List of public art in the London Borough of Islington facts for kids

This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Islington.

Clerkenwell

Main page: Clerkenwell

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Justice, Mercy, Portrait of George III and other motifs	Middlesex Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green	1779–1782 (building)	Nollekens, JosephJoseph Nollekens	Relief sculptures	B Grade II*

Finsbury

Main page: Finsbury

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Science and Agriculture	City, University of London, College Building	c. 1894–1896	Montford, Paul RaphaelPaul Raphael Montford	Frieze	C Grade II
	Finsbury War Memorial	Rosebery Avenue	15 August 1921	Rudge, ThomasThomas Rudge	War memorial with statue	C Grade II
	Faceted Column	Corner of Chiswell Street and Finsbury Pavement 51.5204°N 0.0875°W / 51.5204; -0.0875	1999	Cox, StephenStephen Cox	Sculpture	N/A
	Memorial to the Moorgate tube crash	Finsbury Square	2013	?	Memorial	N/A	Unveiled 28 July 2013.
	Mercury the God	Top of Triton Court, Finsbury Square
	2 figures of Triton the God	Triton Court, Finsbury Square
	4 females	Triton Court clock tower, Finsbury Square

Finsbury Park

Main page: Finsbury Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Crossed pistols tile motif	Finsbury Park station, Victoria line platforms	1968	Eckersley, TomTom Eckersley		N/A
	Balloon mosaics	Finsbury Park station, Piccadilly line platforms	1983	Grey, AnnabelAnnabel Grey		N/A

Highbury

Main page: Highbury

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Boer War Memorial	Highbury Fields	1905	Mackennal, BertramBertram Mackennal	War memorial with statue	C Grade II
	Bacon Statue of Francis Bacon	Islington Central Library, Holloway Road	1906	Schenck, FrederickFrederick Schenck	Statue in niche	C Grade II
	Spenser Statue of Edmund Spenser	Islington Central Library, Holloway Road	1906	Schenck, FrederickFrederick Schenck	Statue in niche	C Grade II
	The Neighbours	Highbury Quadrant Estate 51.5585°N 0.0936°W / 51.5585; -0.0936	1957	Charoux, SiegfriedSiegfried Charoux	Sculptural group	C Grade II
	Highbury Manor tile motif	Highbury & Islington station, Victoria line platforms	1968	Bawden, EdwardEdward Bawden		N/A

Highgate

Main page: Highgate

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Dick Whittington's cat	Whittington Stone, Highgate Hill 51.5665°N 0.1369°W / 51.5665; -0.1369	1964	Kenworthy, JonathanJonathan Kenworthy	Sculpture	C Grade II

Holloway

Main page: Holloway, London

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Adams Statue of Tony Adams	Emirates Stadium	2011	MDM	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 9 December 2011.
	Chapman Statue of Herbert Chapman	Emirates Stadium	2011	MDM	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 9 December 2011.
	Henry Statue of Thierry Henry	Emirates Stadium	2011	Roulleau-Gallais, MargotMargot Roulleau-Gallais	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 9 December 2011.
	Bergkamp Statue of Dennis Bergkamp	Emirates Stadium	2014	MDM	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 22 February 2014.
	Friar Statue of Ken Friar	Emirates Stadium	2014	MDM	Statue	N/A	Unveiled 28 February 2014.

Islington

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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Commerce Welcoming All Nations	Battishill Street Gardens	1842 (carved) 1975 (unveiled on present site)	Watson, MusgraveMusgrave Watson
	Myddelton Statue of Hugh Myddelton	Islington Green 51.5357°N 0.1036°W / 51.5357; -0.1036	1862	Thomas, JohnJohn Thomas	Statue	C Grade II
	Paine Memorial to Thomas Paine	Angel Court, Owen Street	1991	Jordan, KevinKevin Jordan	Obelisk	N/A
	Angel Wings	N1 Retail Plaza, The Angel, Islington	2003	Buttress, WolfgangWolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron	Sculpture	N/A
	Halo	N1 Retail Plaza, The Angel, Islington	2003	Buttress, WolfgangWolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron	Sculpture	N/A
	Islington Green War Memorial	Islington Green	2004 (replacing an earlier "temporary" war memorial)	Maine, JohnJohn Maine	War memorial	N/A
	Angel	Angel tube station		Boys, KevinKevin Boys	Statue	N/A
	Hare and Hounds architectural sculpture	Upper Street, on No. 181 (formerly the Hare and Hounds pub)

Newington Green

Main page: Newington Green

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft	Newington Green 51.5515°N 0.0851°W / 51.5515; -0.0851 (A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft)	2020	Hambling, MaggiMaggi Hambling	Sculpture	N/A	Unveiled 10 November 2020.

St Luke's

Main page: St Luke's, London

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Christ Healing the Blind Man	Moorfields Eye Hospital, King George V Extension	1933–1935 (building)	Gill, EricEric Gill	Relief sculpture
	Opening the Lockgate	Outside 250 City Road, opposite City Road Basin	2020	Rank-Broadley, IanIan Rank-Broadley	Sculptural group	N/A	Commemorates the bicentenary of the Regent's Canal. The first of three works by the sculptor commissioned for the development; the others will be installed in 2021 and 2023.

Shoreditch

Main page: Shoreditch

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Wesley Statue of John Wesley	Wesley's Chapel, City Road 51.5237°N 0.0872°W / 51.5237; -0.0872	1891	Adams-Acton, JohnJohn Adams-Acton	Statue	C Grade II