Tschabalala Self's artwork at the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square represents a significant act of racial representation in public space.

‘I’m not nervous, I’m ready’: Tschabalala Self on racist vandals and her bold striding woman for the Fourth Plinth By Eddy Frankel The last time she displayed a sculpture in public in Britain, someone covered it in white paint. But, undeterred, the acclaimed artist is a placing a black woman in Trafalgar Square https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/sep/01/tschabalala-self-fourth-plinth-racist-vandals-trafalgar #Fourthplinth #Sculpture #Art #Artanddesign #Culture #Women #Race #Society #TheGuardian #EddyFrankel

‘I’m not nervous, I’m ready’: Tschabalala Self on racist vandals and her bold striding woman for the Fourth Plinth www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/sep/01/tschabalala-self-fourth-plinth-racist-vandals-trafalgar The last time she displayed a sculpture in public in Britain, someone covered it in white paint. But, undeterred, the acclaimed artist is a placing a black woman in Trafalgar SquareTschabalala Self is relentlessly positive and unstoppably optimistic. The…