Antony Gormley piece among first artworks for Plymouth's the Box

Artist behind Angel of the North will make one of the first commissions for the Box

New works by Antony Gormley and Portuguese contemporary artist Leonor Antunes have been announced as the inaugural commissions at the Box, the new £40m museum and heritage space in Plymouth that will open this spring.

Gormley’s LOOK II is an “anthropomorphic cast iron sculpture” that features 22 iron blocks made into a twice-lifesize figure. It will be installed at the city’s historic West Hoe Pier.

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