Sculpture by the Sea Bondi, 2024
Since 1997, artists from all over the world have brought heavy sculptures to the Bondi to Bronte shoreline. Since then, Sculpture by the Sea has become the world’s largest free outdoor sculpture exhibition. In 2024, over 100 sculptures will sit along the two-kilometre coastal walk. Organisers expect to welcome 450,000 people over the 18-day exhibition.
Leading Australian sculptors contributing to the exhibit include May Barrie, Anne Ferguson, Geoffrey Bartlett, Bert Flugelman, Michael Le Grand, Louise Paramor, Ron Robertson-Swann OAM, Ken Unsworth and Hossein Valamanesh. This year’s exhibition has a particular focus on India, with a showcase of 12 works by sculptors from the region. Three notable Japanese – Haruyuki Uchida, Keizo Ushio and Toshio Iezumi – will exhibit alongside nine other Japanese artists. Thirty-five artists are exhibiting for the first time.