The artist hopes the work, called Act, will challenge visitors to reappraise the famous site and its monuments
This summer visitors to Highgate Cemetery in north London will be greeted by something that will stand out – high, wide and handsome – amid the familiar gravestones, famous follies and grand Victorian mausoleums.
Phyllida Barlow – the artist who found fame in her 70s after a teaching career in which she tutored the likes of Douglas Gordon, Tacita Dean and Martin Creed – is to install a new sculpture called Act that she hopes will challenge visitors to reappraise the cemetery and its monuments.
