World's biggest art show opens in UK 57 British artworks have been selected through a public online voting system to be displayed for two weeks from August 12-25 on 22,000 advertising spaces from billboards to bus stops and supermarkets to shopping malls. In addition to this, 2,000 London buses and 1,000 black cabs will carry the selected pieces on their journeys through the heart of London. These include works by Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst. 23 of the artworks are contemporary, though the nation's number one choice was John William Waterhouse's The Lady of Shalott, painted in 1888, followed by John Everett Millais's Ophelia from 1851-2. Sir Peter Blake, who famously designed the album cover for The Beatles's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, launched Art Everywhere at London's Westfield shopping centre today by unveiling the reproduction of his work The Meeting or Have a Nice Day Mr Hockney on a large billboard. Leaning on his walking stick while posing for photographers beneath the giant poster of his 30 year-old painting, he joked that the "stick was a prop then, but it's real now." Damien Hirst, whose artwork Pardaxin (2004), was voted number 48 in the list, said: "Art is for everyone, and everyone who has access to it will benefit from it. This project is amazing and gives the public a voice and an opportunity to choose what they want to see on their streets. Art Everywhere founder Richard Reed, who also co-founded Innocent drinks, said he hopes that up to 90 per cent of the population will see the posters. "If we can't get the average guy in the street to go into a gallery, maybe we can get the art from the gallery into the street," he said. I'm firstly hoping that some of it's going to get noticed. And then secondly I'm hoping it's going to bring a bit of a lift or a smile to people. Art is something that can give me a jolt of adrenaline or inspiration for a thought or just put a smile on my face for the day. And there's a more serious purpose, which is that, as a country, we have this incredible creative talent. I want this exhibition to celebrate the fact that the UK is the home of brilliant art. 57 artworks will be displayed on 22,000 advertising spaces across the UK (Louisa Peacock) Speaking to The Telegraph, Simon Harrington, director at CBS Outdoor who have collaborated with Reed on the project, said: "These artworks capture millions of eyeballs on a weekly basis, so is the best way to attract the attention of people who maybe didn't know they were art fans. We're looking forward to seeing both fine art outside up and down the country and a new wave of art appreciation. Which of the top 10 is your favourite British artwork? The full list of artworks can be viewed at arteverywhere.org.uk