Artist Gillian Wearing will be first woman to create a statue for the public space with her monument to Millicent Fawcett
Category Archives: sculpture
Museum rescues sculptor Camille Claudel from decades of obscurity
French artist, once the lover of Auguste Rodin, has her career celebrated with opening of museum in Nogent-sur-Seine
Yerevan – first impressions
My first impressions are that I haven’t been to a city with so much public art as Yerevan. I hope the city is able to complete The Cascade soon as that would be an incredible feature to have especially with all the statues at the bottom in the Tamanian sculpture park. I am pleased VernissageContinue reading “Yerevan – first impressions”
Take the kids to … The Helix, Falkirk, Scotland
The Kelpies horse-head sculptures grabbed the headlines but a fantastic adventure park lies in their shadow, offering cycling paths, climbing frames, water activities and more, within easy reach of Glasgow and Edinburgh
The case of the Frankenstein Nefertiti: it’s time to revolt against ugly public art
As Egyptian protesters get a colossal – and colossally awful – sculpture of the ancient queen pulled down, we need to topple all the other art that’s an insult to our public spaces
Buddhist art of Myanmar review: a subtle, sculptural nirvana
Opening up of Burma has resulted in a beautiful and fascinating exhibition of paintings, weavings and manuscripts – but it’s the sculpture that really shines
Michelangelo bronzes discovered
Sculptures to be displayed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, thought to be the only surviving bronzes by the Renaissance artist
Ice hotel opens in Swedish Lapland – in pictures
The 25th Ice hotel has just opened for the 2014/15 season in the village of Jukkasjärvi in Swedish Lapland. Carved from 1,600 tonnes of snow and ice, the hotel features 16 artist-designed suites, a bar and theatre.
