Fourth Plinth artists receive a £30,000 fee, according to Mayor’s office documents, and a further £140,000 to cover production costs for their installations.

A thumb, a blue cockerel and a ship in a bottle have all made it onto the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. But this time around it's a bull made from syrup cans. The work, by artist Michael ...

London, England (CNN)-- This year's shortlist for the prestigious fourth plinth commission in London's Trafalgar Square is the most international yet, with artists from Germany, the U.S., Puerto ...

The Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group ... on its website had been against the idea of contemporary art in Trafalgar Square. But it said Quinn's statue "considered questions of idealism, heroism ...

John Gray examines what lies behind our desire to protect our "way of life". Will Self on the role of public art projects like the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.