The fourth plinth is the northwest plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London. It was originally intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV...
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Trafalgar Square (section Fourth plinth)
of commemorative statues and sculptures occupy the square, but the Fourth Plinth, left empty since 1840, has been host to contemporary art since 1999...
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celebrated and was awarded the commission for the first edition of the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2004, for which he exhibited Alison Lapper Pregnant...
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outwards; and Untitled Monument, her resin sculpture for the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square. She was appointed Commander of the Order...
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on the vacant fourth plinth. The fibreglass work stood 4.72 metres (15.5 ft) high and was the sixth work to be displayed on the plinth, on which it stayed...
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was originally placed on the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square in 2010. It was subsequently relocated to a plinth outside the Sammy Ofer Wing...
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Shrigley's sculpture Really Good was installed on Trafalgar Square's Fourth plinth between September 2016 and March 2018. He was granted £130,000 by the...
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sculpture by British artist Heather Phillipson, which was installed on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square, London, from 2020 to 2022. The sculpture depicted...
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of the sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant, which was displayed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square from September 2005 until late 2007. She and her...
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Nelson's Ship in a Bottle became his first public art commission on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. On 3 December 2016, one of Shonibare's "Wind Sculpture"...
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suggested Turing should be honoured with a permanent statue on the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square, describing Turing as "probably the greatest war...
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Structures, Fig. 101 was chosen as the winner of the Fourth Plinth Commission to be displayed on the Fourth plinth of London's Trafalgar Square. Their bronze sculpture...
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fourth plinth to show giant thumbs up and horse skeleton". The Guardian. Laurie Rojas (February 7, 2014), Hans Haacke and David Shrigley win Fourth Plinth...
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installed “Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant)” on the Fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London. The piece consists of a 3.3-metric-ton...
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the RSA, she led the successful campaign to use the empty plinth, now known as the Fourth Plinth, in Trafalgar Square to house changing sculptures or installations...
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humanitarian who did absolutely nothing, 2,400 people have now climbed the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square to take part in Antony Gormley's artwork. "Ani's...
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a Northwestern University professor of Art Theory & Practice, won a Fourth Plinth commission to recreate the Lamassu that stood in Nineveh, Iraq, from...
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most of his adult life in London. In 2010 he was shortlisted for the Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square, London. In 2015 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge...
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media attention in September 2009 when her image was placed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square by her British supporters. Carty is presently being...
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work Ecce Homo (1999–2000) was the first piece to occupy the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. He represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in...
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Gormley, in which 2,400 members of the public occupied the usually vacant fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, for an hour each for 100 days. The project...
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5-metre (16 ft) tall fibreglass statue of Park was unveiled on the Fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. This was in recognition of his role in the Battle...
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"There is unlikely to be a better show this year." As Chairman of the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group in Trafalgar Square, Eshun leads one of the most...
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yellow, blue and red glass and weighing more than eight tonnes, for the Fourth Plinth of Trafalgar Square. Schütte had one-man shows at venues including the...
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anthropology of ourselves – in Anthony Gormley's One And Other: The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square Gaddafi and the Tuareg 1 December 1961: Fly the...
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Gift Horse (sculpture), a sculpture by Hans Haacke positioned on the Fourth Plinth of Trafalgar Square, London, in March 2015 The Gift Horse, an episode...
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"Artists vie for Trafalgar plinth commission" Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian. "The Fourth Plinth - Tracey Emin". 12 January...
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One & Other, a Fourth Plinth commission, an invitation for members of the public, chosen by lot, to spend one hour on the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square...
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Beaconsfield Gallery, London. A sculpture he proposed was shortlisted for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London. [Smith] grew attracted to postures of amateurism...
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Park Memorial Campaign that erected a statue of Sir Keith Park on the Fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, in recognition of his work as commander of No....
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