Katharina Fritsch's blue cockerel is ruffling feathers at Trafalgar Square

Katharina Fritsch talks to the Guardian about her Fourth Plinth cockerel sculpture located near Nelson's column in Trafalgar square. Like previous pieces in the series, Hahn/Cock is ruffling feathers, but controversy is an anticipated outcome of the project: the plinth programme is keen to inspire a healthy debate about what constitutes public art. Read more...
Image: Katharina Fritsch's Hahn/Cock, Fourth Plinth project, Trafalgar Square, London

Fourth Plinth commissions announced

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has announced the 2012/2013 Fourth Plinth winners. Powerless Structures, Fig.101 by Elmgreen & Dragset has been commissioned for 2012 to be followed by Katharina Fritsch's Hahn / Cock in 2013.

Images: Powerless structures, Fig. 101 by Elmgreen & Dragset and Hahn / Cock by Katharina Fritsch

Six new ideas for the Fourth Plinth commission

Over the past four years the 'empty' fourth plinth in the Northwest corner of Trafalgar Square has featured works by Marc Quinn, Thomas Schutte, Anthony Gormley and the current commission Yinka Shonibare's Nelson's Shop in a Bottle. You can see six new ideas for the next Fourth Plinth commission here.

Image: Katharina Fritsch's Hahn/Cock, shortlisted for the Fourth Plinth commission, Trafalgar Square, London