{"id":578577,"date":"2026-08-01T08:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578577\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T08:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:55:08","slug":"giant-mr-doodle-sculptures-appear-across-londons-west-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578577\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Mr Doodle sculptures appear across London&#8217;s West End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Five giant sculptures by artist Mr Doodle have appeared across London&#8217;s West End as part of a new free public art trail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The artist, whose real name is Sam Cox, is known around the world for transforming everything from sketchbooks to entire buildings with his distinctive doodle style.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 2m (6.5ft) high installations have been placed in Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square and St James&#8217;s Market, where they will remain until 30 August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr Doodle said he hoped visitors would enjoy &#8220;spotting the sculptures, exploring the streets and adding a bit of doodle magic to their summer day out&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Each sculpture has been covered in the artist&#8217;s signature doodles and inspired by the surroundings, celebrating everything from the West End&#8217;s theatres and cinemas to its galleries, restaurants and markets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr Doodle said London was &#8220;full of great stuff&#8221; and that the sculptures celebrated the city&#8217;s culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The artist has built an international following with his playful black-and-white drawings, often filled with bright pops of colour, which have appeared on everything from canvases to entire buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five giant sculptures by artist Mr Doodle have appeared across London&#8217;s West End as part of a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-578577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}