True, for Alan Turing unveiled at King’s College, Cambridge

A new work by Antony Gormley has been unveiled at King’s College, University of Cambridge. Sitting at the heart of the college between Gibbs Building and Webb’s Court, the sculpture, titled True, for Alan Turing, stands 3.7 meters tall and is made of 140 mm thick rolled Corten steel. Speaking at King’s, Antony Gormley has observed that ‘Alan Turing unlocked the door between the industrial and the information ages. I wanted to make the best sculpture I could to honour a man who was pivotal in changing the course of all our lives. It is not about the memorialisation of a death, but about a celebration of the opportunities that a life allowed.’

Photograph: True, for Alan Turing, 2024, 140 mm weathering steel slab, 366.8 × 76 × 78.4 cm. Permanent installation, King’s College Cambridge. Photograph by Jo Underhill.