Damien Hirst and Ai Weiwei grace London's Square Mile

Date
3 July 2015

As this week’s public art-themed Nicer Tuesdays reminded us, it’s all too easy to take the masterpieces in full view around the city for granted. And while there’s a plethora of work to see all year round in many cities across the UK, from next week the City of London is placing work by the likes of Damien Hirst, Ai Weiwei and Adam Chodzko around the Square Mile to add a little culture to the landscape of our wolves of Threadneedle Street. This is the fifth year of the programme, Sculpture in the City, and will see a total of 14 works go on show. They will remain in situ until May next year.

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Damien Hirst: Charity (2002-2003)
Photographed by Mike Parsons © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2015

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Kris Martin: Bells II, 2014
Courtesy Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf; White Cube, London
Photographer Achim Kukulies, Düsseldorf

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Tomoaki Suzuki: Carson
2012-2013
Courtesy: Corvi-Mora, London

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Tomoaki Suzuki: Zezi
2012-2013
Courtesy: Corvi-Mora, London

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Bruce Beasley: Breakout II, 1992

Courtesy Pangolin London/The Artist

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Sigalit Landau: O my friends, there are no friends 2011
© the artist, Courtesy of Marlborough Contemporary

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