THOMAS J PRICE ‘Free ways to enjoy art in London’, Metro, 20 September 2018 Free ways to enjoy art in London THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH SCULPTURE THE capital’s public spaces boast some of suffrage. For a surreal and whirling crowd of the most exciting art being made in the crocodiles and other beasts, head for 30 St world today, and better Mary Axe, ‘the Gherkin’ still, it’s free. Here are building, to see Nancy some of MetroTravel’s Rubins’ Crocodylius favourite works. Philodendrus, which is very close by. Then SCULPTURE IN move on through THE CITY 2018 gleaming towers and Free to view at any time, historic alleyways to this popular exhibition encounter Karen Tang’s returns for the eighth Synapsid (left), an time to the Square Mile abstract alien animal with 19 pieces to form in radioactive surprise and delight art colours; Sarah Lucas’s Walk The Line: See stunning sculpture on London’s first dedicated modern and contemporary art walk fanciers and passers-by alike. Perceval, a life-size Clydesdale horse and CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: NICK TURPIN, LUIS VELOSO, STEPHEN WHITE/FRIEZE This year’s show brings female artists to cart; and Jean-Luc Moulène’s Body, a sensual the fore to mark the centenary of women’s homage to the motor car. How to get there: Nearest station minute walk. Baker Street (Bakerloo, Cloud, a clever combination of art is Liverpool Street (Central, Circle, Circle, Jubilee, Metropolitan, and technology in the shape of a Metropolitan, Hammersmith & Hammersmith & City lines) and massive 30-metre high elliptical City lines). Great Portland Street stations cloud, and Liberty Grip by Gary (Circle, Hammersmith & City and Hume, based on the arm of a FRIEZE SCULPTURE 2018 Metropolitan lines) are close by. monumental mannequin. Wander through this pleasing How to get there: There are several outdoor exhibition, set in the THE LINE ART WALK options depending where you join Our NEW Hopper English Gardens of Regent’s Park, London’s first dedicated The Line. North Greenwich station fare lets you take featuring works by 25 contemporary contemporary art walk takes you to (Jubilee line), Bromley by Bow artists from across the world. East London and its waterways. station (District, Hammersmith & unlimited bus or These include a pop art Holiday Be prepared for some bold pieces City lines), Stratford station (Central Home (Regent’s Park) by Richard and big names along this three-mile and Jubilee lines, DLR, London tram journeys within Woods (below) and a maze-like route which follows the line of the Overground and TfL Rail), Royal one hour for £1.50 Optic Labyrinth Greenwich Victoria, Star Lane stations (both (Arrangement Meridian, DLR), and the Emirates Air Line 1) by Conrad from North (Emirates Royal Docks, Emirates Our Hopper fare is part Shawcross. Greenwich Greenwich Peninsula). A flock of of the commitment by up to bronze birds Stratford. STILL WATER the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, atop five You can’t London’s largest freestanding and TfL to make travel in columns by miss bronze sculpture is a disembodied Tracey Emin, Abigail horse’s head by Nic Fiddian-Green London more affordable. titled A Fallis’s at Marble Arch. Moment DNA DL90, Titled Still Water, it creates an Without You, a double antidote to the hubbub, conjuring will make helix which a horse serenely drinking from an you look is made of imaginary pool of rural calm. heavenwards. shopping Inspired by the ancient Greek If you are trolleys or Selene horse, the 10-metre high visiting with Thomas J head has an alert quality as if it children pick Price’s knows we are looking at it. up or download the Frieze Sculpture Network, a nine-foot man on his Family Trail. How to get there: Marble Arch mobile (top right). station (Central line). How to get there: Regent’s Park Other sculptures along the way station (Bakerloo line) is a five- include Antony Gormley’s Quantum Plan your journey at tfl.gov.uk For more articles and to keep up to date with TfL announcements, visit tfl.gov.uk/news Applies to pay as you go. Always use the same card to touch in. The views expressed are those of TfL only and are not those of Metro. London, 7 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA. + 44 (0)20 7033 1938 New York, 64 Delancey Street, NY 10002. + 1 (646) 918 7205 www.halesgallery.com @halesgallery .