Cathy's Art Diary

Fun sculpture trail around Covent Garden of decorated gorillas. You know I love a sculpture trail and I found this by chance while having a wander through Covent Garden. It is in aid of Tusk which supports conservation projects in Africa. I managed 8 works of the 15 in about an hour and hope to get back to find some more on the other side of the market. They are decorated by artists and celebrities. My favourite was Frankie outside the opera house by John and Jen Cleese.   Closed 14 October 2023    

Fun sculpture trail around the West End of London featuring lions decorated by various contemporary artists and personalities. Organised by Tusk, the African wildlife charity the 27 lions aim to raise awareness of issues facing lions such as the fact that their population has declined by almost 50% in the last 25 years. The figures are sponsored by supporting organisations and businesses and decorated by a an artist or personality. If you are lucky enough to be in or around the Hamptons there is another pride there as well as individual lions around the globe. I managed to see 19 of them. I was interested to spot one by Adam Dant, an artist whose work I’d only seen a few days before , His lion was called “Lion Pride” and was in Covent Garden. I include a picture of that one plus “Manebow” by Patrick Hughes which looked great in the Burlington Arcade and Nick Gentry’s “Wild Roots” by St Martin in the Fields.