One of my lifelong dreams is to travel the world and report at art events like museum and gallery openings or art festivals . During my time at My Modern Met, a few of the events that I really enjoyed were Art of the Streets at LA’s MOCA, Vivid Sydney in Australia, Tim Burton’s retrospective at the LACMA, and Art Basel in Miami. A few of the installations that I reported on but that I wished I had seen in person are Jaume Plensa at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Leandro Erlich’s building illusion in Paris, and Tomas Saraceno mesh orbit in Dusseldorf, Germany.
One of the art festivals that I would love to attend is Sculpture by the Sea at Australia’s Bondi Beach. There’s just something about seeing artworks sit right on the beach, with water and light as their backdrop. I can only imagine experiencing them with the wonderfully refreshing smell of the beach all around them.
From the Sculpture by the Sea website:
Staged on the spectacular Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi is one of Sydney’s most popular events, with 520,000 visitors viewing over 100 sculptures by artists from around the world. Held since 1997, this free to the public exhibition captures the imagination of Sydney and its visitors for three weeks each spring and is the largest annual sculpture exhibition in the world. The exhibition generates an almost unprecedented level of goodwill among the public as they enjoy one of the most unique events in the world.
The 2015 show just wrapped up, it ran from October 22 to November 9. Here are some of the highlights from this year as well as from years’ past.
Above: Norton Flavell, Dust, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2015. Photo by Jessica Wyld Photography.
Sandra Cross, Dissolution III, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2015. Photo Clyde Yee.
Zilvinas Kempinas, Kakashi (2012), Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2015. Photo Clyde Yee.
Wang Shugang, Man on Ball, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2015. Photo Clyde Yee.
Barbara Licha, Listen Time Passes, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2015. Photo Clyde Yee.
Kim Perrier, Ashes to Ashes, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2015. Photo Clyde Yee.
Kathleen Berney, Minden Jó Lesz 1953 (All Shall Be Well), Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2015. Photo Clyde Yee.
TaeGeun Yang, Pig of Fortune #2, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2015. Photo Clyde Yee.
Michael Van Dam, Intervention (2014), Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2015. Photo Clyde Yee.
Elaine Miles, Tidal Pools, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2014. Photo Meredith Schofield.
Carla Gottgens, The Guardians, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2014. Photo Meredith Schofield.
Linton Meagher, Glamarama, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2014. Photo Clyde Yee.
Matt Calvert, Girl Pointing, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2013. Photo Samantha Burns.
David McCracken, Diminish and Ascend, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2013. Photo William Patino.
I’m hoping to keep attending art events around the world. Can’t wait to share them with you! How about you? Which art events have you been to? Which ones will you remember forever?
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