Blue Cockerel
The installation of a giant French blue cockerel which is scheduled to take pride of place on the fourth plinth… Read More
4 May 2013
Yinka Shonibare Features In Exhibition At Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Yinka Shonibare,the artist that brought you the Fourth Plinth ‘Ship in a Bottle’ will open a solo exhibition at Yorkshire… Read More
3 January 2013
Fourth Plinth Artists Offer Artwork Inspired By Prada
Elmgreen and Dragset have been artist-collaborators since the mid 1990s, with a body of work that explores the link between… Read More
30 April 2012
Fourth Plinth Ship In A Bottle Moves To Maritime Museum
Yinka Shonibare’s Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle that bedecked Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth May 2010 and January 2012, has now… Read More
24 April 2012
Free Art By Fourth Plinth Artists Up For Grabs
Get your hands on one of 5000 FREE limited edition artworks by Elmgreen & Dragset, available in celebration of the… Read More
23 February 2012
Explaining The Fourth Plinth Rocking Horse
New Fourth Plinth sculpture by Elmgreen & Dragset unveiled today by Joanna Lumley; but what does it all mean?… Read More
23 February 2012
Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth Art Revealed
Bronze sculpture of boy on rocking horse by Scandinavian artistic duo Elmgreen & Dragset to be unveiled at 09.30 on Thursday… Read More
23 January 2012
Fourth Plinth Shortlist Designs Unveiled Today
London – The Artists shortlist (2010/2011) for the next commission to go on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has… Read More
19 August 2010