This year, Cannaught Hotel have called on artist and sculptor Antony Gormley to create their Christmas tree. Last year, their Christmas tree was designed by Damien Hirst and contained medical equipment as decorations. Antony Gormley is a well-known sculpture whose work has been displayed all over the world. I recently posted about his famous 'Angel of the North' sculpture, which I visited last month.
The Christmas tree looks like a large pine tree with a white column of light shooting up through the trunk. Gormley says that the inspiration is from breaking from the norm of decorating the outside of the Christmas tree and (instead) illuminating it at its core (1).
To visit the Christmas tree, head over to the Cannaught Hotel in Mayfair.
1) http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/angel-of-the-north-sculptor-antony-gormley-turns-christmas-lights-on-their-head-a3403716.html
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