Antepavilion

Antepavilion is an art charity in London, known for its extensive legal battles with the Hackney London Borough Council over its various art exhibits.^[1] The charity holds an annual design competition, commissioning a temporary structure to be installed at a site on the Regent's Canal, and also funds "art-craft-architecture" research, stages artistic and political events, and manages artist studio spaces.^[2]

In 2021 the charity's site was raided by London police, who arrested staff and seized equipment.^[3] London police claimed that one of the commissioned works that year was similar in design to bamboo towers constructed by protest group Extinction Rebellion.^[4]

Competition winners

The 2020 winner, "Sharks!"

Year	Design	Artist
2017	H-VAC	PUP Architects[5]
2018	AirDraft	Thomas Randall-Page and Benedetta Rogers[6]
2019	Potemkin Theatre	Maich Swift Architects[7]
2020	Sharks!	Jaimie Shorten[8]
2021	AnteChamber	Studio Nima Sardar[9]
2024	FOUND(ATION)	Good Shape (Lioba Pflaum & Hannah Sheerin)[10]