Map of public art in Kensington

This is alist of public art inKensington, a district in theCity of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea inLondon.

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Memorial to theGreat Exhibition	Kensington Gore 51°30′01″N0°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 theRoyal Horticultural Society in South Kensington. Moved to its present site in the early 1890s.[1] Another cast of the statue of Prince Albert is inSaint Peter Port, Guernsey.[2]
More images	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]
	Procession of Musicians and Singers and other decorations	26Kensington Gore, originally theNational Training School for Music	1874–1875 c. 1874–1875	F. W. Moody	H. H. Cole	Frieze andsgraffito decorations	Grade II	Moody drew inspiration from thefrieze of the Parthenon; his students at theNational Art Training School executed the work.[5]
	Music	Queen Alexandra's House,Kensington Gore	1884	Richard Ledward	Caspar Purdon Clarke	Terracotta relief	Grade II	A representation of a female figure playing a violin and a dancingputto holding a pair of cymbals.[6]
	Visual Arts	Queen Alexandra's House,Kensington Gore	1884	Richard Ledward	Caspar Purdon Clarke	Terracotta relief	Grade II	Two allegorical figures alluding to painting and architecture, with a sculptor's tools also visible.[6]
More images	Statue ofRobert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala	Queen's Gate 51°30′05″N0°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.[7] In 2004 the artistEleonora Aguiari wrapped the statue in bright red tape as a comment on Britain's imperialist past.[8]
	Lions	Imperial College Road, at the foot of theQueen's Tower 51°29′55″N0°10′37″W / 51.4985°N 0.1769°W /51.4985; -0.1769 (Lions)	1893	Harry Dixon	T. E. Collcutt (original setting)	Sculpture	—	Two of a set of four lionscouchant which originally stood outside the demolishedImperial Institute; the other pair were moved to theCommonwealth Institute and are now in the gardens ofClarence House.[9]
	Memorial to the Victims of theHungarian Uprising of 1956	Façade ofOgnisko Polskie, 55 Princes Gate,Exhibition Road elevation 51°29′57″N0°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		[10]
	Scientific Diagrams and Equations	Blackett Laboratory,Prince Consort Road 51°29′59″N0°10′45″W / 51.4997°N 0.1792°W /51.4997; -0.1792 (Scientific Diagrams and Equations)	1960	John Rattenbury Skeaping		Architectural sculpture		[11]
	Mosaic	Royal Albert Hall, South Porch 51°30′02″N0°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,[12] the 60,000-piece mosaic is inspired bychaos theory[13] and by the existing, Victorian frieze on the Albert Hall's façade.[14]
	Balustrade	Royal Geographical Society,Exhibition Road 51°30′04″N0°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.[15][16]
	Velocity Wave[15]	Imperial College Sports Centre, Prince's Gardens 51°30′00″N0°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 thevelocity 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.[17]
More images	Alert	Dangoor Plaza 51°29′53″N0°10′37″W / 51.4980°N 0.1770°W /51.4980; -0.1770 (Alert)	2022	Antony Gormley	—	Sculpture	—	A gift toImperial College London from an alumnus, Brahmal Vasudevan, and his wife Shanthi Kandiah.[18]
More images	Statue ofElizabeth II	Royal Albert Hall, South Porch	2022	Poppy Field		Statue in niche		Unveiled 11 November 2023 byCharles III andQueen Camilla. Elizabeth II is shown as she would have appeared in the mid-1960s, wearing theVladimir Tiara andDelhi Durbar Necklace.[19][20]
More images	Statue ofPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Royal Albert Hall, South Porch	2022	Poppy Field		Statue in niche		Unveiled 11 November 2023, apendant to the statue of Elizabeth II. Prince Philip is shown inwhite tie, wearing several of his orders and military medals, gazing towards the Queen.[19][21]

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The exterior of theRoyal Albert Hall (built in 1867–1871 to the designs ofFrancis Fowke andHenry 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 theSouth Kensington Museum's mosaic class; the terracotta was manufactured byMinton, Hollins and Company. The designs are listed below in anti-clockwise order from the north.^[22]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bust ofClements Markham	Courtyard	1921	F. W. Pomeroy		Bust	Grade II*	[23]
More images	Statue ofErnest Shackleton	Exhibition Road façade 51°30′05″N0°10′29″W / 51.5015°N 0.17479°W /51.5015; -0.17479 (Statue of Ernest Shackleton)	1927–1932	Charles Sargeant Jagger		Statue in niche	Grade II*	[24][25]
More images	Statue ofDavid Livingstone	Kensington Gore façade 51°30′06″N0°10′30″W / 51.50161°N 0.17498°W /51.50161; -0.17498 (Statue of David Livingston)	1953	T. B. Huxley-Jones		Statue in niche	Grade II*	[23]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Queen Victoria Monument	Warwick Gardens 51°29′49″N0°12′15″W / 51.4969°N 0.2042°W /51.4969; -0.2042 (Queen Victoria Monument)	1904	—	H. L. Florence	Commemorative column	Grade II	[26]
More images	Kensington War Memorial	Kensington Church Street, southern end 51°30′08″N0°11′28″W / 51.5022°N 0.1911°W /51.5022; -0.1911 (Kensington War Memorial)	1922	F. W. Pomeroy	Major Hubert C. Corlette	War memorial	Grade II	Unveiled 1 July 1922 byPrincess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.[27]
	Genius	Kensington Central Library 51°30′05″N0°11′40″W / 51.5015°N 0.1944°W /51.5015; -0.1944 (Genius)	1958	William McMillan	E. Vincent Harris	Architectural sculpture	Grade II*	[28]
	Bust ofGeoffrey Chaucer	Kensington Central Library	1958	William McMillan	E. Vincent Harris	Architectural sculpture	Grade II*	[29]
	Bust ofWilliam Caxton	Kensington Central Library	1958	William McMillan	E. Vincent Harris	Architectural sculpture	Grade II*	[30]
	Statue of a lion with theRoyal coat of arms	OutsideKensington Central Library, facing Phillimore Walk 51°30′05″N0°11′40″W / 51.5013°N 0.1945°W /51.5013; -0.1945 (Lion with Royal coat of arms)	1958	William McMillan	E. Vincent Harris	Architectural sculpture	Grade II*	[31]
	Statue of a unicorn with theRoyal coat of arms	OutsideKensington Central Library, facing Phillimore Walk 51°30′05″N0°11′39″W / 51.5014°N 0.1941°W /51.5014; -0.1941 (Unicorn with Royal coat of arms)	1958	William McMillan	E. Vincent Harris	Architectural sculpture	Grade II*	[32]
More images	Head of Invention	Outside theDesign Museum 51°29′58″N0°11′58″W / 51.4995°N 0.1995°W /51.4995; -0.1995 (Head of Invention)	1989	Eduardo Paolozzi	—	Sculpture	—
	Head of the Stairs	Hornton Street 51°30′06″N0°11′42″W / 51.5017°N 0.1950°W /51.5017; -0.1950 (Head of the Stairs)	2000	Ivor Abrahams	—	Sculpture	—	[33]
	Here and There	Junction of Canning Passage and Victoria Road	2023	Nick Hornby	—	Multi-perspective sculpture	—	Combines the silhouette ofFriedrich'sWanderer Above the Sea of Fog with a squiggle from a page ofSterne'sTristram Shandy.[34] Commissioned as part of theOne Kensington Gardens development.[35]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Do It All	Royal Warwick Square	2023	Nick Hornby	—	Multi-perspective sculpture	—	Combines theprofile of Nefertiti with the silhouette of theAlbert Memorial. The brief called for a com­memor­ation of two residents of the area:George Gilbert Scott andHoward Carter.[36] APost­modern­ist,Neo-Egyptian branch ofHomebase formerly stood on the site, where Hornby shopped for supplies growing up.[35]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	The Ancient Melancholy Man	Holland Park	16th century	?	—	Statue	—	[37]
More images	Milo of Croton Trying His Strength	Holland Park	19th century	AfterEdme Dumont	—	Sculpture	—	Donated by the Friends of Holland Park in 2003.[38]
More images	Statue ofHenry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland	Holland Park 51°30′15″N0°12′12″W / 51.5042°N 0.2034°W /51.5042; -0.2034 (Statue of Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland)	1872	George Frederic Watts andJoseph Edgar Boehm	—	Statue	Grade II	Unveiled 1926.[39]
More images	Boy with Bear Cubs	Holland Park	1902	John Macallan Swan	—	Statue on pedestal	—	[40]
More images	Sun Worshipper	The Café, Holland Park	1910	Jacob Epstein	—	Limestone relief panel	—	[41]
More images	Annunciation	Holland Park	2000	Andrew Burton	—	Sculpture	—	[42]
	Caesura VI	Holland Park	2000	Charles Hadcock	—	Sculpture	—	[43]
More images	Tortoises with Triangle and Time	Holland Park	2000	Wendy Taylor	—	Sundial with sculpture in bronze	—	[44]
More images	Tonda	Holland Park	2014	Jonathan Loxley	—	Abstract sculpture in honey onyx	—	[45]
More images	Walking Man	Holland Park	2014	Sean Henry	—	Statue	—	[46]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Coat of arms of the National Bank Limited (Azure a harpOr within an orle of bezants)	Pembridge Gardens, on side ofRoyal Bank of Scotland,Notting Hill Gate 51°30′33″N0°11′47″W / 51.5092°N 0.1965°W /51.5092; -0.1965 (Coat of arms of the National Bank Limited)	1950s	?		Architectural sculpture (relief)		The National Bank was based in Ireland, and had a branch here. Its British operations were eventually acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1985.[47]
	Mosaic ofSaint Sava	Façade of St Sava's Serbian Orthodox Church,Notting Hill 51°31′01″N0°12′32″W / 51.5169°N 0.2088°W /51.5169; -0.2088 (Mosaic of Saint Sava)	1952 c. 1952			Mosaic	—	[48]
More images	Statue ofSaint Volodymyr	Holland Park Avenue 51°30′27″N0°12′15″W / 51.5074°N 0.2041°W /51.5074; -0.2041 (Statue of Saint Volodymyr)	1988	Leo Mol	—	Statue	—	Unveiled 29 May 1988. Commemorates the 1,000th anniversary of theChristianisation of Kievan Rus'. Later in 1988, another statue of the saint by the same sculptor was erected inRome.[49]
	Carnival Elephant	OutsideWaterstone's,Notting Hill Gate 51°30′32″N0°11′45″W / 51.5090°N 0.1957°W /51.5090; -0.1957 (Carnival Elephant)	2003	Nadim Karam		Sculpture	—	[50]
	Two Carnival Figures	On roof ofWaterstone's,Notting Hill Gate 51°30′32″N0°11′44″W / 51.5090°N 0.1956°W /51.5090; -0.1956 (Two Carnival Figures)	2003	Nadim Karam		Architectural sculptures	—	[50]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue ofRobert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala	Queen's Gate 51°30′05″N0°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.[7] In 2004 the artistEleonora Aguiari wrapped the statue in bright red tape as a comment on Britain's imperialist past.[8]
	Bust ofJulius Wernher	Royal School of Mines 51°30′00″N0°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	[51]
	Bust ofAlfred Beit	Royal School of Mines 51°30′00″N0°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	[51]
	War memorial	OutsideSt Augustine's Church, Queen's Gate 1°29′36″N0°10′42″W / 1.4932°N 0.1783°W /1.4932; -0.1783 (St Augustine's Church War Memorial)	After 1918	?		Calvary		[52]
More images	Yalta Memorial (Twelve Responses to Tragedy)	Yalta Memorial Garden, Cromwell Road 51°29′45″N0°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.
More images	Statue ofBéla Bartók	South Kensington tube station 51°29′37″N0°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 inBudapest, faces the house on Sydney Place where the composer stayed on several visits to London.[53]
More images	Memorial to victims of the2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami	Darwin Centre courtyard,Natural History Museum 51°29′47″N0°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	—	Unveiled 6 July 2011 by thePrince of Wales and theDuchess of Cornwall.[54] 4.1m³ of granite with one corner cut away, the largest single block of stone to be transported in Great Britain since the building ofStonehenge. Michael Holland, the memorial's principal organiser, lost his mother, wife and daughter to the tsunami.[55]
More images	Statue ofAlfred Russel Wallace	Natural History Museum. Originally outside the Darwin Centre 2 building, near the wildlife garden, later moved indoors[56]	2013	Anthony Smith	—	Statue	—	Unveiled 7 November 2013, thecentenary of Wallace’s death, byDavid Attenborough. The statue depicts Wallace at the moment of his discovery of thegolden birdwing butterfly in theBacan Islands of Ind­o­nesia.[57]
	Fern Diplodocus	Evolution Garden, Natural History Museum	2024	—	Factum Arte and Structure Workshop	Sculpture	—	Unveiled 16 July 2024. A bronze cast of the famous specimenDippy; the name was chosen by local school­children.[58][59]
	Hypsilophodon	Evolution Garden, Natural History Museum	2024	—		Sculpture	—	[58]

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  Sculpture above the main entrance to the museum; the architect wasAston Webb.
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  Detail of two of Alfred Drury's relief panels above the main portal. The full inscription is taken fromJoshua Reynolds'sDiscourses: "The excellence of every art must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose".
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  Statue of William Morris by Arthur George Walker on the Exhibition Road façade

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