The Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe exhibition of inspiring sculptures by Australian and international artists has been delivered to the people of Perth and its visitors every summer for the past 20 years.
However, this annual exhibition was unable to be delivered in March 2025 due to a delay in Federal government funding. With a refreshed significant financial commitment from the Prime Minister in December 2024 we are working to ensure the delivery of Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe in March 2026 and 2027.
Publicly funded support through established government funding bodies at the local, state and Federal level are essential to making Australian free or low-cost cultural, arts and tourism events financially viable, year on year. Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe values its historic partnerships with government, sponsors, philanthropists, international partners and embassies and the broader Australian arts sector to ensure the exhibition provides a free to the public event with cultural tourism experiences, family engagement and School Education Programs for years to come.
Thank you to the people of Perth, WA and the 596 artists from 44 countries around the world who have made the last 20 years of Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe so enjoyable and one of the largest free to the public events in the world. We also thank all of our volunteers, staff, donors, sponsors, the Town of Cottesloe, Lotterywest, Tourism WA and the WA government for their support.
In the meantime, please view (and visit) the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail in southern New South Wales which are now complete. This major public collection provides year-round access to sculptures from all over the world, thereby helping to revitalise the region after the Black Summer Bushfires of 2019-2020. At 13 locations along a 150km of the Snowy Valleys Ways 64 sculptures are sited on public land, at the Tumbarumba vineyards with cellar doors and in Bago State Forest. Most of this $6M project was generously funded by NSW and Federal Governments.