‘Obnoxious’: sculptures and installations that have divided opinion

Statues in St Pancras station and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea endure despite opposition from public

It was described by one council planner as “possibly the poorest quality work” ever submitted and has attracted so much controversy that no artist has admitted to making it.

But the faceless sculpture of Prince Philip outside a Cambridge office block that is to be taken down years after it appeared is not alone as a work of divisive public art.