Destinations
Sculpture gardens and parks, private collections, museums and art centers, in the city or in the wilds.
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Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park, Oslo
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Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo
The natural state does not truly exist on this planet anymore. The earth has been relentlessly turned over …
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The Vostell Malpartida Museum
In the spring, the landscape of northern Spanish Extremadura is a display of warm greens and incandescent yellows, …
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Postcard from the Zentrum Paul Klee
It is a bit of a magical place, at the end of line 12, right past the highway. …
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Almourol Contemporary Sculpture Park
Oddly enough, in a country dominated by its capital city Lisbon, one needs to go to Vila Nova …
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Le Château La Coste, France
In Puy-Sainte-Réparade, in the heart of Provence near Aix-en-Provence, the Château La Coste, a 500-acre vineyard, offers a …
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The Oficina Brennand in Recife, Brazil
Located on the outskirts of Recife (Eastern tip of Brazil), the Oficina Brennand is accessible through a long …
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CIAP Centre international d’art et du paysage, Vassivière island
Marianne Lanavère, director of the CIAP, and Marc Sautivet, founder of the first sculpture symposium on the Vassivière …
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Queen Califia, Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle’s last monumental work is nestled in a large park where families go walk their …
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Bold Tendencies
Ten years ago, Bold Tendencies grew out of a desire to find a space to show a group …
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The Line : London’s first art walk
The Line is London’s first dedicated art walk, launched in May 2015. It was conceived as an outdoor …
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Fondation Marta Pan – André Wogenscky’s Sculpture Garden
We discussed everything, Marta recalls. First question, the exterior. “What color would you like for the house?” I …
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Outdoor sculptures at the Fondation de Coubertin
Located an hour by train from Paris in the regional natural park of the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse, …
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Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden — UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles
Matisse’s four backs! Who knew they could be found elsewhere than at the Museum of Modern Art in …
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Reykjavík: a City of Sculpture Gardens and Public Monuments
Iceland’s parliament, the oldest functioning legislative body in the world, currently meets in a small brick building in …
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Barcelona: taking it outside!
Often referred to as “open sky museum”, Barcelona is a true gold mine when it comes to architecture, …
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DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
It’s on a gorgeous fall day, when the bright colors of foliage become dazzling, that we set on …
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Postcard from Venice
Every chance I get, I immerse myself again in Peggy’s universe, travel back in time, and imagine myself …
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The Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Gardens
To let you discover new sculpture parks around the world, Sculpture Nature had the pleasure to ask a …
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An Outdoor Museum Filled with Amazing Surprises : Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
In the context of Sculpture Network’s 14th International Forum, I have been lucky enough to visit last month …
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Chaumont-sur-Loire 2016 Artistic Program
Interview with Chantal Colleu-Dumond, director of the Domaine Chaumont-sur-Loire about the 2016 visual arts program. Domaine Régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire 41150 …
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The sculpture park at the Domaine de Kerguéhennec
This year, the sculpture park at the Domaine de Kerguéhennec (Morbihan department) celebrates its 30th anniversary. For the …
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Postcard from the International Center of Arts and Landscape at Vassivière Island
Walking across the long footbridge leading to Vassivière Island, one leaves something behind; one lightens. This is a …
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Andy Goldsworthy Investigates the History of the Presidio of San Francisco
People often think of forests as wholly natural places. In this “wilderness” we sometimes see the world as …
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Three Sculpture Gardens in Tuscany, Italy
This month, Sculpture Nature invites you to discover three of the most famous Tuscan sculpture gardens: The …
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Escapade in the Empire of Signs
On our way to the Setouchi Triennale, we took a detour through Japan, where the landscape becomes a …
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Postcard from Rio de Janeiro
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx, Barra de Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Roberto Burle Marx, mostly known as a landscape …
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New Garden at the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park: the Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden.
The story of the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park (West Michigan, USA) started long before its opening …
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Postcard from Cambodia
Khmer temples of Ta Prohm and Preah Khan, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Anonymous. No art or installation per se. …
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Estuary Nantes Saint-Nazaire. An Outdoor Collection
Since 2007, the Loire river estuary keeps evolving. Better yet, it has become an outdoor museum which can …
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The Norton Simon Museum Sculpture Garden
Nine magnificent sculptures by Henry Moore, three of the most beautiful Aristide Maillol, eight Auguste Rodin, and other …
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Interview with the Fields Sculpture Park curator, Nicole Hayes
Omi International Arts Center comprises sixty acres of land and woods. The Fields Sculpture Park offers nearly eighty …
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The Maeght Foundation, a Timeless Must-See
A must-see: the Maeght Foundation remains a magical site! Its inauguration soirees, featuring artists, jazz singers and intellectuals, …
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The Château d’Arsac and its sculpture garden: interview with Philippe Raoux.
Philippe Raoux, owner of the Château d’Arsac and contemporary art collector, answered a few questions on the …
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Inhotim, an extraordinary garden
Located an hour drive from Belo Horizonte in South East Brazil, the open sky Inhotim museum is an …
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A Tour of Storm King with Director David Collens
An hour drive north of New York City, Storm King Art Center, one of the largest sculpture parks …
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An interactive map to discover Andy Goldsworthy’s Refuge d’Art around Digne-les-Bains
British artist Andy Goldsworthy has been working since 1995 on Refuge d’Art, a magnificent project that has been …
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In New York, the new Whitney museum opens up to the outdoors.
The Whitney Museum of American Art was founded in 1930 by sculptor and collector Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney to …
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Enea Tree Museum, Another Vision on Outdoor Sculpture
In entering Enea Gardens, an hour away south of Zurich, you will be greated by works of art …
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The Return of the Great Patrons of the Arts
They are wealthy and enterprising. But that’s not enough. Today, they want to become art collectors and patrons …
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Imperial Sculptures, The Benches of Inhotim
When visiting the Brazilian contemporary arts garden of Inhotim, for the first time -or even the second or …
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The Fields Sculpture Park at OMI International Arts Center
Founded by Francis J. Greenburger, Omi International Arts Center is mostly known for its residency programs, which host …
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Parque de La Memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Facing the water, behind the University of Buenos Aires, stands the Parque de la Memoria, a park displaying …
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