Landmark New Sculpture by Acclaimed Artist Peter Randall-Page for Dulwich

LONDON.- On 14 September the Dulwich Picture Gallery will unveil a new, permanent sculpture in its grounds. Walking the Dog by acclaimed artist Peter Randall-Page is being presented to the Gallery by the Art Fund to mark its 2011 bicentenary. It is the first contemporary sculpture to be acquired for Dulwich – the UK’s first public art gallery. Peter Randall-Page has gained an international reputation through his sculpture, drawings and prints Peter Randall-Page has gained an international reputation through his [...]

Tony Cragg in 4D: From Flux to Stability at the International Gallery of Modern Art in Venice

VENICE.- A project conceived especially for Ca’ Pesaro by one of the protagonists of sculpture today, Tony Cragg (Liverpool, 1949). With an itinerary through the three floors of Ca’ Pesaro – from the entrance hall and small room on the ground floor, to the monumental staircase, second floor and façade overlooking the Grand Canal – the exhibition offers forty works of art, in glass, bronze, steel, plastic, wood and stone, but also drawings, preparatory sketches and watercolours, spanning thirty years [...]

Leeds Art Gallery Displays Major Elisabeth Frink Sculpture

LEEDS.- Birdman, a life-size sculpture by acclaimed artist Elisabeth Frink (1930 – 1993) has gone on display at Leeds Art Gallery. Valued at £250,000, the unique plaster maquette was given to Leeds through the Art Fund by the Frink Estate and Beaux Arts London. This is the first sculpture by Elisabeth Frink to be part of Leeds’ permanent collection, which boasts works by some of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century. The acquisition of such an important piece by [...]

Richard Deacon at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Strasbourg

STRASBOURG.- Born in Wales in 1949, Richard Deacon is internationally recognized as one of contemporary sculpture’s most influential figures. He quickly emerged as an exceptional fabricator of forms, the creator of an artistic universe fluidly embracing the living. The Missing Part exhibition, designed in close collaboration with the artist, is a retrospective of 40 years of his work shown here for the first time as an assemblage of approximately forty sculptures and some 120 drawings, engravings and photographs. Appearing on [...]

Bruce Museum Acquires Sculpture by Gaston Lachaise

GREENWICH, CT.- The Bruce Museum announces that it has acquired a major sculpture by the French/American artist Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935), one of the pioneers of modern art in the early decades of the last century. The work depicts Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996), one of the most dynamic and influential cultural figures of his day, an impresario and author, as well as a great patron of the arts. The sculpture, titled Man Walking (Portrait of Lincoln Kirstein), is one of only two [...]

Historic Royal Palaces Awards Sculpture Commission to Kendra Haste

LONDON.- In June 2010 the artist was awarded a commission by Historic Royal Palaces to fabricate thirteen sculptures as part of an exhibition exploring the history of the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London. Made from her trade-mark material, galvanised wire, life-size lions, baboons, a polar bear and an elephant, will help tell the story of the exotic animals that were a popular tourist attraction at the Tower from the 1100s. In 1831-2 the remaining animals from the Menagerie [...]

Joslyn Art Museum Celebrates a Contemporary American Sculptor

OMAHA, NE.- Opening August 7 in Joslyn Art Museum’s contemporary galleries is an exhibition celebrating Albert Paley’s diverse and significant body of work, his virtuosity as a monumental sculptor, and the completion and dedication of Odyssey, Paley’s gateway into Iowa on Interstate 80 at S. 24th Street in Council Bluffs, Iowa, near the Missouri River border with neighboring Omaha. Odyssey was commissioned by the Iowa West Foundation as part of their nationally acclaimed Public Art Initiative. Albert Paley: Celebrating a [...]

Delaware Art Museum Presents Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture

WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents Modern Morphism: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, on view August 7, 2010 – October 3, 2010. Part of the Museum’s Outlooks Exhibition Series, this exhibition encourages viewers to explore the interconnectedness of art and nature. Clay was sculpted into forms based in nature, and then further transformed by the artists’ imagination into something unreal. The works can be organized into the following groups: anthropomorphism (imbuing the form of an animal or inanimate object with human [...]

Salvador Dalí Sculpture Donated to the City of Andorra

ANDORRA.- The Salvador Dali sculpture, the ‘Nobility of Time’ has been placed in Andorra’s capital city, in the Piazza Rotonda Andorra la Vella. It was donated to the Andorran government by Enric Sabater, who was Dali’s agent, collaborator and confident between 1968 and 1982. The stunning five meter high sculpture has been placed in the city’s most prestigious and historic square, in the towns oldest quarter which dates from the twelfth century. The bronze sculpture is one of the melted [...]

Everson Museum Presents the Work of Gerald DiGiusto

SYRACUSE, NY.- The Everson Museum of Art presents a selection of sculptures from Gerald DiGiusto Contro Series, in collaboration with the Skaneateles Festival. Three of DiGiusto’s Con-Ten Steel sculptures, Contro 1, Contro 5 and Contro 6, will be on view on the Everson podium August 4 – November 17, 2010. Three additional sculptures will be on view for concert goers at the Skaneateles Festival’s Saturday evening concerts on August 14, 21 and 28, 2010. “DiGiusto’s powerful sculptures beautifully compliment the [...]

‘American Gothic’ Public Art Sculpture to Tower Over Other Exhibits at State Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- A 25-foot-tall sculpture inspired by Grant Wood’s iconic painting “American Gothic will stand guard in Dow AgroSciences Celebration Park during the Great Indiana State Fair, Aug. 6 – 22. “God Bless America,” which has traveled to Chicago, Florida, Arizona and New York, will feature the well-known farmer with his pitchfork and daughter by his side. The sculpture, installed July 26 with the help of giant cranes, is a reminder of the nation’s agricultural roots. “This piece of public [...]

100 Life-Size Cast Iron Figures by Antony Gormley Installed by Helicopter in the Austrian Alps

LECH-OBERLECH.- On Saturday 31 July, the hundredth figure by leading British sculptor, Antony Gormley was lowered into place by helicopter to launch the artist’s unique installation, Horizon Field, in the mountains of Vorarlberg in Austria, presented in association with the Kunsthaus Bregenz. Horizon Field features 100 life-size cast iron figures installed over an area of 150 square kilometres. It is the first art project of its kind in the mountains and the largest landscape intervention in Austria to date. The [...]

Powerful New Art Funded Works Added to The Herbert’s Collection

COVENTRY.- The Herbert has purchased two artworks for its permanent collection, Bloodlines by Iftikhar Dadi and Nalini Malani and Belsen Head by Raymond Mason. We gave the Herbert £11,500 and £12,500 for the two works respectively. Funding also came in from the Heritage Lottery Fund Collecting Cultures Programme and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund. These two striking works form part of the Herbert’s Peace and Reconciliation collection, for which the Herbert is currently working on enhancing through an HLF funded [...]

Moore Sculpture Returns to Historic New England’s Gropius House

BOSTON, MA.- To further add to its collection of material related to its historic properties, Historic New England is acquiring a bronze reclining figure by sculptor and artist Henry Moore (1898-1986) that was a gift from Moore to Walter and Ise Gropius and, during their lifetime, was displayed on a shelf in the living room of Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Moore, one of the most celebrated sculptors of his time, visited the Gropiuses at their home in 1946, signed [...]

Artist Robert Therrien Donates Two Sculptures to Artist Rooms Collection

EDINBURGH.- The National Galleries of Scotland and Tate announced that the internationally renowned American artist, Robert Therrien has very generously given two major sculptures to the ARTIST ROOMS collection. These two seminal pieces, No Title (Beard Cart) 2004 and No Title (Stacked Plates) 2010 will significantly enhance the group of five important works by the artist already featured in the ARTIST ROOMS collection that was created by the collector Anthony d’Offay in 2008. The addition of these two gifts establishes [...]