The BBC has come under scrutiny for restoring a statue by Eric Gill despite public calls for its removal due to the artist’s ...

The statue has been restored after a member of the public attacked it with a hammer.

Artworks by disgraced artists like Eric Gill need context, not protective screens - COMMENT: ‘Prospero and Ariel’ – the ...

A sculpture by Eric Gill outside BBC Broadcasting House in central London has been unveiled following restoration works; the ...

A controversial sculpture outside the BBC's London headquarters has been repaired and is back on display, with the ...

Following a contentious restoration, the BBC has reinstalled Eric Gill’s Prospero and Ariel sculpture outside its London ...

Despite the statue's contentious background, the BBC stated that while they do not condone Gill's "abusive behaviour", the ...

The sculpture, which depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, was created by Eric Gill, whose diaries revealed that he sexually abused his daughters, sister and ...

A police officer watches as a man wearing a Spiderman mask uses a hammer and chisel to damage the Prospero and Ariel statue by Eric Gill, outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, in an apparent ...

This is because Gill – an artist feted in his day for his public works and influential typography, notably Gill Sans – was revealed in a 1989 biography to have sexually abused his two ...