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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Noah Vickers

City Hall rejects plan for London art trail blaming lack of funds

A sculpture dedicated to the Windrush Generation at Narrow Way Square. The proposed 'art trail' would have seen a new artwork created in each of London's 32 boroughs - (PA)

Proposals for a ‘London Art Trail’ linking every borough in the capital have been turned down, after Sir Sadiq Khan’s culture deputy said City Hall doesn’t have enough “resource” to commission one.

The idea for an artwork to be commissioned in each of the capital’s 32 boroughs was put forward by Lord Bailey, a Tory member of the London Assembly who stood against Sir Sadiq in 2021’s mayoral election.

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