List of public art in Soho

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File:Shakespeare statue (cropped).jpg on Leicester Square]]

This is a list of public art in Soho, a district in the City of Westminster, London. Soho is an area first developed in the 1670s which, since the construction of theatres along Shaftesbury Avenue in the 19th century, has had a strong association with the entertainment industry.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://transact.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/14%20Soho.pdf|title=Soho Conservation Area Mini Guide|publisher=Westminster City Council, Department of Planning and City Development|date=May 2004|access-date=20 July 2014}}

In the south of the district stands Leicester Square, the public sculpture of which has had an eventful history. From 1748 the square had as its centrepiece an equestrian figure of George I, but this deteriorated and was sold off at the beginning of the following century.{{sfn|Ward-Jackson|2011|pp=112–113}} In 1874 the square was bought by Albert Grant, a company promoter and MP, who had its gardens made over to a design by James Knowles.{{citation |mode=cs1 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41119 |title=Leicester Square Area: Leicester Estate |editor-first=F. H. W. |editor-last=Sheppard |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1966 |work=Survey of London: volumes 33 and 34: St Anne Soho |access-date=13 October 2011}} This refurbishment saw the installation of the Shakespeare fountain and busts of four historical residents of the locale: Isaac Newton, William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds and John Hunter. Each of these busts was positioned near the site of its subject's former home.{{sfn|Ward-Jackson|2011|pp=112–113}} The busts were severely damaged by inept restoration work in the 1990s.{{sfn|Matthews|2018|p=102}}

A renovation of Leicester Square carried out between 2010 and 2012 was criticised for its removal of all the sculptures on the square except for that of Shakespeare.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/dont-banish-the-great-men-from-leicester-square-7804242.html|title=Don't banish the great men from Leicester Square|last=Godwin|first=Richard|date=30 May 2012|work=Evening Standard|access-date=19 July 2014}} The 1981 statue of Charlie Chaplin which had been displaced as a result of these works returned to the square in 2016. In 2020, Chaplin's statue was joined by several others also on the theme of cinema, which together comprise the sculptural trail Scenes in the Square.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/celebrate-100-years-of-cinema-with-this-interactive-sculpture-trail-in-leicester-square-011320|title=Celebrate 100 years of cinema with this interactive sculpture trail in Leicester Square|date=13 January 2020|website=Time Out|access-date=8 February 2023}}

{{Maplink|type=named|text=Map of public art in Soho}}

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| image = Statue of Charles II, Soho Square.jpg

| commonscat = Statue of Charles II, Soho Square

| subject = {{sort|Charles 2|Statue of Charles II}}

| type = Statue

| location = Soho Square

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5154|-0.1323|name=Statue of Charles II|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM}}

| date = 1681

| artist = {{sortname|Caius Gabriel|Cibber}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1236305 Grade II]}}

| notes = Originally formed the crowning element of a fountain at the centre of Soho Square. In 1875, the badly weathered statue was moved to the garden of Grim's Dyke, Harrow Weald, later the home of W. S. Gilbert. It was returned to the square in 1938, according to the wishes of Gilbert's widow.{{citation |mode=cs1 |url=http://www.spab.org.uk/cornerstone-magazine/articles-from-cornerstone/soho-farewell-then-/ |title=Soho, farewell then?.. |first=Tim |last=Minogue |work=Cornerstone |publisher=Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings |access-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927120947/http://www.spab.org.uk/cornerstone-magazine/articles-from-cornerstone/soho-farewell-then-/ |archive-date=27 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}

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| image = George II statue 1.jpg

| commonscat = Statue of George II, Golden Square, London

| subject = {{sort|George 2|Statue of George II}}

| type = Statue

| location = Golden Square

| coordinates = {{coord|51.511647|-0.137212|name=Statue of George II|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM}}

| date = 1720

| artist = {{sortname|John|Nost}} the Elder

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1289197 Grade II]}}

| notes = A statue of an allegorical figure in Roman costume, made for Cannons, the seat of the Duke of Chandos in Little Stanhope, Middlesex. An anonymous bidder bought the statue at the sale of the house's contents and erected it in Golden Square as "George II" on 14 March 1753.{{citation |mode=cs1 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41461 |title=Golden Square Area: Golden Square Garden |editor-first=F. H. W. |editor-last=Sheppard |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1963 |work=Survey of London: volumes 31 and 32: St James Westminster, Part 2 |access-date=13 October 2011}}

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| image = Detail, Criterion Theatre (8015392250).jpg

| subject = Four statues in niches

| location = Criterion Theatre and Restaurant, Piccadilly Circus

| date = {{circa|1871–1874|sortable=yes}}

| artist = {{sortname|Edward William|Wyon|nolink=yes}}

| architect = {{sortname|Thomas|Verity}}

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{sort|B|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1265753 Grade II*]}}

| notes = {{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=451}}

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| image = Bust of the 14th Earl of Derby, Great Windmill Street.jpg

| subject = {{sort|Derby|Bust of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby}}

| location = St Peter's School, Great Windmill Street

| date = 1871

| artist = {{sort|McCarthy after Noble|Attributed to Hamilton MacCarthy, after Matthew Noble}}

| architect = {{sortname|J. T.|Wimperis|nolink=yes}}

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Believed to be based on a bust by Noble in the Guildhall, destroyed in 1940. Lord Derby was a benefactor to the school, which moved from temporary premises to this new building after his death.{{sfn|Ward-Jackson|2011|p=45}}

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| image = The Bard (cropped).jpg

| commonscat = Statue of William Shakespeare at Leicester Square

| subject = {{sort|Shakespeare|Statue of William Shakespeare}}

| type = Fountain with statue

| location = Leicester Square

| coordinates = {{coord|51.510376|-0.1301182|name=Statue of William Shakespeare|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM}}

| date = 1874

| artist = {{sortname|Giovanni|Fontana|nolink=1}} after Peter Scheemakers

| architect = {{sortname|James|Knowles|dab=architect}}

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1221890 Grade II]}}

| notes = Unveiled 3 July 1874. Based on William Kent and Scheemakers's memorial to the Bard in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. The scroll held by the figure of Shakespeare bears a quotation from Twelfth Night (Act 4, Scene 2): {{smallcaps|there is/ no darkness/ but/ ignorance}}{{Harvnb|Ward-Jackson|2011|pp=113–114}}

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| image = Drinking fountain soho 1.jpg

| subject = {{sort|Allen|George Maule Allen Memorial Drinking Fountain}}

| type = Drinking fountain

| location = St Anne's Churchyard

| date = 1890

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Inscribed {{smallcaps|erected in memory of/ george maule allen/ of {{small|17}} carlisle street soho square/ born {{small|4}}th october {{small|1855}}/ died {{small|29}}th april {{small|1889}}/ aged {{small|33}} years}}{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.mdfcta.co.uk/details-f/f118.html|title=St Ann's Churchyard, Soho|work=Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association Cattle Troughs and Drinking Fountains|access-date=12 November 2017}}

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| image = Eros@Piccadilly.jpg

| commonscat = Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain ("Eros"), Piccadilly Circus

| subject = {{sort|Shaftesbury|Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain}}
{{small|Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury}}

| type = Fountain with statue

| location = Piccadilly Circus

| coordinates = {{coord|51.509904|-0.134515|name=Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM}}

| date = {{nobreak|1885–1893}}

| artist = {{sortname|Alfred|Gilbert}}

| architect = {{sortname|Howard|Ince|nolink=yes}} (consulted on design)

| designation = {{sort|A|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1265625 Grade I]}}

| notes = Unveiled 29 June 1893. Gilbert criticised contemporary statues for being too literal and inartistic, and chose instead to symbolise Lord Shaftesbury's philanthropy with an allegorical figure.{{citation |mode=cs1 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41457 |title=The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain |editor-first=F. H. W. |editor-last=Sheppard |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1963 |work=Survey of London: volumes 31 and 32: St James Westminster, Part 2 |access-date=13 October 2011}} This was intended to represent Anteros or "The Angel of Christian Charity", but it became popularly identified with the Greek god's twin brother Eros.

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| image = Wyndham's Theatre London 2011 4.jpg

| subject = Muses and putti surrounding a bust of Shakespeare

| location = Wyndham's Theatre, 32–36 Charing Cross Road

| date = 1899

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{sortname|W. G. R.|Sprague}}

| type = Relief

| designation = {{sort|B|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1292230 Grade II*]}}

| notes = {{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/london/100.html|title=Wyndham's Theatre, Charing Cross, London|last1=Banerjee|first1=Jacqueline|last2=Landow|first2=George P.|work=The Victorian Web|access-date=1 April 2018}}

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| image = M. Gaudin riding a snail.jpg

| subject = M. Gaudin riding a snail

| location = L'Escargot, 48 Greek Street

| date = {{circa|1900|sortable=yes}}?

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{dunno}}

| type = Relief

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1066720 Grade II]}}

| notes = Gaudin was the first restaurateur of L'Escargot.{{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=413}}

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| image = London, UK (August 2014) - 182.JPG

| subject = Angels

| location = Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue

| date = {{circa|1900–1901|sortable=yes}}

| artist = {{sortname|T.|Simpson|nolink=yes}}

| architect = {{sortname|Lewen|Sharp}}

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1236173 Grade II]}}

| notes = {{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=425}}

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| image = Statue of Henry Irving, London.jpg

| commonscat = Statue of Henry Irving, London

| subject = {{sort|Irving|Statue of Henry Irving}}

| type = Statue

| location = Irving Street

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5097|-0.1282|name=Statue of Henry Irving|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM}}

| date = 1910

| artist = {{sortname|Thomas|Brock}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1357292 Grade II]}}

| notes = Unveiled 5 December 1910. The street between the statue and the National Portrait Gallery, formerly Green Street, was renamed in the actor's honour in 1938. The formal gardens were laid out, with railings bearing the monogram HI, for the Festival of Britain in 1951; these were unveiled by Laurence Olivier.{{citation |mode=cs1 |url=http://www.theirvingsociety.org.uk/memorial.htm |title=The Irving Memorial |first=D. F. |last=Cheshire |publisher=The Irving Society |access-date=21 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930203244/http://www.theirvingsociety.org.uk/memorial.htm |archive-date=30 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}

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| image = Euterpe, Archer Street.jpeg

| subject = Euterpe

| location = 13–14 Archer Street

| date = 1912

| artist = {{sortname|Charles|Pibworth|nolink=yes}}

| architect = Adams & Holden

| type = Relief

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = 13–14 Archer Street was built as clubrooms for the Orchestral Association.{{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=412}}

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| image = Frieze at 208–222 Regent Street.jpg

| subject = Britannia with the Wealth of East and West

| location = 208–222 Regent Street (formerly Liberty's department store)

| date = 1914 (designed); 1923–1924 (executed)

| artist = {{sortname|Charles|Doman}} and Thomas John Clapperton

| architect = {{sortname|Edwin Thomas|Hall}} and Edwin Stanley Hall

| type = Frieze

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1227689 Grade II]}}

| notes = At 115 ft long and 7 ft high,{{sfn|Gleichen|1973|pp=160–161}} this has in the past been claimed to be the largest sculpture in London.{{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=456}}

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| image = The Intrepid Fox faience relief.jpg

| subject = {{sortname|Charles James|Fox}} and Sam House

| location = Byron at the Intrepid Fox, 97–99 Wardour Street

| date = 1915

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{sortname|W.|Bradford|nolink=yes}} & Sons

| type = Faience relief

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Sam House was the landlord of the pub on this site, which he named The Intrepid Fox to express his admiration for the statesman. The relief shows Fox and House, the latter holding a placard inscribed {{smallcaps|champion/ of the/ people}}, standing in front of the 18th-century pub.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/sam-house|title=Relief: Sam House|website=London Remembers|access-date=26 September 2020}}

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| image = Weather Vane, Liberty, Great Marlborough Street, London W1 - geograph.org.uk - 1604953.jpg

| commonscat = Ship weather vane, Liberty store

| subject = {{sort|Mayflower|The Mayflower}}

| location = Liberty's department store, Great Marlborough Street

| date = 1924

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{sortname|Edwin Thomas|Hall}} and Edwin Stanley Hall

| type = Weather vane

| designation = {{sort|B|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1357064 Grade II*]}}

| notes = {{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://humanities-research.exeter.ac.uk/voyagingthroughhistory/items/show/59|title=Mayflower weather vane, Liberty Store (London, 1924)|website=Voyaging Through History: The Mayflower & Britain|publisher=University of Exeter|access-date=29 September 2020}}

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| image = Britannia Piccadilly Circus.jpg

| subject = Britannia and many other figures

| location = County Fire Office Building, 218–222 Regent Street

| date = {{circa|1924–1927|sortable=yes}}

| artist = {{sortname|Joseph Hermon|Cawthra}}

| architect = {{sortname|Ernest|Newton}}

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1227630 Grade II]}}

| notes = {{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=450}}

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| image = Liberty's Clock (11091029893).jpg

| commonscat = Liberty Clock

| subject = Liberty Clock

| location = Liberty's department store, Great Marlborough Street

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5145|-0.1386|name=Liberty Clock}}

| date = 1925

| artist = {{sortname|Frank|Hope-Jones}}

| architect = {{sortname|Edwin Thomas|Hall}} and Edwin Stanley Hall

| type = Clock

| designation = {{sort|B|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1357064 Grade II*]}}

| notes = {{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=456}}{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/information/our-heritage.html|title=Our Heritage|publisher=Liberty|access-date=15 April 2023}}

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| image = Londres, Carnaby Street, Shakespeare's Head Pub.jpg

| subject = {{sort|Shakespeare|Bust of William Shakespeare}}

| location = The Shakespeare's Head pub, 29 Great Marlborough Street, on the corner with Fouberts Place

| date = 1928

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{sortname|G. G.|Macfarlane|nolink=1}}

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = {{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=411}}

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| image = Leisure centre, Marshall Street (geograph 5743907).jpg

| subject = Bathing belles

| location = Marshall Street Leisure Centre

| date = {{circa|1928–1931|sortable=yes}}

| artist = {{sortname|Herbert Tyson|Smith}}

| architect = {{sortname|A. W. S. and K. M. S.|Cross|nolink=yes}}

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1239704 Grade II]}}

| notes = {{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=395}}

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| image = Relief panel, Vue West End cinema (geograph 5356851).jpg

| subject = Sight and Sound

| location = Vue West End, Leicester Square

| date = 1938

| artist = {{sortname|Edward Bainbridge|Copnall}}

| architect = {{sortname|E. A.|Stone|nolink=1}} and T. R. Somerford

| type = Reliefs

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = {{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=419}}

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| image = Sculpture panel 1 by Adolphine Mary Ryland.jpg

| subject = Reliefs

| location = Foyles, Charing Cross Road

| date = {{circa|1939|sortable=yes}}

| artist = {{sortname|Adolfine Mary|Ryland}}

| architect = {{sortname|E. P.|Wheeler|nolink=yes}} and H. F. T. Cooper

| type = Reliefs

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = The building originally housed St Martin's School of Art and the College for Distributive Trades. Ryland's reliefs relate to shop display. The coat of arms of the London County Council and the inscriptions were carved by Percy J. Delf Smith.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://c20society.org.uk/botm/foyles-formerly-st-martins-school-of-art-london/|title=Foyles, formerly St Martin's School of Art, London|first=Alan|last=Powers|date=January 2015|publisher=Twentieth Century Society|access-date=27 April 2019}}

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| image = Tympanum from 1950 at the French Protestant Church of London.jpg

| subject = Tympanum

| location = French Protestant Church, Soho Square

| date = 1950

| artist = {{sortname|J.|Prangnelli|nolink=yes}}

| architect = {{sortname|Aston|Webb}}

| type = Relief

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1236283 Grade II*]}}

| notes = Marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Strangers' Church in Threadneedle Street. The relief shows the Huguenots departing from France, their arrival at Dover and the granting of the royal charter establishing the church by Edward VI.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.sohomemories.org.uk/page_id__39.aspx|title=French Protestant Church|first=Tim|last=Devitt|website=Soho Memories|date=30 March 2010|access-date=27 April 2019}}

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| image = Our Lady of the Assumption, Warwick Street (geograph 5848897 cropped).jpg

| subject = Angels and stars

| location = Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street

| date = 1952–1957

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{sortname|Joseph|Bonomi the Elder}}

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{sort|B|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1273895 Grade II*]}}

| notes = {{citation|mode=cs1|title=Golden Square Area: Warwick Street|work=Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, St James Westminster, Part 2|editor-first=F. H. W.|editor-last=Sheppard|location=London|date=1963|pages=167–173|publisher=Institute of Historical Research|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols31-2/pt2/pp167-173|access-date=29 September 2020}}

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| image = Soho, Notre Dame De France Church, Statue of Our Lady of Mercy.jpg

| subject = Our Lady of Mercy

| location = Notre Dame de France, Leicester Place

| date = 1953

| artist = {{sortname|Georges|Saupique}}

| architect = {{sortname|Hector|Corfiato}}

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{sort|B|[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1376623 Grade II*]}}

| notes = {{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.ndfchurch.org/en/a-propos/art-histoire/|title=Art|website=Notre Dame de France|access-date=28 March 2019}}

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| image = Orion House, St Martin's Lane, London (3422938969).jpg

| subject = The Spirit of Electricity

| location = Orion House (formerly Thorn House), Litchfield Street

| date = 1958–1961

| artist = {{sortname|Geoffrey|Clarke}}

| architect = {{sortname|Andrew|Renton|nolink=yes}} of Basil Spence and Partners ({{circa|1958}}); Renton Howard Wood Levin (1988–1990 renovation)

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{sort|C|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1430294 Grade II]}}

| notes = The building was the headquarters of Thorn Electrical Industries; during renovation the sculpture was moved from the east (Upper St Martin's Lane) elevation to the north.{{NHLE|num=1430294|desc=The Spirit of Electricity|fewer-links=yes|access-date=24 November 2024}}

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| image = London, Swiss Glockenspiel -- 2016 -- 4867.jpg

| commonscat = Swiss glockenspiel clock, Leicester Square

| subject = Glockenspiel

| type = Glockenspiel

| location = Swiss Court

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5105|-0.1312|name=Glockenspiel}}

| date = 1968; altered 1985 and again in 2008

| artist = {{sortname|Fritz|Fuchs|nolink=1}}

| architect = {{dunno}}

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = A gift to the City of Westminster from Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the clock originally adorned the Swiss Centre on this street. In 2008 the site was redeveloped, and as a condition of planning approval the Glockenspiel was retained and redesigned as a freestanding clock.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-15877241|title=Leicester Square Swiss glockenspiel restored by Smith of Derby|date=28 November 2011|publisher=BBC News|access-date=23 April 2016}} Re-inaugurated 28 November 2011.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15930226|title=Landmark Swiss clock returns to Leicester Square|date=28 November 2011|publisher=BBC News|access-date=23 April 2016}}{{Harvnb|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=419}}

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| image = Swiss-UK relations Canton Tree.jpg

| commonscat = Cantonal Tree, Swiss Court

| subject = Cantonal Tree

| type = Wooden post with shields of the Swiss cantons attached

| location = Swiss Court

| coordinates = {{coord|51.510447|-0.131350|name=Cantonal Tree|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM}}

| date = 1977

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = An antique inn sign, given by Switzerland in May 1977 to mark the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The street was given its current name on 15 April 1991, on the 700th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Confederation.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/anglo-swiss-friendship|title=Memorial: Anglo-Swiss friendship|work=London Remembers|access-date=14 February 2015}}

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| image = Statue of Charlie Chaplin.jpg

| commonscat = Statue of Charlie Chaplin, London

| subject = {{sort|Chaplin|Statue of Charlie Chaplin}}

| type = Statue

| location = Leicester Square

| coordinates =

| date = 1979

| artist = {{sortname|John|Doubleday|dab=sculptor}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Unveiled 16 April 1981, the 92nd anniversary of Chaplin's birth, by Ralph Richardson. A slightly modified version was erected in Vevey, the Swiss town Chaplin made his home, the following year.{{Harvnb|Ward-Jackson|2011|pp=118–119}} The London statue has been moved multiple times within Leicester Square and the vicinity; it was unveiled on its current site on 16 April 2016.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.westminster.gov.uk/westminster-city-council-unveil-statue-film-icon-charlie-chaplin-leicester-square-london-home-uk|title=Westminster City Council to unveil statue to film icon Charlie Chaplin in Leicester Square|publisher=Westminster City Council|date=15 April 2016|access-date=23 April 2016}}

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| image = Tottenham Court Road mosaics.jpg

| subject = Mosaics

| commonscat = Mosaics at Tottenham Court Road tube station

| type = Glass mosaics

| location = Tottenham Court Road station

| date = 1980–1986

| artist = {{sortname|Eduardo|Paolozzi}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = The mosaics on the Central line platforms are replete with references to the neighbourhood above ground, particularly its shops selling books, musical instruments and electronics, whereas those on the two Northern line platforms are abstract in design. The mosaics between the entrance and the platforms were the final part of the scheme to be completed.{{Harvnb|Paolozzi|1984|pp=30–34}}{{cite ODNB|mode=cs1|first=Robin|last=Spencer|title=Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo Luigi (1924–2005)|date=January 2009|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/95757|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/95757|access-date=31 August 2014|url-access=registration}} During construction work for the Elizabeth line in 2017, 5% of the mosaics were removed and the remainder restored. The detached panels were given to the Edinburgh College of Art, in Paolozzi's birthplace.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/paolozzi-restoration-at-tottenham-court-road-station/|title=Paolozzi Restoration at Tottenham Court Road station|date=February 2017|publisher=Art on the Underground|access-date=12 June 2022}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Stone lions on Gerrard Street, Chinatown, London (02).jpg

| commonscat = Chinese Lions, Gerrard Street

| subject = Chinese guardian lions

| type = Sculptures

| location = Gerrard Street

| coordinates = {{coord|51.511764|-0.131114|name=Chinese lions|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM}}

| date = 1985

| artist = {{dunno}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Unveiled 29 October 1985 by the Duke of Gloucester at the formal opening of Chinatown. A gift from the People's Republic of China.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/chinese-lions|title=Chinese lions|work=London Remembers|access-date=7 February 2014}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Mural on Noel Street, Soho - geograph.org.uk - 3931409.jpg

| subject = Ode to the West Wind

| type = Mural

| location = 17 Noel Street

| coordinates = {{coord|51.514810|-0.137001|name=Ode to the West Wind|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM}}

| date = 1989

| artist = {{sortname|Louise|Vines|nolink=1}} and the London Wall Mural Group

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Inspired by the eponymous poem of 1819 by Percy Bysshe Shelley, who lived around the corner in 15 Poland Street; the mutilated tree is also a reference to the Great Storm of 1987. Originally proposed in 1986 by the Soho Jazz Festival, which then abandoned the commission; it was subsequently taken up by The Soho Society.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://londonmuralpreservationsociety.com/murals/ode-west-wind/|title=Ode to the West Wind|publisher=London Mural Preservation Society|access-date=25 April 2013}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Soho Mural (20870092785).jpg

| commonscat = The Spirit of Soho

| subject = {{sort|Spirit of Soho|The Spirit of Soho}}

| type = Mural

| location = Broadwick Street

| coordinates = {{coord|51.512730|-0.138236|name=The Spirit of Soho|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM}}

| date = 1991

| artist = FreeForm Arts Trust

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Saint Anne, as patroness of Soho, is portrayed in a dress bearing a map of the district. At her feet are gathered several former residents, including Casanova and Marx. Six smaller scenes depict forms of work and leisure characteristic of the area. Restored in 2006.{{citation |mode=cs1 |url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/spirit-of-soho-mural |title=Spirit of Soho Mural |work=London Remembers |access-date=22 May 2012}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = The Horses of Helios (5025948554).jpg

| commonscat = The Horses of Helios

| subject = The Horses of Helios

| location = Haymarket, near Piccadilly Circus

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5100|-0.1334|name=The Horses of Helios}}

| date = 1992

| artist = {{sortname|Rudy|Weller|nolink=yes}}

| architect = {{sortname|Peter|Howard|nolink=yes}} of Renton Howard Wood Levine Partnership

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = {{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=451}}{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.fountainsoc.org.uk/fountain/45|title=The Four Bronze Horses of Helios|publisher=The Fountain Society|access-date=24 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524154717/http://www.fountainsoc.org.uk/fountain/45|archive-date=24 May 2010}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Soaring figures at roof level. - geograph.org.uk - 510361.jpg

| commonscat = The Three Graces by Rudy Weller

| subject = The Three Graces

| location = Coventry Street

| date = 1992

| artist = {{sortname|Rudy|Weller|nolink=yes}}

| architect = {{sortname|Peter|Howard|nolink=yes}} of Renton Howard Wood Levine Partnership

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = {{sfn|Bradley|Pevsner|2003|p=451}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| subject = Imagine
{{small|John Lennon}}

| location = Carnaby Street, outside Liberty's department store

| date = 2009

| artist = {{sortname|Lawrence|Holofcener}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = Statue

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Unveiled 9 October 2021, which would have been Lennon's 81st birthday. The first casting of the sculpture was unveiled in Mount Dora, Florida, on the same day in 2010.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/SHAFTESBURY-PLC-4002319/news/Shaftesbury-JOHN-LENNON-IMAGINE-TRIBUTE-SCULPTURE-TO-WELCOME-EVERYONE-TO-CARNABY-STREET-36645827|title=Shaftesbury: JOHN LENNON ‘IMAGINE’ TRIBUTE SCULPTURE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO CARNABY STREET|website=MarketScreener|date=9 October 2021|access-date=24 November 2024}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Chinese Lion on Wardour Street.jpg

| commonscat = Lion sculpture, Wardour Street

| subject = Lion

| location = 64 Shaftesbury Avenue (corner with Wardour Street)

| date = 2009

| artist = {{sort|Tsai and Yoshikawa|Hsiao-Chi Tsai and Kimiyo Yoshikawa}}

| architect =

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = {{sfn|Ward-Jackson|2011|p=385}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = 1 Wilder Walk, Soho, London.jpg

| subject = Timelines

| location = Wilder Walk

| coordinates = {{coord|51.510535|-0.135683|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB-WSM|name=Timelines}}

| date = 2011

| artist = {{sortname|Daniela|Schönbächler|nolink=yes}}

| architect = Dixon Jones Architects

| type = Light installation

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = {{citation|mode=cs1|title=The Quadrant Timelines|url=http://www.modusoperandi-art.com/projects/the_quadrant_the_wilder_walk/|website=Modus Operandi|access-date=10 April 2024}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Selene (2013) by Hew Locke.jpg

| subject = Selene

| location = Nadler Hotel, Carlisle Street

| date = 2013

| artist = {{sortname|Hew|Locke}}

| architect = {{sort|Adam, Robert|Robert Adam}}

| type = Architectural sculpture

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = The sculptor wished to create "a classical statue with a contemporary twist" and add to the small number of statues of black women in London. Inspirations for the work include Art Nouveau, fairy paintings by Atkinson Grimshaw and drag queens in Soho.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://arcthemagazine.com/arc/2013/05/selene-hew-lockes-first-permanent-work-in-london/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629062718/http://arcthemagazine.com/arc/2013/05/selene-hew-lockes-first-permanent-work-in-london/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 June 2019|title=Selene – Hew Locke's first permanent work in London|website=ARC Magazine|date=17 May 2013|access-date=29 June 2019}}{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/base2stay-hotel-soho|title=base2stay™ Hotel, London|website=e-architect|date=11 May 2010|access-date=29 June 2019}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| subject = Vital Signs

| location = Quadrant 3, corner of Brewer Street and Sherwood Street

| date = 2013

| artist = {{sortname|Spencer|Finch}}

| architect = Dixon Jones Architects (redevelopment of the Regent Palace Hotel)

| type = Light installation

| designation =

| notes = {{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.modusoperandi-art.com/projects/the_quadrant_light_commission/|title=The Quadrant Vital Signs|website=Modus Operandi|access-date=10 April 2024}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Tony Cragg sculpture in Ham Yard (cropped).jpg

| commonscat = Group (Tony Cragg)

| subject = Group

| type = Sculpture

| location = Ham Yard

| date = 2014

| artist = {{sortname|Tony|Cragg}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Part of the sculptor's Rational Beings series.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.walksofart.org.uk/tony-cragg-group/|title=Tony Cragg, Group|first=Frances|last=Barry|date=19 June 2017|website=Walks of Art|access-date=27 December 2023}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Daniel Buren, 'Diamonds and Circles, works in situ', Tottenham Court Road, 2016. Photo- Thierry Bal, 2016.jpg

| subject = {{'}}Diamonds and Circles', works 'in situ{{'}}

| type = Decorative motifs

| location = Tottenham Court Road station

| date = 2015

| artist = {{sortname|Daniel|Buren}}

| architect = Hawkins\Brown and Acanthus Architects

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = A pattern of alternating circle and diamond shapes, 2.4m in height and diameter.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/permanent-commission-by-daniel-buren/|title=Tottenham Court Road Commission|publisher=Art on the Underground|access-date=19 June 2015}} The first phase of the redevelopment of the station, the entrance and ticket hall on Oxford Street, opened in January 2015.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.onofficemagazine.com/interiors/item/3535-tottenham-court-road-tube-station-hawkins-brown-daniel-buren|title=Hawkins\Brown and Daniel Buren's Op-Art tube station|first=Miranda|last=Fitzgerald|date=20 January 2015|work=on office|access-date=19 June 2015|archive-date=19 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619120617/https://www.onofficemagazine.com/interiors/item/3535-tottenham-court-road-tube-station-hawkins-brown-daniel-buren}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Shaida Walking by Julian Opie, Broadwick Street, Soho.jpg

| subject = Shaida Walking. 2015

| location = Broadwick Street

| date = 2015

| artist = {{sortname|Julian|Opie}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = LED installation

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Installed in 2016 as part of the Lumiere light festival.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.lumiere-festival.com/programme-item/shaida-walking-2015|title=Shaida Walking. 2015|publisher=Lumiere|access-date=14 February 2023}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Frank Pick - Beauty Immortality - Art on the Underground - Piccadilly Circus tube station, London.png

| commonscat = Frank Pick Memorial

| subject = Beauty < Immortality
{{small|Frank Pick}}

| location = Piccadilly Circus tube station

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5099|-0.1346|name=Beauty < Immortality}}

| date = 2016

| artist = Langlands & Bell

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = Memorial

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Unveiled 7 November 2016, the 75th anniversary of Pick's death.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://londonist.com/london/transport/frank-pick-artwork|title=Frank Pick Roundel Unveiled At Piccadilly Circus|first=Zoe|last=Craig|date=7 November 2016|work=Londonist|access-date=14 December 2016}} A sequence of words found by the artists on a note in Pick's personal papers is inscribed with bronze letters in the Johnston typeface commissioned by him. To the right, Pick's name appears in the London Underground roundel.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.wallpaper.com/art/langlands-bell-celebrate-frank-pick-design-philosophy-at-piccadilly-circus|title=Train of thought: artists Langlands & Bell celebrate Frank Pick's design philosophy|first=Elly|last=Parsons|date=7 November 2016|work=Wallpaper|access-date=14 December 2016}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Blackbird and Lions decoration (32050935750).jpg

| commonscat = Blackbird (The Persistence of Vision)

| subject = Blackbird (the persistence of vision)

| location = 48 Leicester Square

| date = 2016

| artist = {{sortname|Kenny|Hunter}}

| architect = MAKE Architects

| type = Reliefs

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = {{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.insitearts.com/blackbird/|title=Blackbird (the persistence of vision)|first=Sam|last=Wilkinson|date=6 January 2017|access-date=24 March 2018|publisher=InSite Arts}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Gary Hume, Praise the Rain.jpg

| subject = Praise the Rain

| location = Dean Street

| date = 2017

| artist = {{sortname|Gary|Hume}}

| architect =

| type = Relief

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes =

}}

{{Public art/row

| subject = Herm

| location = Rathbone Square

| date = 2018

| artist = {{sortname|Alison|Wilding}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = Drinking fountain

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = The bronze fountain provides water at different levels for adults, children and users of wheelchairs.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=http://www.jesfernie.com/index.php/consultancy/oxford_street|title=Consultancy: Oxford Street|website=Jes Fernie: Curator & Writer|access-date=16 February 2023}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Rathbone Square 01.jpg

| subject = Infinite Geometry

| location = Rathbone Square

| date = 2018

| artist = {{sortname|Robert|Orchardson|nolink=yes}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = Gates

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes =

}}

{{Public art/row

| subject = No Title

| location = Tottenham Court Road station

| date = 2018

| artist = {{sortname|Richard|Wright|dab=artist}}

| architect =

| type = Ceiling decoration

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = A geometric pattern in gold leaf on the ceiling above the escalator for the eastern ticket hall.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.crossrail.co.uk/benefits/art-on-crossrail/artwork-at-tottenham-court-road|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025090215/https://www.crossrail.co.uk/benefits/art-on-crossrail/artwork-at-tottenham-court-road|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2020|title=Artwork at Tottenham Court Road|publisher=Crossrail|access-date=12 June 2022}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Geology Rebuilt (2022) by Fernando Casasempere.jpg

| commonscat = Geology Rebuilt (2022)

| subject = Geology Rebuilt

| location = Soho Place

| date = 2022

| artist = {{sortname|Fernando|Casasempere|nolink=yes}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = Sculpture

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Unveiled in Spring 2022.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/geology-rebuilt-337666|title=Geology Rebuilt|publisher=Art UK|access-date=20 March 2024}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = Reflection by David Breuer-Weil 03.jpg

| commonscat = Reflection by David Breuer-Weil

| subject = Reflection

| location = Dean Street

| date = 2022

| artist = {{sortname|David|Breuer-Weil}}

| architect = {{n/a}}

| type = Sculpture

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Unveiled in Spring 2022.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/reflection-337665|title=Reflection|publisher=Art UK|access-date=20 March 2024}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image =

| subject = The Carnaby Mural

| location = Little Marlborough Street

| date = 2022

| artist = {{sortname|Kristjana S.|Williams|nolink=yes}}

| architect =

| type = Mural

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Unveiled 24 November 2022.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://www.westminsterextra.co.uk/article/acclaimed-artist-kristjana-s-williams-returns-to-carnaby-to-launch-public-mural-and-seasonal-pop-up|title=Acclaimed artist, Kristjana S Williams, returns to Carnaby to launch public mural and seasonal pop-up|website=Westminster Extra|date=12 December 2022|access-date=3 April 2024}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| image = The Devonshire, Soho.jpg

| subject = London is a Forest

| location = Lucent building, Sherwood Street

| coordinates = {{Coord|51.5105|-0.1353|region:GB-WSM_type:landmark|name=London is a Forest}}

| date = 2023

| artist = Acrylicize

| architect =

| type = Sculpture

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = {{citation |mode=cs1 |title=London is a Forest is a weird public artwork above a pub |url=https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/london-is-a-forest-is-a-weird-public-artwork-above-a-pub-71372/ |website=ianVisits |access-date=8 April 2024 |date=2 April 2024}}{{citation |mode=cs1 |title=Lucent |url=https://www.acrylicize.com/projects/london-is-a-forest |website=Acrylicize |access-date=8 April 2024 |language=en}}

}}

{{Public art/row

| subject = undergroundoverheard

| location = Tottenham Court Road station, Dean Street entrance

| date = 2024

| artist = {{sortname|Douglas|Gordon}}

| architect =

| type = Video art

| designation = {{n/a}}

| notes = Unveiled 1 February 2024.{{citation|mode=cs1|url=https://art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/undergroundoverground/|title=undergroundoverheard|access-date=19 March 2024}}

}}

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