CIRCA (art platform)

Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Arts
FoundedOctober 2020[1]
HeadquartersPiccadilly Circus, London[2][3]
Area servedWorldwide (London, New York, Seoul, Tokyo, Berlin, Milan, Los Angeles, Melbourne)[4]
Founder(s)Josef O'Connor[2][1][5][4]
IndustryArt & Culture
URLcirca.art

The Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Arts (CIRCA) is an art and culture platform based in London's Piccadilly Circus.[3][2] Founded in October 2020, they commission and stream a monthly program of art and culture for three minutes every evening across a global network of billboards in London, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Milan, Berlin, Hong Kong, Melbourne and Seoul.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Edmonds, Lizzie “Ai Weiwei takes over Piccadilly Circus with video artwork from his early years”, The Evening Standard, 1 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021
  2. ^ a b c Buck, Louisa “New public art project in London will show works by Ai Weiwei and Eddie Peake on Europe's largest billboard”, The Art Newspaper, 24 September 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ITSNICETHAT1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b “How Josef O’Connor and David Hockney are lighting up the world”, Soho House, 20 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021
  5. ^ a b Rodorigo, Clara “London, Ai Weiwei on mega screen for Europe's largest digital art exhibition”, Domus, 12 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021
  6. ^ Margolies, Jane “New David Hockney Billboards to Brighten 5 Cities in May”, The New York Times, 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021