With SITC Artistic Director & LACUNA Founding Director, Stella Ioannou & special guest Co-Founder of Bompas & Parr, Sam Bompas

A Taste of Sculpture in the City

Hosted by Artistic Director of Sculpture in the City & LACUNA Founding Director, Stella Ioannou, with special guest Co-Founder of Bompas & Parr, Sam Bompas

Join Sculpture in the City’s Artistic Director and LACUNA Founding Director, Stella Ioannou, for another Taste of Sculpture in the City where guests will explore the current works on display in Sculpture in the City.

Following the walking tour, guests will be invited to Bar Fogo, Bishopsgate (formerly Fino at Fazenda), where they will be offered complimentary canapés inspired by a selection of the sculptures.

A Taste of Sculpture in the City welcomes special guest, Sam Bompas, Co-Founder of Bompas & Parr – a creative studio that cultivates culture and is globally recognised as the leading experts in multisensory experience design, achieving international prominence in the realms of food and drink.

The tasting session invites guests to discuss what parallels can be drawn from the eye to the taste bud, whilst learning more about the history of the ingredients served.

A Taste of Sculpture in the City returns as part of the London Sculpture Week programme for 2026 (19th – 27th September).

Launched in 2022, London Sculpture Week brings together five leading London cultural initiatives — East Bank, Frieze Sculpture, Fourth Plinth, Sculpture in the City and The Line — for a citywide celebration of public art.

Each year in late September, the programme brings together tours, performances, talks and other events, exploring how sculpture connects people, place and public life — how it speaks, remembers, protests, plays and dreams.

Across the city, London Sculpture Week offers new ways to encounter sculpture – encouraging audiences to move through London, look more closely at their surroundings and experience familiar places differently.

Date & Time: Saturday 19 September 2026

11.00am-2.00pm (11.00am-12.00pm Walking Tour, 12.15pm-2.00pm Tasting).

Duration: 1hr walking tour followed by a 1hr ¾ tasting & talk.

Location:

Starting: Saint Botolph without-Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M 3TL

End: Bar Fogo, 100 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 1GT

Key Information:

· Please ensure you arrive promptly as the tour will not be able to wait for latecomers.

· Complimentary canapés and drinks inspired by the artworks in Sculpture in the City will be served.

· Each canapé is different and therefore regretfully we cannot accommodate for all dietary requirements. We do note that all food served is Halal.

· Photography will be taking place at this event. Should you not wish to be snapped, please inform a member of the team during the event.

Should you have any questions, or access needs you would like to share with the team, please email alice@lacuna-projects.com

A Taste of Sculpture in the City is kindly supported by activation partner Eastern City and curated & produced by LACUNA.

Sculpture in the City

Sculpture in the City is an annual sculpture park that uses the urban realm as a rotating gallery space. The City of London alongside LACUNA, in partnership with property owners and businesses, have unveiled a new selection of artworks by internationally acclaimed and emerging artists each year. World-class contemporary sculpture complements the unique architectural quality of the area and engages the passers-by, who range from local workers to architectural tourists and other visitors, animating one of the most dynamic parts of the City of London.

The project started in 2010 as a public realm activation project for the area of St Helen’s and Undershaft which resulted in an exhibition of just four artworks in June 2011, Sculpture in the City has shown a total of 165 artworks by 140 artists to date.

Learn more at sculptureinthecity.org.uk

LACUNA

LACUNA is a leading cultural studio realising contemporary art and events in urban spaces and local communities.

We define public spaces which offer unique cultural encounters and build new communities.

We collaborate with urban leaders and collectives, decision makers and creative visionaries that need to engage people and places.

Stella Ioannou Hon FRIBA, Founding Director of LACUNA, launched LACUNA in 2010 to realise visionary public art projects and events. Her established relationships with London’s business and arts communities enrich her curatorial and leadership roles and contribute to LACUNA's growing success. Stella is Artistic Director of Sculpture in the City (since 2011), having delivered 162 artworks by 137 artists to date. Led by Stella, LACUNA has delivered the ambitious public art programme of permanent and rotational art commissions at Paddington Square; and more recently has delivered 3 new artworks at 40 Leadenhall, as part of the public art programme the team curated for this new state of the art building. LACUNA has been appointed by Westminster City Council Place Sha

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