The fourth plinth was set up in 1999 with help from Dame Joanna Lumley to find use for a pedestal left empty after 19th-century plans for a statue of King William IV were scrapped.

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

LONDON -- If the sign of good art is something that provokes discussion, then David Shrigley's new statue -- "Fourth Plinth", which was unveiled on Thursday morning in London -- is already on ...

Mexico-born artist, photographer, videographer and performance artist, Teresa Margolles, today unveiled her sculpture for London’s Fourth Plinth. Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant) ...

So one day, I was sitting on "The Fourth Plinth", (there's one place where a statue's meant to be but it's empty so they call it "The Fourth Plinth") trying to get a robin's attention, when I ...