List of Art on the Underground Tube map covers
Since 2004, Art on the Underground has commissioned artists to create covers for London Underground's pocket Tube map. These free maps are one of the largest public art commissions in the UK. Over 35 different designs have been produced, with designs from a wide variety of British and international artists. Around 2 million maps are printed for each cover, down from a high of around 12 million in the early 2010s. In 2014, The Guardian published a pictorial survey of the first 10 years' designs, and The Londonist has a survey up to 2017. Between 2016 and 2018, there were also a series of covers for Night Tube.
Tube map covers
No | Year | Month | Artist | Title |
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1 | 2004 | August | Emma Kay | You Are in London |
2 | 2005 | June | Gary Hume | Untitled |
3 | 2006 | February | David Shrigley | Untitled |
4 | June | Yinka Shonibare | Global Underground Map | |
5 | 2007 | January | Liam Gillick | The Day Before (You Know What They'll Call It? They'll Call it the Tube) |
6 | July | Jeremy Deller and Paul Ryan | Portrait of John Hough (TfL's longest serving member of staff - 45 years of service) | |
7 | 2008 | January | Cornelia Parker | Underground Abstract |
8 | March | Mark Wallinger | Going Underground | |
9 | October | Pae White | ...fragment of a Magic Carpet, circa 1213 | |
10 | 2009 | March | Paul Noble | Untitled |
11 | September | Richard Long | Earth | |
12 | 2010 | May | Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Tube Map) |
13 | 2011 | March | Eva Rothschild | Good Times |
14 | August | Michael Landy | All My Lines in the Palm of Your Hand | |
15 | December | Yayoi Kusama | Polka Dots Festival | |
16 | 2012 | June | Tracey Emin | The Central Line |
17 | December | Sarah Morris | Petrobas (Rio) | |
18 | 2013 | May | Mona Hatoum | London: The World |
19 | December | Imran Qureshi | All Time Would Be Perpetual Spring | |
20 | 2014 | May | Rachel Whiteread | The Hole of London 2014 |
21 | December | Daniel Buren | From A Single One To Millions: Ink On Paper | |
22 | 2015 | May | Pablo Bronstein | Design for a magnificent London Underground Grand Pendulum in gilt bronze |
23 | 2016 | January | Tomma Abts | Untitled |
24 | June | Hew Locke | Tunnel Vision | |
25 | December | Gillian Carnegie | Metropolitan Diamonds | |
26 | 2017 | June | Lily van der Stokker | Out Next Stop |
27 | 2018 | January | Marc Camille Chaimowicz | Untitled |
28 | May | Geta Brătescu | Game of Forms | |
29 | December | Linder | The Bower of Bliss | |
30 | 2019 | June | Laure Prouvost | You are deeper than what you think |
31 | December | Bedwyr Williams | Morden | |
32 | 2020 | May | Elisabeth Wild | Fantasías |
33 | December | Phyllida Barlow | helter skelter | |
34 | 2021 | September | Helen Cammock | sit alongside and feel me breathe |
35 | 2022 | January | Larry Achiampong | What I Hear I Keep |
36 | May | Joy Labinjo | Twist Out | |
37 | November | Do Ho Suh | Routes/Roots: London | |
38 | 2023 | May | Sharon Hayes | Come Out, Come Out |
Night Tube map covers
No | Year | Month | Artist | Title |
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1 | 2016 | December | Samara Scott | Night Tube Map Commission |
2 | 2017 | May | Pio Abad | Eddie |
3 | December | Marianna Simnett | Wing-sleepers | |
4 | 2018 | May | Marie Jacotey | You in my bedroom |
5 | December | Jade Montserrat | hand this piece to one Jacob Aston West (b. approx. 1941–43, Montserrat) |