In winter 2024, artist Luke Jerram’s incredible planetary installation Mars will amaze visitors to the iconic Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. This final celestial work concludes Jerram’s series at the UNESCO heritage site, following Gaia and Museum of the Moon. The exhibition runs from 23 November 2024 to 28 January 2025.
Visitors will be awed by the sight of the red planet against the magnificent backdrop of the Painted Hall, which brings together two stunning works of art and combines science, history and myth. This fascinating artwork, seven metres in diameter, is a full-scale replica of Mars with detailed NASA images of the Martian surface. Impressive in scale and a million times smaller than the original, the internally illuminated artwork transports us to …
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Image above: Mars in the Painted Hall, Luke Jerram, Courtesy of Old Royal Naval College