Since 2004, Art on the Underground has commissioned artists to create covers for London Underground's pocket Tube map.[1] These free maps are one of the largest public art commissions in the UK.[2] Over 35 different designs have been produced, with designs from a wide variety of British and international artists.[3] Around 2 million maps are printed for each cover, down from a high of around 12 million in the early 2010s.[2][4] In 2014, The Guardian published a pictorial survey of the first 10 years' designs,[5] and The Londonist has a survey up to 2017.[6] Between 2016 and 2018, there were also a series of covers for Night Tube.[7]
No | Year | Month | Artist | Title |
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1 | 2004 | August | Emma Kay | You Are in London[8] |
2 | 2005 | June | Gary Hume | Untitled[9] |
3 | 2006 | February | David Shrigley | Untitled[10] |
4 | June | Yinka Shonibare | Global Underground Map[11] | |
5 | 2007 | January | Liam Gillick | The Day Before (You Know What They'll Call It? They'll Call it the Tube)[12][13] |
6 | July | Jeremy Deller and Paul Ryan | Portrait of John Hough (TfL's longest serving member of staff - 45 years of service)[14][15] | |
7 | 2008 | January | Cornelia Parker | Underground Abstract[16][17] |
8 | March | Mark Wallinger | Going Underground[18] | |
9 | October | Pae White | ...fragment of a Magic Carpet, circa 1213[19] | |
10 | 2009 | March | Paul Noble | Untitled[20] |
11 | September | Richard Long | Earth[21] | |
12 | 2010 | May | Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Tube Map)[22][23] |
13 | 2011 | March | Eva Rothschild | Good Times[24] |
14 | August | Michael Landy | All My Lines in the Palm of Your Hand[25][26] | |
15 | December | Yayoi Kusama | Polka Dots Festival[27] | |
16 | 2012 | June | Tracey Emin | The Central Line[28][29] |
17 | December | Sarah Morris | Petrobas (Rio)[30] | |
18 | 2013 | May | Mona Hatoum | London: The World[31] |
19 | December | Imran Qureshi | All Time Would Be Perpetual Spring[32] | |
20 | 2014 | May | Rachel Whiteread | The Hole of London 2014[33][34] |
21 | December | Daniel Buren | From A Single One To Millions: Ink On Pape[35][36] | |
22 | 2015 | May | Pablo Bronstein | Design for a magnificent London Underground Grand Pendulum in gilt bronze[37][38] |
23 | 2016 | January | Tomma Abts | Untitled[39] |
24 | June | Hew Locke | Tunnel Vision[40][41] | |
25 | December | Gillian Carnegie | Metropolitan Diamonds[42][43] | |
26 | 2017 | June | Lily van der Stokker | Out Next Stop[44] |
27 | 2018 | January | Marc Camille Chaimowicz | Untitled[45] |
28 | May | Geta Brătescu | Game of Forms[46][47] | |
29 | December | Linder | The Bower of Bliss[48][49] | |
30 | 2019 | June | Laure Prouvost | You are deeper than what you think[50][51] |
31 | December | Bedwyr Williams | Morden[52][53] | |
32 | 2020 | May | Elisabeth Wild | Fantasías[54][55] |
33 | December | Phyllida Barlow | helter skelter[56] | |
34 | 2021 | September | Helen Cammock | sit alongside and feel me breathe[57] |
35 | 2022 | January | Larry Achiampong | What I Hear I Keep[4] |
36 | May | Joy Labinjo | Twist Out[58] | |
37 | November | Do Ho Suh | Routes/Roots: London[59] |
No | Year | Month | Artist | Title |
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1 | 2016 | December | Samara Scott | Night Tube Map Commission[60] |
2 | 2017 | May | Pio Abad | Eddie[61] |
3 | December | Marianna Simnett | Wing-sleepers[62] | |
4 | 2018 | May | Marie Jacotey | You in my bedroom[63] |
5 | December | Jade Montserrat | hand this piece to one Jacob Aston West (b. approx. 1941–43, Montserrat)[64][65] |