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My London: Tschabalala Self as Lady in Blue is unveiled on Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth

Tschabalala Self’s guide to one of her ‘favourite cities in the world’ London as her Fourth Plinth commission unveiled in Trafalgar Square today

Evening Standard · Sep 10

Monet’s Riviera, 90s nostalgia and Bayeux à gogo! The best art and architecture of autumn 2026

A self-confident woman strides on to the Fourth Plinth, Nan Goldin captures sex, cats and death and even the Turner Prize shows promise this year

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1

London’s fourth plinth artwork aims to ‘unite trans community around the world’

Trafalgar Square piece by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles is made of masks depicting faces of transgender and non-binary people

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024

LGBT+ armed forces charity backs suggestion of Turing statue in Trafalgar Square

The Defence Secretary suggested erecting a statue of Alan Turing on the Fourth Plinth in London

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023

John Chilembwe: a new statue celebrates Malawi Pan-Africanist the world forgot

Samson Kambalu is a Malawian conceptual artist, writer and academic, whose sculpture Antelope was installed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London in September 2022. The Fourth Plinth was originally designed for a large scale equestrian statue of a British monarch but is now reserved for a contemporary…

The Conversation · Jan 12, 2023

Sadiq Khan subjected to racist abuse over false claims he vetoed Queen statue

Khan issued statement saying he was happy to support use of fourth plinth ‘if that is the royal family’s preference’

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

Fourth Plinth artist say his sculpture represents standing up for justice

The sculpture was unveiled in central London on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022

Calls for statue of Queen on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth get MPs’ approval

Shouts of ‘hear, hear’ were heard from some MPs in the Commons after the idea was floated

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2022

Will Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth host a statue of the Queen?

Plans for the exhibition spot were put on hold following the Queen’s death

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2022

Sculpture of anti-colonial hero to appear on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth

Malawi-born artist Samson Kambalu has had his sculpture of John Chilembwe in an act of defiance against colonial rule commissioned

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2022