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Jeddah Sculptures Restoration The city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia has one of the largest collections of open-air public sculptures in the world, including works by César Baldaccini… 03/05/2013
Sand beautiesSeveral artists created 16 sand sculptures during the first “Sand in the City” festival in San Salvador. The event aims to raise funds for the Tin Marin… 14/04/2013
From museums to mountains Should you find yourself on the peaks of Courchevel, fret not, your eyes are not playing tricks on you; that is, indeed, a red elephant. But it is also one… 05/04/2013
Snow sculpture at Vasaloppet China Ski FestivalWorkers shape a snow sculpture prior to the annual Vasaloppet China Ski Festival at Jingyuetan Park in Changchun. The festival will kick off on January 2… 26/12/2012
Laughing sculputres in Hong KongThese 3.5 metre high sculptures by Yue, one of the leading contemporary Chinese artist, are displayed during the “The Tao of Laughter” exhibition in Hong… 24/09/2012
Pink helicopter and giant stilettos at Palace of Versailles Visitors to the Palace of Versailles are – at the moment – greeted by the unusual sight of a giant pair of stainless steel stilettos as they walk into the… 20/06/2012
Incredible ice castles at Harbin Festival – nocomment China’s icy city of Harbin gears up for its annual ice festival. Workers put the final touches on ice castles, slides and snow sculptures. 04/01/2012
Ice festival opens in HarbinA horse carriage carrying tourists travels past ice sculptures ahead of the opening of the 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World in China. REUTERS/Sheng Li 26/12/2011
Ice sculpture festival in Germany – nocomment An annual exhibition of ice sculptures, this year with a circus theme, opens on Friday in the northern German city of Roevershagen. 22/12/2011
Disney Ice fantasy arrives in Bruges – nocomment International artists were putting the finishing touches Wednesday on a series of spectacular ice sculptures for the Belgian city’s annual snow and ice… 25/11/2011
In the footsteps of Fernando Botero A city best known as the home of one of the world’s most notorious drug cartels, Medellin in Colombia is also the birthplace of artist Fernando Botero. Born… 15/11/2011
Sydney’s seaside sculpture show Each year Sydney’s Pacific Coast is turned into a massive outdoor art gallery. Sculpture by the Sea, which stretches from Bondi Beach to Tamarama, is expected… 14/11/2011
Making waves: art show in Budapest lake Budapest’s boating lake is no longer just a lake; it is the venue for a modern art exhibition. 07/06/2011
Anish Kapoor gargantuan work invades Grand Palais A giant structure by British artist Anish Kapoor has been unveiled at Paris’ Grand Palais. The aim of the monster-like figure is to engulf the visitor, who… 16/05/2011
Macedonian diarySeamus Kearney spent a week in Skopje and at Lake Ohrid Skopje’s most famous daughter She is revered around the world, and in the minds of many she is… 09/05/2011
The changing face of Skopje This year Macedonians celebrate the 20th anniversary of their country’s independence from the former Yugoslavia. In the first of a three-part series… 05/05/2011
Some of Africa’s most famous art shows in Paris Totem-like figures, masks and sculptures that date back more than 1,000 years from West Africa’s Dogon region are now on show in Paris. 15/04/2011
Colourful ceramics at Miro show in Paris The colourful and often surreal sculptures of Catalan artist Joan Miro can now be seen in an exhibition in Paris. 16/03/2011
Snow sculpture in chinaA worker walks on a snow sculpture featuring camels prior to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in Heilongjiang province. Sheng… 26/12/2010
‘Dead’ Berlusconi artwork unveiledIn a glass case in the centre of Rome appears to lie the corpse of former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. Even in death he wears a smile, a bespoke… 30/05/2012
Phantom fountain felon fingered by fancy footwearItalian police say they have caught the phantom fountain felon who vandalised two of Rome’s most famous sites. And it was his fancy footwear that led them to… 05/09/2011
Bush statue unveiled in AlbaniaA tiny Albanian village unveiled a statue in honour of George W. Bush, in a square also named after him on Wednesday. The 2.85m bronze sculpture, which was… 07/07/2011
Giant Alexander statue erected in SkopjeA 11-metre-high, 40 tonne statue of Alexander the Great has been installed in central Skopje, but critics say his presence will not please everyone… 21/06/2011
Art Nazis called “degenerate” displayed in BerlinEleven sculptures condemned by the Nazi regime as “degenerate” and believed to have been lost or destroyed have been unearthed and are now on display at the… 17/11/2010
Manga magic hits France’s VersaillesVersailles has gone Manga mad. Eyepopping sculptures adorn the stunning gardens of the famous 17th century French Palace as part of a new exhibition by… 09/09/2010
Rio’s iconic Christ reveals its make-overRio de Janeiro’s iconic statue, Christ the Redeemer is back in plain view for all to see after a four month renovation. Scaffolding had for a while… 01/07/2010
Sculpture in EvoraA private collection featuring more than a 1,000 pieces of sculpture is on display in the Portuguese city of Evora. Says sculpter Marc Sijan: “I try to have… 10/06/2010
Test Sites – Anthony GormleyAnthony Gormley’s new show – Test Sites – has opened at the White Cube in London. The exhibition continues Gormley’s exploration of how the human body… 07/06/2010
Louise Bourgeois: a tributeOne of the world’s most influential contemporary artists, Louise Bourgeois, who died at the end of May, was probably best known for her giant spindly spiders… 04/06/2010
Art world mourns death of Louise BourgeoisThe art world is mourning the death of the influential sculptor Louise Bourgeois. The French-born American has died in Manhattan at the age of 98. Among… 01/06/2010
Painter Rocha in Picasso challengeBrazilian painter Fernando Rocha has set himself no small challenge – he wants to break Pablo Picasso’s record by completing more than 13,000 paintings in two… 09/04/2010
Chinese brothers take Mao shock art to CanadaThey have rocked China’s contemporary art scene with their politically-charged sculptures. And now the Gao brothers are taking their work to North America… 11/02/2010
Antony Gormley spins into BeijingIt looks a bit as though a giant spider has been at work in the Galleria Continua in Beijing. But the steel cords are the work of British artist Antony… 06/11/2009
Seaside sculpture from BondiThe International Sculpture by the Sea exhibition has opened in the Danish city of Aarhus. Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Mary were instrumental… 10/06/2009
Neptune of junk towers over El HierroThe Canary island of El Hierro now boasts a huge sculpture of Neptune, the work of Spanish artist Ruben Armiche, who created it from rubbish dumped around the… 08/04/2009
Czechs make light of EU stereotypesAn artwork portraying stereotypes of each EU country has been hung in the atrium of the Council building in Brussels. The current Czech presidency, in… 13/01/2009
