People wearing woven animal head masks perform on a wooden stage outdoors at the National Gallery, surrounded by a lively crowd. The festive event celebrates the Triumph of Art, inviting everyone to Do Your Own Thing with colourful costumes and interactive fun.

A crowd gathers around a large, wooden, pavilion-like art installation in an outdoor plaza near the National Gallery. People walk, talk, and interact with the structure as classical-style buildings frame this 2025 Triumph of Art.

Three tiers of wooden boxes with circular cut-out holes are stacked together, their edges lined with bright pink tape. Reminiscent of a Triumph of Art installation, the scene feels at home in a modern National Gallery exhibition for 2025.

A crowd watches performers wearing large woven straw masks and hats under a wooden pavilion in an outdoor public square, as people take photos and clap—capturing the spirit of the 2025 Triumph of Art at the National Gallery.

A person stands on a wooden stage under a large, dome-shaped wooden structure at the 2025 Art Exhibition, speaking into a microphone. Another person adjusts equipment nearby as a crowd gathers in the background at the National Gallery.

View looking up at a wooden structure with woven panels and circular openings, featuring a large mirrored sphere in the centre—a striking installation at the National Gallery celebrating the Triumph of Art beneath a cloudy sky.

A performer stands on a wooden stage with a microphone, under a woven dome canopy, as part of the Triumph of Art event at the National Gallery. People gather outside, with large buildings in the background beneath a cloudy 2025 sky.

A tall blue poster titled Gorsedd: From the Earth to the City is displayed on a wooden frame at an outdoor art exhibition. The 2025 poster features English and Welsh text, logos, and artwork of sculptural objects on the lower half.

A close-up of an informational sign describing four art installations—Atlas + The Disco Ball, Extinction Symbol, Protest, and Willow—featured in the 2025 Triumph of Art event at the National Gallery, attached to a stone surface outdoors.

People sit and relax under a large wooden pavilion with a woven roof in a busy urban square near the National Gallery. A pram and coffee cup are in the foreground, whilst others walk and socialise in the background, celebrating the Triumph of Art.

A group of musicians in yellow safety vests perform under a large wooden pavilion in a city square at sunset, surrounded by historic buildings and a crowd celebrating the Triumph of Art, echoing the spirit of the National Gallery’s 2025 festivities.

People sit and gather under a large wooden pavilion with a woven roof in a public square. Near the National Gallery, several people enjoy tiered benches or stroll by, embracing the spirit of "Do Your Own Thing." Green marquees and buildings frame the scene.

“The Triumph of Art”, National Gallery

To celebrate the National Gallery’s 200th birthday in 2025, we proudly contributed over 100 stage boxes from our Box Library to support the grand finale of artist Jeremy Deller’s project, The Triumph of Art. An open-to-all, family-friendly festival on Saturday 26th July transformed Trafalgar Square into a lively hub of processions, parties and performances.

The concluding day event brought together unique commissions from partner institutions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which had previously hosted their own local gatherings during a year-long series of celebrations that championed the power of public art. Regional stories, folklore, music, dance and giant puppets were woven into a single day of festivities to demonstrate how local art fosters community and joy.

Box Library Contribution

We provided structural infrastructure for one of the centrepieces, as part of our borrow-a-box circular economy initiative aimed at supporting temporary projects. Our modular stage boxes provided the main platform for the hand-built Gorsedd structure, an installation created by CAT volunteers and erected in the heart of Trafalgar Square. Our lightweight, flat-pack timber system was the ideal solution for the pop-up platform, allowing for rapid demountability in a high-traffic public space.

Like a lot of our other Box Library community projects, our U-Builders dived head first into the festivities. We enjoyed dancing and socialising under the sun, while seeing our modular boxes serve as the literal stage for this vibrant cultural milestone. It was great to watch our U-Build boxes being used, enjoyed and supporting a day of movement and creativity.

We were proud to have shared our resources to support another arts and community initiative, which brought the National Gallery’s historic collection to life in a grand finale that celebrated togetherness.

This project highlights our belief that architecture should be an open-access and sustainable tool for participation, where people can shape temporary spaces to unite communities.

If you have a project in mind that could be supported by U-Build Box Library, please enquire via our website.