Barbican to unveil giant plant-covered clay pavilion next spring

A huge circle of plant-covered clay will fill the Barbican’s Sculpture Court next spring and will be the first UK public commission by Colombian artist Delcy Morelos.
Delcy Morelos, El abrazo (The Embrace, detail), 2023. Installation view, Dia Chelsea, New York, 2023. Photo credit: Don Stahl. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery
For the Barbican, Morelos has designed her most ambitious outdoor work to date: an “ovular pavilion” made of clay, soil, fragrant spices,