Hahn/Cock

Katharina Fritsch, July 25, 2013 to February 17, 2015 A giant blue cockerel, 4.72 meters of vivid color in a square of gray stone and dark bronze, and the color alone changed how the whole place looked. Fritsch chose the bird for strength and renewal, but the joke was hard to miss: an unofficial emblem of France, crowing in a square that celebrates a British victory over the French. It managed to be cheerful and pointed at once. The work was later acquired by Glenstone and now stands at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.