SCULPTURE BY THE SEA

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Essentials about Sculpture by the Sea in brief

Sculpture by the Sea is a unique art event. It is Australia’s largest temporary exhibition of sculpture in public spaces. Sculpture by the Sea has been held every year since 1997 in October/November on the coastal section of the Bondi to Bronte Costal Walk between Bondi and Tamarama Beach. On display each time are around 100 sculptures by Australian and international sculptors.

The history of Sculpture by the Sea

Sculpture by the Sea’s first exhibition took place in 1997 on Bondi Beach for just one day and was visited by 25,000 people. In 1998, as part of the Olympic Arts Festival, 260 sculptures were installed at five different locations in Australia, including works by Sculpture by the Sea. This led to the event’s breakthrough in Sydney as well. In 2005, it was held for the first time under the same title in Cottesloe, a suburb of Perth in Western Australia, and since 2009 there has also been an exhibition of the same name every two years in Aarhus in Denmark.

Meanwhile, Sculpture by the Sea is known and popular far beyond the city limits of Sydney. More than half a million people walk along the Pacific coast year after year to view the sculptures. The only problem with the event is the sometimes unexpectedly rough weather conditions on the coast, which have already led to damage to individual works in the past.