List of Art on the Underground Tube map covers explained

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. In 2014, The Guardian published a pictorial survey of the first 10 years' designs,[4] and The Londonist has a survey up to 2017.[5] Between 2016 and 2018, there were also a series of covers for Night Tube.[6]

Night Tube map covers

No Year Month Artist Title
12016DecemberSamara ScottNight Tube Map Commission[63]
2 2017 May Pio Abad Eddie[64]
3 December Marianna SimnettWing-sleepers[65]
4 2018 May Marie Jacotey You in my bedroom[66]
5 December hand this piece to one Jacob Aston West (b. approx. 1941–43, Montserrat)[67] [68]

References

  1. News: Underground art: London tube map designs . 20 March 2009 . theguardian.com . 8 February 2021.
  2. Web site: London Underground: a miniature commission for pocket maps - a-n The Artists Information Company. 2020-05-30. en-US.
  3. Web site: Tube Map. 2021-03-22. Art on the Underground. en.
  4. Web site: Ten years of artists' tube map covers - in pictures . May 2014 . theguardian.com . 28 February 2021.
  5. News: How many of these Tube map covers do you remember? . Harry Rosehill . 31 January 2018 . 8 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Projects Archive. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  7. Web site: You are in London. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  8. Web site: Untitled. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  9. Web site: Map of London Underground. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  10. Web site: Global Underground Map. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  11. Web site: The Day Before (You know what they'll call it, they'll call it the Tube). 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  12. News: 2007-01-11. New look for Tube map cover. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-03-23.
  13. Web site: July 2007. Map; Pocket Underground map, cover designed by Jeremy Deller and Paul Ryan, July 2007. 2021-03-23. London Transport Museum. en.
  14. Web site: Portrait of John Hough (Transport for London's longest serving member of staff - 45 years of service). 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  15. Web site: Underground Abstract. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  16. Web site: Administrator. System. 2008-01-03. Arty cover for new pocket Tube map. 2021-03-23. Design Week. en-UK.
  17. Web site: Going Underground. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  18. Web site: …fragment of a Magic Carpet, circa 1213. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  19. Web site: Untitled. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  20. Web site: Earth. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  21. Web site: Untitled (Tube Map). 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  22. Web site: Aesthetica Magazine - Untitled (Tube Map) by Barbara Kruger. 2021-03-23. Aesthetica Magazine. en-GB.
  23. Web site: Good Times. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  24. News: Feast for the eyes on the daily Tube commute . 1 September 2011 . bbc.co.uk . 28 February 2021.
  25. Web site: All my lines in the palm of your hand. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  26. Web site: Polka Dots Festival in London. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  27. News: London Underground: Tracey Emin's Tube map unveiled . John O'Ceallaigh . telegraph.co.uk . 28 February 2021.
  28. Web site: The Central Line. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  29. Web site: Petrobras [Rio]]. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  30. Web site: London: the world. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  31. Web site: All Time Would be Perpetual Spring. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  32. Web site: The Hole of London 2014. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  33. Web site: Rachel Whiteread designs new 'Tube' map cover :: April 2014 :: Art news :: Cassone. 2021-03-23. www.cassone-art.com.
  34. News: Art on the Underground commissions Tube map cover from French artist Daniel Buren . 28 November 2014 . frieze.com . 28 February 2021.
  35. Web site: From A Single One To Millions: Ink On Paper. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  36. Web site: Design for a magnificent London Underground Grand Pendulum in gilt bronze. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  37. Web site: Moss. Richard. 1 June 2015. Pablo Bronstein meditates on Baroque clocks and time travel for new pocket Tube map. 2021-03-23. Culture24.
  38. Web site: Tomma Abts Pocket Tube Map. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  39. Web site: Hew Locke - Art on the Underground . 15 June 2016 . halesgallery.com . 28 February 2021 .
  40. Web site: Tunnel Vision. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  41. Web site: Metropolitan Diamonds. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  42. Web site: Breen. Matt. 15 December 2016. The latest tube map cover has just been revealed. 2021-03-23. Time Out London. en-GB.
  43. Web site: Out Next Stop. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  44. Web site: Pocket Tube Map 2017. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  45. Web site: Game of Forms. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  46. Web site: Geta Bratescu Creates 28th Pocket Tube Map Art. 2021-03-23. Artlyst. en-GB.
  47. News: A sculpture gets castrated, and Olafur Eliasson surrounds Tate Modern with ice. 14 December 2018 . elephant.art . 28 February 2021 .
  48. Web site: December 2018. The Bower of Bliss. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  49. Web site: June 2019. You are deeper than what you think. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  50. Web site: Laure Prouvost has designed the 30th Art on the Underground tube map. 2021-03-23. www.itsnicethat.com. en.
  51. News: Bedwyr Williams's bespectacled art bods appear on Pocket Tube map . 20 December 2019 . theartnewspaper.com . 28 February 2021 .
  52. Web site: December 2019. Morden. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  53. News: Elisabeth Wild, 1922–2020 . 13 February 2020 . artreview.com . 28 February 2021 .
  54. Web site: May 2020. Fantasías. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  55. Web site: December 2020. helter skelter. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  56. Web site: September 2021. sit alongside and feel me breathe. 2021-09-27. Art on the Underground. en.
  57. Web site: January 2021. What I Hear I Keep. 2022-01-18. Art on the Underground. en.
  58. Web site: Twist Out . 2022-05-23 . Art on the Underground . en.
  59. Web site: Routes/Roots: London . 2022-11-04 . Art on the Underground . en.
  60. Web site: May 2023 . Come Out, Come Out . 2023-06-16 . Art on the Underground . en.
  61. Web site: A Little Slice of Paradise . 2024-04-01 . Art on the Underground . en.
  62. Web site: 26 November 2024 . New pocket Tube map by leading artist Rita Keegan pays homage to Tube seat designs . 2024-11-27 . Transport for London . en-GB.
  63. Web site: Night Tube map commission. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  64. Web site: Eddie. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  65. Web site: Wing-sleepers. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  66. Web site: You in my bedroom. 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  67. Web site: hand this piece to one Jacob Aston West (b. approx. 1941-43, Montserrat). 2021-03-23. Art on the Underground. en.
  68. News: A sculpture gets castrated, and Olafur Eliasson surrounds Tate Modern with ice. 14 December 2018 . elephant.art . 28 February 2021 .

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