Since 2004, Art on the Underground has commissioned artists to create covers for London Underground's pocket Tube map. These free maps are one of the largest public art commissions in the UK. Over 40 different designs have been produced, with designs from a wide variety of British and international artists. Around 2 million maps are printed for each cover, down from a high of around 12 million in the early 2010s. In 2014, The Guardian published a pictorial survey of the first 10 years' designs, and The Londonist has a survey up to 2017. Between 2016 and 2018, there were also a series of covers for Night Tube.

Tube map covers No Year Month Artist Title 1 2004 August Emma Kay You Are in London 2 2005 June Gary Hume Untitled 3 2006 February David Shrigley Untitled 4 June Yinka Shonibare Global Underground Map 5 2007 January Liam Gillick The Day Before (You Know What They'll Call It? They'll Call it the Tube) 6 July Jeremy Deller and Paul Ryan Portrait of John Hough (TfL's longest serving member of staff - 45 years of service) 7 2008 January Cornelia Parker Underground Abstract 8 March Mark Wallinger Going Underground 9 October Pae White ...fragment of a Magic Carpet, circa 1213 10 2009 March Paul Noble Untitled11 September Richard Long Earth12 2010 May Barbara Kruger Untitled (Tube Map) 13 2011 March Eva Rothschild Good Times14 August Michael Landy All My Lines in the Palm of Your Hand15 December Yayoi Kusama Polka Dots Festival 16 2012 June Tracey Emin The Central Line17 December Sarah Morris Petrobas (Rio)18 2013 May Mona Hatoum London: The World 19 December Iman Qureshi All Time Would Be Perpetual Spring20 2014 May Rachel Whiteread The Hole of London 2014 21 December Daniel Buren From A Single One To Millions: Ink On Paper 22 2015 May Pablo Bronstein Design for a magnificent London Underground Grand Pendulum in gilt bronze 23 2016 January Tomma Abts Untitled 24 June Hew Locke Tunnel Vision 25 December Gillian Carnegie Metropolitan Diamonds 26 2017 June Lily van der Stokker Out Next Stop 27 2018 January Marc Camille Chaimowicz Untitled 28 May Geta Brătescu Game of Forms 29 December Linder The Bower of Bliss 30 2019 June Laure Prouvost You are deeper than what you think 31 December Bedwyr Williams Morden 32 2020 May Elisabeth Wild Fantasías 33 December Phyllida Barlow helter skelter342021SeptemberHelen Cammocksit alongside and feel me breathe352022JanuaryLarry AchiampongWhat I Hear I Keep36MayJoy LabinjoTwist Out37NovemberDo Ho SuhRoutes/Roots: London382023MaySharon HayesCome Out, Come Out39DecemberJoy GregoryA Little Slice of Paradise402024NovemberRita KeeganThe Fabric of Time412025JulyAgnes DenesMap Projections422026JulyEllen GallagherFast-Fish and Loose-Fish

Night Tube map covers Between 2016 and 2018, there were also a series of covers for Night Tube. No Year Month Artist Title12016DecemberSamara ScottNight Tube Map Commission 2 2017 May Pio Abad Eddie 3 December Marianna Simnett Wing-sleepers 4 2018 May Marie Jacotey You in my bedroom 5 December Jade Montserrat hand this piece to one Jacob Aston West (b. approx. 1941–43, Montserrat)

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