"This is Greenwich's famous Painted Hall, and at the moment it's also home to a light display by the artist Peter Walker. It's surprisingly calming, helped along by soft ambient music that fills the space. Tall pillars of coloured light rise and fade, creating a gentle effect that you can simply settle into and enjoy. There's something of the "sensory room" about it - soothing visuals scaled up to cathedral-like proportions."
"The artist does provide an explanation, but after reading it, I would say it's best to ignore it and just enjoy the spectacle, as it is really quite delightful to watch. There is a repeating sequence that seems to last around 7 minutes before looping around again, and with plenty of benches around the hall, you can sit back and enjoy the music-light display."
"There are also two hands at the far end, giant female casts that challenge the two male hands in Michelangelo's famous Sistine Chapel painting. As concepts, the two artworks don't really connect, but are also in two separate parts of the hall ,so they don't interfere with each other. That said, the brightly lit hands do look good, from the other end of the hall."
Peter Walker's light installation fills Greenwich's Painted Hall with soft ambient music and tall pillars of coloured light that rise and fade, creating a calming, sensory-room scale effect. A repeating sequence of lights lasts around seven minutes before looping, and benches around the hall allow visitors to sit and take in the music-and-light display. Two giant female hand casts sit at the far end, visually referencing and challenging Michelangelo's male hands from the Sistine Chapel without directly connecting conceptually. The installation runs through Sunday 25 January 2026 and is included with normal entry; concessions and free categories apply.
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