Over 100 Australian and international artists collectively spent around $1.5 - $1.8 million to create and freight their sculptures from around the world for the exhibition, but the organisers are determined for that effort to not have been a waste – all will be in the lineup of the delayed exhibition, which "will be postponed and hopefully open for the viewing public in early 2021." In the meantime, a few bright spots have appeared on the horizon. Organizers of Sculpture have teased the erection of a yet-to-be-announced sculpture on the south Bondi headland in mid-November, in order to "act as a beacon of hope for the future". Additionally, primary and early secondary school students from across greater Sydney and regional NSW, including some of the areas worst affected by the bushfires in early 2020, will welcome sculptors and artists to their classrooms to run workshops, as part of the Sculptors to Your School program. Still want to get a little sculpture fix? The fascinating Liverpool Sculpture Walk bends around the Georges River in south west Sydney, while Les Sculptures Refusées is comprised of 'rejects' from the main festival and is showing at, aptly, Manly's historic Quarantine Station, where some of Australia’s best sculptors – who have previously shown, or just missed out on exhibiting in Sculpture – will be on show at this open air exhibition. The outdoor exhibition will be available again in October and November 2021, under concerns of COVID. The Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney and Perth is Australia's largest annual outdoor sculpture exhibition. This exhibition was initiated in 1997, at Bondi Beach and it featured sculptures by both Australian and overseas artists. Find out more
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