Since 2004, Art on the Underground has commissioned artists to create covers for London Underground's pocket Tube map. [1] These free maps are one of the largest public art commissions in the UK. [2] Over 40 different designs have been produced, with designs from a wide variety of British and international artists. [3] Around 2 million maps are printed for each cover, down from a high of around 12 million in the early 2010s. [2] [4] In 2014, The Guardian published a pictorial survey of the first 10 years' designs, [5] and The Londonist has a survey up to 2017. [6] Between 2016 and 2018, there were also a series of covers for Night Tube. [7]
| No | Year | Month | Artist | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | August | Emma Kay | You Are in London | [8] |
| 2 | 2005 | June | Gary Hume | Untitled | [9] |
| 3 | 2006 | February | David Shrigley | Untitled | [10] |
| 4 | June | Yinka Shonibare | Global Underground Map | [11] | |
| 5 | 2007 | January | Liam Gillick | The Day Before (You Know What They'll Call It? They'll Call it the Tube) | [12] [13] |
| 6 | July | Jeremy Deller and Paul Ryan | Portrait of John Hough (TfL's longest serving member of staff - 45 years of service) | [14] [15] | |
| 7 | 2008 | January | Cornelia Parker | Underground Abstract | [16] [17] |
| 8 | March | Mark Wallinger | Going Underground | [18] | |
| 9 | October | Pae White | ...fragment of a Magic Carpet, circa 1213 | [19] | |
| 10 | 2009 | March | Paul Noble | Untitled | [20] |
| 11 | September | Richard Long | Earth | [21] | |
| 12 | 2010 | May | Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Tube Map) | [22] [23] |
| 13 | 2011 | March | Eva Rothschild | Good Times | [24] |
| 14 | August | Michael Landy | All My Lines in the Palm of Your Hand | [25] [26] | |
| 15 | December | Yayoi Kusama | Polka Dots Festival | [27] | |
| 16 | 2012 | June | Tracey Emin | The Central Line | [28] [29] |
| 17 | December | Sarah Morris | Petrobas (Rio) | [30] | |
| 18 | 2013 | May | Mona Hatoum | London: The World | [31] |
| 19 | December | Iman Qureshi | All Time Would Be Perpetual Spring | [32] | |
| 20 | 2014 | May | Rachel Whiteread | The Hole of London 2014 | [33] [34] |
| 21 | December | Daniel Buren | From A Single One To Millions: Ink On Paper | [35] [36] | |
| 22 | 2015 | May | Pablo Bronstein | Design for a magnificent London Underground Grand Pendulum in gilt bronze | [37] [38] |
| 23 | 2016 | January | Tomma Abts | Untitled | [39] |
| 24 | June | Hew Locke | Tunnel Vision | [40] [41] | |
| 25 | December | Gillian Carnegie | Metropolitan Diamonds | [42] [43] | |
| 26 | 2017 | June | Lily van der Stokker | Out Next Stop | [44] |
| 27 | 2018 | January | Marc Camille Chaimowicz | Untitled | [45] |
| 28 | May | Geta Brătescu | Game of Forms | [46] [47] | |
| 29 | December | Linder | The Bower of Bliss | [48] [49] | |
| 30 | 2019 | June | Laure Prouvost | You are deeper than what you think | [50] [51] |
| 31 | December | Bedwyr Williams | Morden | [52] [53] | |
| 32 | 2020 | May | Elisabeth Wild | Fantasías | [54] [55] |
| 33 | December | Phyllida Barlow | helter skelter | [56] | |
| 34 | 2021 | September | Helen Cammock | sit alongside and feel me breathe | [57] |
| 35 | 2022 | January | Larry Achiampong | What I Hear I Keep | [4] |
| 36 | May | Joy Labinjo | Twist Out | [58] | |
| 37 | November | Do Ho Suh | Routes/Roots: London | [59] | |
| 38 | 2023 | May | Sharon Hayes | Come Out, Come Out | [60] |
| 39 | December | Joy Gregory | A Little Slice of Paradise | [61] | |
| 40 | 2024 | November [a] | Rita Keegan | The Fabric of Time | [63] |
| 41 | 2025 | July | Agnes Denes | Map Projections | [64] |
| No | Year | Month | Artist | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016 | December | Samara Scott | Night Tube Map Commission | [65] |
| 2 | 2017 | May | Pio Abad | Eddie | [66] |
| 3 | December | Marianna Simnett | Wing-sleepers | [66] | |
| 4 | 2018 | May | Marie Jacotey | You in my bedroom | [67] |
| 5 | December | Jade Montserrat | hand this piece to one Jacob Aston West (b. approx. 1941–43, Montserrat) | [68] [69] |