Thomas Heatherwick
Public artnews
Thomas Heatherwick’s controversial Vessel public art piece in New York to reopen
The 150ft-tall, $200m outdoor installation at Manhattan’s Hudson Yards development has been closed since 2021 following a series of suicides
'Hastily disguised telephone mast': Thomas Heatherwick’s Trees sculpture at Buckingham Palace in London divides opinions
The work, commissioned for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, celebrates local communities
Public artnews
Fourth suicide shuts down New York’s towering Vessel yet again
Critics fault developers for not raising the barriers around the steps of the spiralling 150ft-tall structure to prevent deaths
Designnews
Thomas Heatherwick’s Vessel to reopen in Hudson Yards—without higher barriers
Visitors will have to come in groups, and buy tickets that will help pay for more security, after three suicides at the site
Alphonse Muchanews
Art Nouveau pioneer Alphonse Mucha’s Slav Epic finds a home at last—and it’s designed by Thomas Heatherwick
Monumental cycle of 20 paintings will be displayed in the Savarin development in central Prague
Designnews
Heatherwick’s Vessel closed to the public after third suicide in less than a year
The community board has asked the developer to raise the height of platform barriers to prevent further deaths