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 ...

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 ...