The World Turned Upside Down

The World Turned Upside Down is a sculpture by the Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger, on Sheffield Street, London, within the campus of the London School of Economics.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: sculpture by Mark Wallinger

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Royal Opera House.

The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Arts center
The is a theatre in , . The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. is situated 1,300 feet southwest of The World Turned Upside Down.

Theater building
The is a West End theatre in the , located in Portugal Street, near Aldwych. The 999-seat house is owned by, and comprises part of the London School of Economics and Political Science campus, who use the theatre for lectures, public talks, conferences, political speeches and open days.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Clement Danes and Covent Garden.

Neighborhood
was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of , England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.

is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of , and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

Quarter
The is an area or precinct of the surrounding . It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The World Turned Upside Down

Latitude
51.51442° or 51° 30′ 52″ north
Longitude
-0.11741° or 0° 7′ 3″ west
Inception
2019
Open location code
9C3XGV7M+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6510702757
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q63094632
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