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DNA Spiral, Times Square


This galvanised steel sculpture of the DNA spiral is by Charles Jencks, 2000. It was located in Times Square, commissioned by the International Centre for Life in Newcastle. The sculpture was unveiled on the 18th June 2000 by James Watson, the scientist, who along with Francis Crick, discovered DNA in 1953. Sculpture no long located in Times Square (see comments).

Centre for Life Sculpture and Carvings 2000
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  • Sue Regan on June 30, 2024, 6:50 a.m.

    This sculpture DNA Spiral is no longer at Times Square. If it is the same as a sculpture called Double Helix (and it looks the same), then it is in the Clare College Memorial Garden, Cambridge University: https://stories.clare.cam.ac.uk/clare-news-2023-art-in-memorial-court/index.html

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