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Discover world-class public art across an iconic urban landscape.

Every summer, the City of London, in partnership with local businesses, unveils a brand-new selection of artworks.

21/04/2026

So much joy at Sculpture in the City's: Cocktail & Create, last week with artist Elisa Artesero 🙌

Guests were guided by Sculpture in the City Artist, Elisa Artesero, to create a pocket-sized piece of Light Art, a sunset to gift and hold in the hand. 🌇

Do you believe artist-led workshops are an important way of engaging with audiences and communities? Let us know what you think!

Thank you LACUNA for curating and producing, and thanks Eastern City for your kind support as activation partner. 🤝

📷 Cocktail & Create with Elisa Artesero, 17 April 2026, Courtesy Eastern City BID. Photo © Mickey LF Lee.

24/02/2026

We're so proud to announce that our 'Little Art Critics TV' has been nominated for a Young Film Academy Award! 🥳

Every year, we invite children aged 5-12 to step into the role of art critics, sharing their unfiltered and often profound takes on the artworks of Sculpture in the City. 🎤

Little Art Critics TV is nominated for the 'Best Collaboration All Star Award' sponsored by Prospero World. Winners will be announced during a spectacular evening on Saturday 28 February 2026. 📺

Little Art Critics TV is kindly supported by activation partner Eastern City and curated & produced by LACUNA 🙌

08/12/2025

Ai Weiwei’s Roots: Palace is part of a series created in collaboration with Brazilian artisans and communities by moulding sculptures from the roots and trunks of endangered Pequi Vinagreiro trees.

Resembling fantastical or mythical creatures, the cast iron forms with their rusted patina speak to ancient cultures and to humanity’s earliest tools for felling and shaping wood.

Crafted using the ‘lost wax’ technique, the work represents traditional, bygone ways of life that have been usurped by industrialisation and modernisation, illustrating how progress can come at the expense of cultural and societal wellbeing.

📍St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M 3TL

Image: © Ai Weiwei Studio; Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio, Lisson Gallery, and neugerriemschneider, Berlin. Photo: © Nick Turpin

13/11/2025

Have you ever seen a sculpture cast in margarine? 🧈

Looping Loop was created in a mould made entirely of pastry margarine. This mould was then filled with dry stone aggregate and bonded with liquid plastic, creating a surface referred to as bonded stone.

Artist Andrew Sabin is a pioneer of margarine casting and bonded stone. His sculptures offer a thoughtful, emotional examination of geological processes, organic forms, and material qualities.

📍See Looping Loop at 70 St Mary Axe, EC3A 8BE

07/10/2025

Discover art in the city with Sculpture in the City’s new Family Trail map 🗺️

Designed by Urban Learners and illustrated by Danielle Rhoda, this playful map invites families to explore the 14th edition art trail with plenty of opportunities to add your own creative twist.

Collect a map from one of our information spots in the City or download it from the Sculpture in the City website.

https://www.sculptureinthecity.org.uk/education/

03/09/2025

London Sculpture Week is back!

From 20 – 28 September 2025, the city will be transformed into an open-air gallery for the fourth edition of this citywide celebration of public art.

London Sculpture Week brings together five major public art initiatives, Frieze Sculpture, Sculpture in the City, The Line, London, the Fourth Plinth and public art across East Bank, and provides opportunities to discover exceptional outdoor contemporary sculpture in the capital.

Explore the full programme on the London Sculpture Week website and on Bloomberg Connects.

https://londonsculptureweek.org/

16/07/2025

The 14th edition of Sculpture in the City is now officially open.

Swipe through to see moments from the preview.

A big thank you goes out to the wonderful artists, partners and stakeholders who made it all possible.

This edition features works by Ai Weiwei, Jane and Louise Wilson, Andrew Sabine, Maya Rose Edwards, Samuel Ross, Daniel Silver, Elisa Artesero, Richard Mackness, Julian Opie, and Oliver Bragg.

Follow us for information on tours, events and more.

Sculpture in the City is delivered by the City of London Corporation alongside LACUNA, a leading cultural studio.

With thanks to our Partners & Patrons:

Project Partners: Aviva, Bloomberg , Brookfield Properties, CC Land, Hiscox, The City of London Corporation, Nuveen Real Estate, Tower 42

Activation & Promotions Partner:
Eastern City BID

Patrons:
Aldgate Connect BID, Foster + Partners , Mtec, Price & Myers

25/03/2025

Ida Ekblad explores the medium of paint in her multidisciplinary practice 🎨

For her sculpture, 'BOOK OF BOREDOM', the artist employs the same approach as her paintings: cutting, uniting and assembling shapes and forms, before hand painting onto bronze-cast structures as though they were canvases, defying the medium’s supposed demand for flatness.

📍Visit 'BOOK OF BOREDOM' at Undershaft, EC2N 4AJ, in front of Crosby Square

04/03/2025

What can you see in these rock formations?

Before coming to Fenchurch Street, these sculptures used to be blocks of Statuario marble sitting in a stone yard in Pietrasanta.

Listen to Daniel Silver explain the journey of the rocks and how they came to life in the City.

📍40 Leadenhall, EC3A 3DH (Fenchurch Street)

25/02/2025

Samuel Ross invites you to interact with his sculpture, CAUCUS, at Mitre Square - sit, stand, nap and lean on this work as you like!

Dr. Samuel Ross MBE (b.1991, Brixton) is an award-winning designer, creative director and artist. He has received three British Fashion Awards, two GQ awards, and the Hublot Design Prize. In 2024, he was appointed Artistic Director of the London Design Biennale 2025.

📍 Mitre Square, EC3A 5DH

20/02/2025

Join us for a long table discussion on Friday, the 7th of March, inspired by Lois Weaver's Long Table format - a dinner party structured by etiquette, where conversation is the only course.

In partnership with Young Women’s Trust, we'll explore how we tackle sexism, misogyny and the gender pay gap within the creative and corporate industries, joined by Sculpture in the City’s Artistic Director & Lacuna’s Director Stella Ioannou, Eastern City’s CEO Kate Hart and Young Women's Trust CEO Claire Reindorp.

Bring your questions and share your experiences.

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Fazenda Bishopsgate

Visit the website to book your free place.

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