New Head of Art on the Underground
Date uploaded: August 27, 2014
Art on the Underground has announced that Eleanor Pinfield has taken up post as Head of Art on the Underground. Pinfield joins the team as it expands its internationally acclaimed programme of public art commissions. Building on the success of recent high profile projects, including Mark Wallinger’s Labyrinth, 2014 will see the first commissions on the River and Bus Network, as well as new live art commissions.
Eleanor joins Art on the Underground from Tate Modern, where she led the curatorial management of The Tanks Art in Action. The programme featured a major commission by South Korean artist Sung Hwan Kim and a changing live programme of commissions involving over 30 internationally acclaimed artists including Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Tania Bruguera, Hito Steyerl, Keren Cytter and Kerry Tribe.
Art on the Underground’s mission is to provide a world-class programme of contemporary art that enriches the Tube environment and creates extraordinary experiences for Londoners. Art on the Underground continues the long-standing tradition that excellent art and design is at the core of London Underground's identity and services.
The Art on the Underground programme includes temporary and permanent commissions across a variety of media. Current Commissions include Trevor Paglen’s An English Landscape (American Surveillance Base near Harrogate, Yorkshire) at Gloucester Road Tube Station, Richard Wentworth’s When You Look You May Not See, a Tube network-wide poster commission, and the new Tube Map cover 'The Hole of London' by Rachel Whiteread.
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