| Slipstream | |
| Artist: | Richard Wilson |
| Length Metric: | 70 |
| Metric Unit: | m |
| Imperial Unit: | ft |
| Weight: | 77 tonnes |
| Museum: | Heathrow Airport |
| City: | London |
| Coordinates: | 51.4697°N -0.4497°W |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 8 |
Slipstream is a sculpture by Richard Wilson, created in 2014 for the wholly re-built Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport, London. The large art intervention of aviation relevance was loosely specified, approved and project managed by Mark Davy, founder of the cultural and place-making agency Futurecity for the airport as owner. It is currently the largest privately funded sculpture for a commercial site in Europe.[1] The winning proposal was selected from a shortlist of five international artists.
The sculpture is over long and weighs .[2] The structural engineers Price & Myers and specialist fabricators Commercial Systems International (CSI) were tasked with making the sculpture.[3]
Wilson's intention is "to transpose the thrill of the air‐show to the architectural environment of the international air terminal".[4]
Reconstruction of Terminal 2 started in 2010, and it was officially reopened on 4 June 2014. The sculpture received the 2014 Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture.[5]