The Connaught Christmas tree 2025

The legendary Connaught Christmas Tree 2025 has been unveiled outside The Connaught, and this year it has been designed by influential Swiss-born contemporary visual artist Urs Fischer.

The magnificent Nordmann Fir tree, sourced from Denmark, stands 31 feet tall on Carlos Place and aims to highlight the spirit of Christmas as a luminous celebration of togetherness. Drawing inspiration from Fischer’s installation People – first seen in 2022 at Gagosian in New York – this tree imagines a global community gathered in joy. Spheres filled with AI-generated faces, each illuminated from within by LED light, evoke people from all ages, races, and places sharing in collective experiences. The tree underscores Fisher's belief that art should welcome everyone in. It’s a portrait of togetherness – simple, bright, and full of life.

My dream is always the same: that my work communicates enough by itself, without too much context, that people who don’t engage with art get something out of it. That’s a really gratifying experience, to have someone just see something and think, wow, that’s cool, and they’re not from within the art world. Christmas is a time to celebrate together, and this year’s design is a collective of characters doing exactly that, having a good time.

Urs Fischer

The Connaught Christmas Tree 2025 by Urs Fischer will shine bright and illuminate Carlos Place until the first week of January 2026.