List of public art in Kensington
This is a list of public art in Kensington , a district in the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London .
Map of public art in Kensington
City of Westminster
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Architect / other
Type
Designation
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Memorial to the Great Exhibition
Kensington Gore 51°30′01″N 0°10′38″W / 51.5004°N 0.1773°W / 51.5004; -0.1773 (Memorial to the Great Exhibition )
1863
Joseph Durham
Sydney Smirke
Statue with other sculpture
Grade II
Erected in June 1863 in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society in South Kensington. Moved to its present site in the early 1890s.[1] Another cast of the statue of Prince Albert is in Saint Peter Port , Guernsey.[2]
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Shields
Royal Albert Hall
c. 1866
Godfrey Sykes
Francis Fowke
Reliefs
Grade I
63 terracotta shields with 27 different charges,[3] installed after Sykes's early death in 1866.[4]
Lions
Imperial College Road , at the foot of the Queen's Tower 51°29′55″N 0°10′37″W / 51.4985°N 0.1769°W / 51.4985; -0.1769 (Lions )
1887
?
Thomas Edward Collcutt
Sculpture
[5]
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Statue of Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
Queen's Gate 51°30′05″N 0°10′49″W / 51.5013°N 0.1803°W / 51.5013; -0.1803 (Equestrian statue of Robert Napier )
1891
Joseph Edgar Boehm
—
Equestrian statue
Grade II
Originally stood in Waterloo Place; moved to its current site in 1921. A replica of the statue to Napier in Kolkata. The boundary line with Kensington and Chelsea bisects the length of this statue.[6] In 2004 the artist Eleonora Aguiari wrapped the statue in bright red tape as a comment on Britain's imperialist past.[7]
Memorial to the Hungarian Uprising of 1956
Façade of Ognisko Polskie , 55 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road elevation 51°29′57″N 0°10′27″W / 51.4991°N 0.1741°W / 51.4991; -0.1741 (Memorial to the Hungarian Uprising on 1956 )
1960
Ferenc Kovács
Plaque with relief sculpture
[8]
Scientific Diagrams and Equations
Blackett Laboratory , Prince Consort Road 51°29′59″N 0°10′45″W / 51.4997°N 0.1792°W / 51.4997; -0.1792 (Scientific Diagrams and Equations )
1960
John Rattenbury Skeaping
Architectural sculpture
[9]
Mosaic
Royal Albert Hall , South Porch 51°30′02″N 0°10′38″W / 51.500481°N 0.177305°W / 51.500481; -0.177305 (Mosaic )
2003
Shelagh Wakely (made by Trevor Caley)
Building Design Partnership (South Porch)
Mosaic
—
Installed on the pediment of the Building Design Partnership's new South Porch of 2003,[10] the 60,000-piece mosaic is inspired by chaos theory [11] and by the existing, Victorian frieze on the Albert Hall's façade.[12]
Balustrade
Royal Geographical Society , Exhibition Road 51°30′04″N 0°10′29″W / 51.501086°N 0.174730°W / 51.501086; -0.174730 (Balustrade, Royal Geographical Society )
2004
Eleanor Long
Craig Downie
Glass balustrade
—
Images of contours, maps and landscapes are etched into the glass panels.[14]
Velocity Wave
Imperial College Sports Centre, Prince's Gardens 51°30′00″N 0°10′24″W / 51.499968°N 0.173379°W / 51.499968; -0.173379 (Velocity Wave )
2004–2006
Pat Kaufman
Arup Associates
Glass balustrade
—
The artist consulted scientists at Imperial College researching into the velocity wave patterns of different sporting activities. These patterns were etched into the glass panes at the entrance ramps and stairs to the sports centre, and infilled with resin and gold leaf. The balustrade is lit at night by white LED lights.[15]
Statue of Elizabeth II
Royal Albert Hall , South Porch
2022
Poppy Field
Statue in niche
Unveiled 11 November 2023 by Charles III and Queen Camilla . Elizabeth II is shown as she would have appeared in the mid-1960s, wearing the Vladimir Tiara and Delhi Durbar Necklace .[16] [17]
Statue of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Royal Albert Hall , South Porch
2022
Poppy Field
Statue in niche
Unveiled 11 November 2023, a pendant to the statue of Elizabeth II. Prince Philip is shown in white tie , wearing several of his orders and military medals, gazing towards the Queen.[16] [18]
Royal Albert Hall frieze
Detail of the frieze
The exterior of the Royal Albert Hall (built in 1867–1871 to the designs of Francis Fowke and Henry Young Darracott Scott ) is embellished with a mosaic frieze composed of sixteen separate designs by multiple artists. This was assembled from 800 slabs prepared by attendees of the South Kensington Museum 's mosaic class; the terracotta was manufactured by Minton, Hollins and Company . The designs are listed below in anti-clockwise order from the north.[19]
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Subject
Artist
Designation
1
Various Countries of the World Bringing in Their Offerings to the Exhibition of 1851
Edward Poynter
Grade I
2
Music
Frederick Richard Pickersgill
3
Sculpture
Frederick Richard Pickersgill
4
Painting
Frederick Richard Pickersgill
5
Princes, Art Patrons and Artists
Edward Armitage
6
Workers in Stone
William Frederick Yeames
7
Workers in Wood and Brick
William Frederick Yeames
8
Architecture
William Frederick Yeames
9
The Infancy of the Arts and Sciences
Frederick Richard Pickersgill
10
Agriculture
Henry Stacy Marks
11
Horticulture and Land Surveying
Henry Stacy Marks
12
Astronomy and Navigation
Henry Stacy Marks
13
A Group of Philosophers, Sages and Students
Edward Armitage
14
Engineering
John Callcott Horsley
15
The Mechanical Powers
Henry Hugh Armstead
16
Pottery and Glassmaking
Frederick Richard Pickersgill
Royal Geographical Society
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Holland Park
North Kensington and Notting Hill
South Kensington
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Architect / other
Type
Designation
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Statue of Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
Queen's Gate 51°30′05″N 0°10′49″W / 51.5013°N 0.1803°W / 51.5013; -0.1803 (Statue of Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala )
1891
Joseph Edgar Boehm
—
Equestrian statue
Grade II
Originally stood in Waterloo Place; moved to its current site in 1921. A replica of the statue to Napier in Kolkata. The boundary line with the City of Westminster bisects the length of this statue.[6] In 2004 the artist Eleonora Aguiari wrapped the statue in bright red tape as a comment on Britain's imperialist past.[7]
Bust of Julius Wernher
Royal School of Mines 51°30′00″N 0°10′33″W / 51.4999°N 0.1757°W / 51.4999; -0.1757 (Bust of Julius Wernher )
1910
Paul Raphael Montford
Aston Webb
Bust
Grade II
[45]
Bust of Alfred Beit
Royal School of Mines 51°30′00″N 0°10′33″W / 51.4999°N 0.1758°W / 51.4999; -0.1758 (Bust of Alfred Beit )
1910
Paul Raphael Montford
Aston Webb
Bust
Grade II
[45]
War memorial
Outside St Augustine's Church , Queen's Gate 1°29′36″N 0°10′42″W / 1.4932°N 0.1783°W / 1.4932; -0.1783 (St Augustine's Church War Memorial )
After 1918
?
Calvary
[46]
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Statue of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Baden-Powell House , Queen's Gate 51°29′44″N 0°10′45″W / 51.4956°N 0.1793°W / 51.4956; -0.1793 (Statue of Robert Baden-Powell )
1961
Don Potter
Statue
—
Unveiled in 1961 by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester , who was President of the Scout Association . A preparatory model is in the collection of the Scouts Heritage Service in Gilwell Park , Essex.[48]
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Yalta Memorial (Twelve Responses to Tragedy )
Yalta Memorial Garden , Cromwell Road 51°29′45″N 0°10′21″W / 51.4957°N 0.1724°W / 51.4957; -0.1724 (Yalta Memorial )
1986
Angela Conner
—
Replaced original version of 1981, destroyed by vandals in 1982.
Memorial to victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Darwin Centre courtyard, Natural History Museum 51°29′47″N 0°10′42″W / 51.4963°N 0.1784°W / 51.4963; -0.1784 (Memorial to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami )
2011
—
Carmody Groarke Architects
Memorial
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Unveiled 6 July 2011 by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall .[49] 4.1m³ of granite with one corner cut away, the largest single block of stone to be transported in Great Britain since the building of Stonehenge . Michael Holland, the memorial's principal organiser, lost his mother, wife and daughter to the tsunami.[50]
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Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Natural History Museum. Originally outside the Darwin Centre 2 building, near the wildlife garden, later moved indoors [51]
2013
Anthony Smith
—
Statue
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Unveiled 7 November 2013, the centenary of Wallace’s death , by David Attenborough . The statue depicts Wallace at the moment of his discovery of the golden birdwing butterfly in the Bacan Islands of Indonesia.[52]
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Statue of Béla Bartók
South Kensington tube station 51°29′37″N 0°10′26″W / 51.4937°N 0.17381°W / 51.4937; -0.17381 (Statue of Béla Bartók )
2004
Imre Varga
—
Statue
—
The statue, a copy of one in Budapest , faces the house on Sydney Place where the composer stayed on several visits to London.
Victoria and Albert Museum
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References
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^ Banerjee, Jacqueline (2009). "Joseph Durham's Monument to Prince Albert, in Guernsey" . The Victorian Web . Retrieved 30 August 2011 .
^ Hamilton, Mairi (16 December 2021). The history of the Royal Albert Hall: A story told by the building’s decoration . Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2023 .
^ Sykes, Ruth (19 July 2017). ‘Unsurpassed Genius’: Godfrey Sykes and the Royal Albert Hall . Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2023 .
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^ a b Historic England. "Statue of Lord Napier of Magdala in Centre of Roadway at North End Next to Kensington Road (1265357)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 November 2013 .
^ a b Artist: Eleonora Aguiari . London Transport Museum. Retrieved 14 February 2012 .
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^ Lion . Art UK. Retrieved 7 July 2020 .
^ Unicorn . Art UK. Retrieved 7 July 2020 .
^ Head of the Stairs . Art UK. Retrieved 27 September 2021 .
^ The Ancient Melancholy Man . Art UK. Retrieved 19 April 2023 .
^ Milo of Croton Trying His Strength . Art UK. Retrieved 27 May 2024 .
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^ Caesura VI . Art UK. Retrieved 19 April 2023 .
^ Tortoises with Triangle and Time . Art UK. Retrieved 19 April 2023 .
^ Tonda . Art UK. Retrieved 19 April 2023 .
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Blackwood, John (1989). London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues . London and Oxford: Savoy Press. ISBN 978-0951429600 .
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