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SCULPTURE BY THE SEA, BONDI 2023 WELCOMES WINDEX® AS A NEW SUPPORTING PARTNER OF THE EXHIBITION
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi welcomes Windex®, renowned glass cleaner brand, as a Supporting Partner of the 2023 exhibition, providing sponsorship and artist support. The sponsorship is important to Windex® who are helping keep our coasts clean by collecting plastic from within 50kms of our coasts and using to make more than 68 million Windex® bottles. As part…
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA, BONDI KICKS-OFF WITH ‘SECRET’ AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE FROM SNAPCHAT AND ARTIST MOND QU
Snapchat and Australian artist Mond Qu are bringing Aussies an immersive new ‘ARt’ experience at this year’s Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi exhibition. This will be the first-ever augmented reality (AR) artist collaboration for the world’s largest annual free-to-the-public outdoor sculpture exhibition, using hyper-realistic ray tracing technology to create a ‘secret’ sculpture which visitors can unlock…
Clitheroe Emerging Sculptor Mentor Program
Established in 2006, The Clitheroe Foundation Emerging Sculptor Mentorship Program awards $15,000 each to two selected artists every Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi exhibition. The mentor program aims to encourage professional and meaningful fellowships between emerging sculptors and established practitioners facilitating a skills exchange between the emerging artists and their mentors whilst providing a forum for the professional and technical development of…
Can art help save rural communities
Can art help save rural communities, raise spirits, and improve the quality of life? Right at this moment, there is a bold experiment taking place to do precisely that and, so far, it has been a resounding success. By Sasha Grishin AM, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia In the summer of 2019-20 bushfires devastated…
2023 BONDI CATALOGUE ESSAY: From Bondi to Batlow and Tamarama to Tumbarumba
The SNOWY VALLEYS SCULPTURE TRAIL from Bondi to Batlow and Tamarama to Tumbarumba The story behind taking sculptures from the beach to the bush. Following the bush fires of 2019-2020 we had the idea of creating Australia’s first world-class public Sculpture Park in the Snowy Valleys in southern New South Wales as a significant cultural tourist…
2023 BONDI CATALOGUE ESSAY: ARTISTS’ REFLECTIONS ON 25 SCULPTURE BY THE SEA EXHIBITIONS – PHILIP SPELMAN
Philip Spelman (NSW) First exhibited on the Bondi coastal walk in 1999 ‘‘Through Sculpture by the Sea, sculpture is the only artform in Australia where major international artists come to Australia at their own cost, to participate in what is regarded as one of the most important sculpture exhibitions in the world.’’ The exhibition ‘Sculpture…
2023 BONDI CATALOGUE ESSAY: ARTISTS’ REFLECTIONS ON 25 SCULPTURE BY THE SEA EXHIBITIONS – MARGARITA SAMPSON
Margarita Sampson (NSW) First exhibited on the Bondi coastal walk in 1997 Aussie Beach Culture met Sculpture by the Sea, and it seemed like the start of a wonderful relationship. Artist share-house, North Bondi, 1997: sand gritty on the floor, damp beach towels hung on every surface, Mazzy Star on repeat on the CD player,…
The Pommery Champagne Artist Award
Sculpture by the Sea is delighted to be continuing its partnership with Champagne Pommery for a second year. Champagne Pommery, one of the world’s most loved champagnes, is a National Supporting Partner of the exhibition, providing sponsorship and artist support through the Pommery Champagne Artist Award of $5,000 for our Bondi and Cottesloe exhibitions. The…
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA, BONDI AQUALAND SCULPTURE AWARD INCREASED TO $100,000 TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF THE EXHIBITION
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi will celebrate 25 years as the world’s largest, free-to-the-public outdoor sculpture exhibition when the exhibition returns to the 2km Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk on 20 October, 2023. To mark this significant milestone, the exhibition’s long standing Principal Sponsor Aqualand announced that the prestigious Aqualand Sculpture Award’s value will be…
RECIPIENTS OF PRESTIGIOUS HELEN LEMPRIERE SCHOLARSHIPS ANNOUNCED AHEAD OF 25TH SCULPTURE BY THE SEA, BONDI
Perpetual and Sculpture by the Sea today announced the three Australian sculptors awarded the prestigious $30,000 Helen Lempriere Scholarships ahead of this year’s milestone 25th Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi. Senior Artist Greg Johns (SA) Mid-Career Artist Lucy Barker (NSW) Emerging Artist Siahne Rogers (WA) The Helen Lempriere Scholarships are designed to enable artists to further…
David Handley features on the ‘Five of My Life Podcast’ Founders Episode with Nigel Marsh
Founding and Artistic Director of Sculpture by the Sea David Handley reveals the stories behind his 5 in this special Founders compilation episode of the ‘Five of My Life’ Podcast out now. Nigel Marsh speaks to Andrew Penfold, David Handley, Zara Siedler, Ronni Kahn and William Sieghart – five remarkable people who have each successfully founded projects that have made a lasting and meaningful contribution…
SNOWY VALLEYS SCULPTURE TRAIL EXTENDS TO TALBINGO
‘Tidal Body’ by April Pine was officially unveiled Friday 29 April in Sir William Hudson Park, as an extension of the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail to Talbingo, by Councillor James Hayes OAM. The sculpture is a pair of abstract see-through figures in corten steel standing beside Jounama Pondage, set against the backdrop of the water…
‘Composition 17’ by Sasha Reid Unveiled in Batlow
‘Composition 17’ by Sasha Reid was officially unveiled in Toc H. Park, Batlow yesterday afternoon under the acorn trees, which some have touted as a ‘welcome sentient being’. Image: (Back row) Dr Joe McGirr MP, Member for Wagga Wagga, artist Sasha Reid, Councillor Ian Chaffey, Mayor of Snowy Valleys, Councillor Sam Hughes, Snowy Valleys Council,…
Jina Lee ‘And Spring Again’ Unveiling in Batlow
Officially unveiled Friday 29 April, Jina Lee’s sculpture ‘And Spring Again’ stands proudly at the corner of Pioneer Street and Reedy Street, Batlow, brimming with “good energy” as intended by the artist. Made of white Australian marble, the form of the sculpture was inspired by atoms, bubbling with energy and new life. Image: Jina Lee,…
KAORU MATSUMOTO UNVEILING ADELONG SERVICES CLUB
Artist Kaoru Matsumoto expressed, “the wind is invisible, but its strength, flow and quantity are delicate and complex, and are closely related to us, and it is the earth’s breath.” Kaoru further explained that the metal mesh of the wings of the sculpture have an aperture ratio of 77%, allowing the wind to escape, softening…