They include an audio piece by artist Rory Pilgrim that will be played to millions of Waterloo commuters in the summer and a fresh mural at Brixton Station, reports Marco Marcelline
Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings, ‘Angels of History’, 2024. St James’s Park station. Credit: GG Archard. Courtesy of the artists and Arcadia Missa
Transport for London (TfL) has revealed the four major artworks it has picked to celebrate 25 years of art in the underground.
A collaborative artwork by Ahmet Öğüt will be unveiled at Stratford Station in March before a new pocket Tube map by artist Agnes Denes based on her work Map Projections is released later in the spring.
In June, a new audio commission by Rory Pilgrim will be played to millions of commuters at Waterloo Station, and in November a mural by Rudy Loewe will adorn Brixton Station, becoming the transport hub’s ninth art instalment.
Existing works include Alexandre da Cunha’s kinetic sculpture at Battersea Power Station and Mark Wallinger’s Labyrinth across the underground network.
TfL says it hopes the new artworks will “encourage meaningful conversations between artists and the public and reflect on the history and movement of London today”.
Rudy Loewe, #1–2 in the Trinidad series, 2023. Photography by Jonathan Bassett
Eleanor Pinfield, head of Art on the Underground, said: “Across 2025, the programme will interrogate how art can save us and what it means to gather together, in shared space and with local communities.
“Seen and heard by millions, the 2025 programme is a response to London today, whilst always reflecting on our past and possible futures.”
Justine Simons OBE, deputy mayor for culture and the creative industries, said: “Art on the Underground is renowned around the world for transforming London’s tube into a large public art gallery.
“Offering free art to the millions traveling every day, it builds on our rich history of inspiring art and design across the transport network and has become an integral part of London’s story as a creative capital.”
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