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A world first, life-sized marble Triceratops skull sculpture is on show for two years in Mayfair, part of London‘s City of Westminster. The artwork was created by acclaimed British artist Paul Vanstone in collaboration with gallery David Aaron Ltd, focused on natural history and antiquities. It is now on display in Berkeley Square as part of the Berkeley Square Public Art Programme, bringing natural history into the heart of London for the local community and visitors to experience for free.
The species, living millions of years ago in today‘s North America, is one of the best-known dinosaurs, with its spectacular three horns and the frill on the adults‘ skulls. Its body form can be compared to a giant rhinoceros with 9 m length and 10 t weight.
Carved from a single 10-tonne block of white Carrara marble, the spectacular figurative work, titled “Carrara Triceratops Skull, 2025“, is an artistic interpretation (3,20 m x 2,20 m x 1,50 m) of the animal. Positioned at the north end of the Square, the sculpture replaces the much-loved bronze juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex that previously occupied the site.
Vanstone created the new work over 60 days and took inspiration from a 68-million-year-old sub-adult Triceratops Skull exhibited by David Aaron at Frieze Masters 2025.
The collaboration between the gallery and the sculptor unites natural history with contemporary art. Vanstone, a former assistant to Anish Kapoor, is celebrated for transforming monumental stone into works of extraordinary presence and sensitivity. “I wanted to portray the creatures‘ great scale and power,“ he says.
Jonathan Aaron, Director of David Aaron adds: “This installation serves to promote public access to art and the wonders of the prehistoric natural world in Westminster’s Berkeley Square.“
About David Aaron Gallery: Originally established in 1910 in Iran, the gallery rose to prominence in the 1920s, opening additional showrooms in Alexandria, Egypt, and later in London. Now managed by the third and fourth generations of the Aaron family, the gallery specializes in Classical Greek and Roman, Egyptian, Near Eastern, and Islamic works of art, as well as significant natural history specimens, including large-scale dinosaur fossils. David Aaron regularly exhibits at major international fairs, and over the past century has helped museums and private collectors worldwide acquire important works.
Significant dinosaur fossil scientific breakthroughs have been made through the work of David Aaron and the scientific community including the discovery of ‘Chomper’ a rare juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex and one of the most complete examples of its kind, and the discovery of the new species, the Enigmacursor from the Late Jurassic period, 152–145 million years ago which is now on display at the Natural History Museum.
About Paul Vanstone: Sculptor Paul Vanstone carves from Marble and Onyx, the nature of the material dictating how each piece evolves. Vanstone studied sculpture at Central Saint Martins before completing an MFA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1993. Following his studies, he worked in Italy at the marble carving studios near the Carrara quarries, as well as in Berlin and Rajasthan, then spent five years working as an assistant to leading British sculptor Anish Kapoor.
Vanstone’s work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, including the British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum, as well as in prominent sculpture gardens and public installations. For the past 15 years, Vanstone has exhibited at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, with his last four presentations receiving a coveted Five Star Award. He regularly exhibits at LAPADA, On Form, Falconhurst, Hannah Peschar Sculpture Park and has received several prestigious awards and commissions, including the Henry Moore Award.
The “Carrara Triceratops Skull, 2025“ is on display on the corner at the address 29 Berkeley Square, London W1J 5BF, for two years.
Source: David Aaron Gallery