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Please note that many events may have to be postponed or cancelled due to the corona virus. Please contact the organisers directly and check the relevant homepages for the current status.

Upcoming Events:

28. 10. 2021 - 16. 01. 2022
Museum Haus Konstruktiv is honoring artist Florin Granwehr (1942–2019) with a retrospective. This sculptor and draftsman left behind a multi-layered oeuvre which, in addition to several realized art-in-architecture projects and sculptures in public spaces, also includes a wealth of sketches, models and drawings that have rarely seen the light of day. Via selected examples of his work, the full breadth of Granwehr’s oeuvre is now being shown.
FLORIN GRANWEHR
Zürich - Switzerland
28. 10. 2021 - 16. 01. 2022
In 2021, the Zurich Art Prize, awarded annually by Museum Haus Konstruktiv and Zurich Insurance Group Ltd, goes to Sonia Kacem (*1985 in Geneva, lives and works in Amsterdam). The Swiss-Tunisian artist is the 14th winner of this prestigious award.
SONIA KACEM
Zürich - Switzerland
04. 11. 2021 - 07. 11. 2021
The Discovery Art Fair presents for the fourth time a broad spectrum of emerging contemporary art in the financial capital of Frankfurt am Main. On the first weekend of November the exhibition hall on the Frankfurt fairgrounds will be filled with fresh contemporary art at affordable prices again. For the 4th edition of the art fair, the organizers are presenting around 100 exhibitors and welcome thousands of visitors.
DISCOVERY ART FAIR
Frankfurt am Main - Germany
06. 11. 2021
Curator-led tour exhibition Save the Forest! with curator Anne Berk, vice-chairman of sculpture network.
DIALOGUE IN NIJMEGEN
Nijmegen - Netherlands
06. 11. 2021 - 27. 02. 2022
Candice Lin is a multi-faceted artist. She makes many different kinds of art: text, sculpture, drawings, ceramics, and video. She combines these different kinds of art to create something new. This is how new sculptures and installations are created.
CANDICE LIN
Osnabrück - Germany
11. 11. 2021 - 14. 11. 2021
KUNST UND DRAMA präsentiert unter der Schirmherrschaft von Heino von der Marwitz Objekte und Zeichnungen von Roland Eugen Beiküfner
Objekte u. Zeichnungen
Nürnberg - Germany
13. 11. 2021 - 24. 12. 2021
Galerie TscharT präsentiert Michael Freudenberg "Im Wandel" - Leipzig, 15. Oktober 2021: Seit wenigen Tagen zieren die farbenprächtigen Arbeiten des Malers, Grafikers und Objektkünstlers Michael Freudenberg die Wände der kleinen Galerie TscharT im schönen Leipziger Waldstraßenviertel. Zur Ausstellungseröffnung am vergangenen Wochenende trafen sich bereits Kunstschaffende und Interessierte zu einem illustren Abend. Im November setzt sich dieser nun fort. Am 13.11.2021 lädt die Galerie ab 17 Uhr mit der Midissage "Im Wandel" erneut in die Tschaikowskistraße 21 ein.
TscharT-Midissage
Leipzig - Germany
13. 11. 2021
Guiados por el Dr. Josep Roy, escultor, profesor del Departamento de Escultura de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Barcelona, investigador y escritor de múltiples artículos sobre la escultura pública contemporánea y el espacio urbano, visitaremos el barrio de la Vall d’Hebron, que incluye zonas deportivas y residenciales.
DIALOGUE IN BARCELONA
Barcelona - Spain
17. 11. 2021 - 21. 11. 2021
As the oldest art fair in the world, ART COLOGNE is the most important industry meeting point for galleries and institutions in Germany and has been an occasion for generations of art collectors to discover, collect, exchange ideas and establish new contacts.
ART COLOGNE
Cologne - Germany
21. 11. 2021 - 29. 05. 2022
This coming autumn, Kunsthal Rotterdam will proudly present ‘Calder Now’, an extensive exhibition that explores for the first time in Europe the modern master’s enduring and unmistakable influence on contemporary art.
CALDER NOW
Rotterdam - Netherlands
22. 11. 2021
Join our Zoom Meeting on Monday, 22 November, 20.00 CEST.
HEAVY METAL
Online -
24. 11. 2021 - 20. 02. 2022
For over twenty years Ugo Rondinone has been crossing the boundaries between media and disciplines.
UGO RONDINONE
Wien - Austria

Still running events:

23. 10. 2018 - 31. 10. 2023
Liverpool Mountain is Swiss-artist Ugo Rondinone’s first public artwork in the UK and the first of its kind in Europe.
UGO RONDINONE
Liverpool - United Kingdom
13. 04. 2019 - 01. 04. 2022
At Yorkshire Sculpture Park, four sculptures by Damien Hirst will be placed in the newly revived 18th-century Deer Park for Yorkshire Sculpture International.
Damien Hirst
West Bretton Wakefield - United Kingdom
01. 08. 2020 - 31. 07. 2022
ÜberNatur – Natural Takeover
Köln Skulptur #10
Köln - Germany
29. 08. 2020 - 31. 12. 2021
Shifting Proximities explores human experience and interaction in the face of social and technological change.
SHIFTING PROXIMITIES
Amsterdam - Netherlands
07. 03. 2021 - 09. 01. 2022
Celebrated Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos creates vibrant, often monumental sculpture, using fabric, needlework and crochet alongside everyday objects from saucepans to wheel hubs. She frequently uses items associated with domestic work and craft to comment from a feminist perspective on national and collective identity, cultural tradition and women’s roles in society.
Joana Vasconcelos
Wakefield - United Kingdom
18. 04. 2021 - 30. 04. 2022
IM RAUM BEWEGT STILL VERÄNDERT - Bewegte Dreidimensionale Kunst von Jürgen Heinz in Park und Artificium des Museum Stangenberg Merck bei Darmstadt.
Museum Stangenberg M.
Seeheim-Jugenheim - Germany
08. 05. 2021 - 31. 10. 2021
Guests from around the world are familiar with Bad Ragaz and The old Bad Pfäfers Baths. From May to November 2021, about 400 sculptures are permanent guests in public areas of Bad Ragaz.
Bad RagARTz
Bad Ragaz - Switzerland
08. 05. 2021 - 07. 05. 2022
Grenzen sprengen!
Grenzgänger
Läufelfingen - Switzerland
18. 05. 2021 - 21. 11. 2021
Experimental works reveal a new side to the sculptor who changed modern art.
THE EY EXHIBITION
London - United Kingdom
22. 05. 2021 - 21. 11. 2021
CoExistence an Installation by Patricia McKenna in the rafters of Palazzo Mora, Hosted by the European Cultural Centre, Venice , Italy.
CoExistence
Venice, Italy - Italy
22. 05. 2021 - 21. 11. 2021
Open to the public from Saturday 22 May through Sunday 21 November 2021 at the Giardini, the Arsenale, and Forte Marghera the 17th International Architecture Exhibition titled 'How will we live together?' is curated by Hashim Sarkis and organized by La Biennale di Venezia.
BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA
Venice - Italy
22. 05. 2021 - 21. 11. 2021
The European Cultural Centre presents the fifth edition of the extensive biennial architecture exhibition with the title TIME SPACE EXISTENCE. The exhibition will open in parallel with Biennale Architettura on May 22nd, 2021.
TIME SPACE EXISTENCE
Venice - Italy
26. 05. 2021 - 01. 01. 2022
“One breathing organism”
Full of culture
Speuld (Ermelo) - Netherlands
27. 05. 2021 - 07. 11. 2021
Beaufort is an art project along the Belgian coast. In 2021 the triennial welcomes its seventh edition.
BEAUFORT 21
West Coast - Middle Coast - East Coast - Belgium
28. 05. 2021 - 05. 06. 2022
Der in seiner Heimat hochgeschätzte Oberpfälzer Bildhauer Peter Mayer (1938 – 2009) ist für eine breite Öffentlichkeit noch zu entdecken.
PETER MAYER
Landshut - Germany
28. 05. 2021 - 17. 04. 2022
Das KOENIGmuseum widmet 2021 Michael Sailstorfer (*1979), dem Bildhauer und internationalen Shootingstar der aktuellen Kunstszene aus Berlin mit niederbayerischen Wurzeln, im Rahmen einer Studioausstellung einen eigenen Raum.
MICHAEL SAILSTORFER
Landshut - Germany
11. 06. 2021 - 09. 01. 2022
The group exhibition “Sweat” is the result of two years of intensive research. The show is dedicated to the phenomenon of bodies that act together and shape their present.
SWEAT
München - Germany
15. 06. 2021 - 01. 04. 2022
Sculpture in the City, the City of London’s annual programme of public artworks placed amidst the iconic architecture of the City Cluster, launches its tenth anniversary edition today with works from 18 contemporary artists.
SCULPTURE IN THE CITY
London - United Kingdom
19. 06. 2021 - 10. 04. 2022
The exhibition Architectures of Transition presents Nordic architects and projects that, in various ways, represent a shift in contemporary architecture.
ARCHITECTURES
Umeå - Sweden
28. 06. 2021 - 30. 06. 2022
The exhibition SKULPTUREN AM MEER on the promenade from Strande to the Bülk lighthouse presents five large free sculptures by Jörg Plickat.
SKULPTUREN AM MEER
Strande - Germany
01. 07. 2021 - 31. 10. 2021
The British National Sculpture Prize – hosted by Broomhill Estate in Devon – was founded by Rinus and Aniet van de Sande in 2009 to inspire, motivate and support emerging artists living in the UK.
(NSP): SCULPTURE PRIZE
Barnstaple - United Kingdom
04. 07. 2021 - 02. 01. 2022
Waldfrieden Sculpture Park has taken the occasion of Heinz Mack's 90th birthday to stage a major exhibition devoted entirely to his sculptural work.
HEINZ MACK: SCULPTURES
Wuppertal - Germany
08. 07. 2021 - 01. 11. 2021
For the STUDIO of the Kunsthalle Mannheim, the Israeli artist Zipora Rafaelov is developing an expansive installation employing a very special technique.
ZIPORA RAFAELOV
Mannheim - Germany
10. 07. 2021 - 24. 04. 2022
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is delighted to present - among other sculptures - 399 Days by Rachel Kneebone (b.1973) in the unique environment of the 18th-century Chapel.
RACHEL KNEEBONE
Wakefield - United Kingdom
22. 07. 2021 - 02. 11. 2021
The fifth edition of Creative Folkestone Triennial is running from Thursday 22 July – Tuesday 2 November 2021, presenting around 27 newly commissioned site-specific artworks by internationally acclaimed artists, inviting you to explore the town and its urban tales.
FOLKESTONE TRIENNIAL
Folkestone - United Kingdom
27. 08. 2021 - 20. 02. 2022
The space-filling work comprising a total of 2,000 plaster rods is being shown again at the Kunsthaus Zürich for the first time in 20 years.
THE 2000 SCULPTURE
Zürich - Switzerland
03. 09. 2021 - 31. 10. 2021
Die Moving Sculptures von Jürgen Heinz - ein lyrisches ballet mécanique im Spannungsfeld zwischen Stillstand und Bewegung, Schwere und Leichtigkeit, Raum und Zeit.
Kunst braucht Bewegung
Lorsch - Germany
03. 09. 2021 - 30. 10. 2021
Group Show - Arbeiten auf Papier von 6 internationalen Künstlern*innen
PoP - Painting on Pape
Köln - Germany
04. 09. 2021 - 14. 11. 2021
The British artist Charlotte Prodger’s (*1974) roots in queer culture are the basis of her critical attitude towards social norms. In her works, she addresses pressing questions concerning gender politics, individuality and freedom and deals in depth with social structures and system dependencies.
CHARLOTTE PRODGER
Winterthur - Switzerland
04. 09. 2021 - 14. 11. 2021
Alan Charlton (*1948) and Richard Long (*1945) are among the most outstanding British artists of recent decades.
CHARLTON - LONG
Winterthur - Switzerland
04. 09. 2021 - 30. 10. 2021
IN HONOUR OF 10 artists of the Dutch Sculpture Society show their work at HAZART, Soest NL, 4 September – 30 October 2021
HAZART, Netherlands
Soest - Netherlands
12. 09. 2021 - 27. 03. 2022
'SMALT- Podagrists' is a group exhibition that offers a different perspective on the history of Coevorden, Southeast Drenthe, Nordhorn and Graafschap Bentheim.
SMALT-PODAGRISTS
Coevorden - Netherlands
12. 09. 2021 - 19. 12. 2021
Die Ausstellung IN DUOS kombiniert filigrane Holzskulpturen des Zürcher Bildhauers Adrian Bütikofer mit grossformatigen Farbräumen des Bündner Malers Gian Gianotti.
IN DUOS
Diessenhofen - Switzerland
14. 09. 2021 - 31. 10. 2021
Returning to the English Gardens in The Regent's Park in London, Frieze Sculpture addresses themes including architecture, geopolitical power structures and environmental concern. It is free and open to all.
FRIEZE SCULPTURE
London - United Kingdom
17. 09. 2021 - 16. 01. 2022
With Heidi Bucher (* 1923 Winterthur † 1993 Brunnen, Switzerland), Haus der Kunst is presenting a representative of the international neo-avant-gardes to rediscover, whose latex works explore the constraints and liberation processes of human forms of existence.
HEIDI BUCHER
München - Germany
17. 09. 2021 - 16. 01. 2022
This exhibition by Julia Crabtree and William Evans will include new and recent work by the duo who have collaborated for over a decade.
CRABTREE AND EVANS
Leeds - United Kingdom
18. 09. 2021 - 04. 04. 2022
The work of Alicja Kwade (*1979) is inspired by scientific, philosophical and social questions. By exploring models and constructs that form our perception of time, space and matter, her large-scale installations question the possibilities of objective and subjective knowledge.
Alicja Kwade
Berlin - Germany
18. 09. 2021 - 05. 12. 2021
‘Rettet den Wald!’ was the cry of the German artist and anthroposophist Joseph Beuys back in 1971. With this call to action he rallied fifty students to prevent the clearing of part of the Düsseldorfse Grafenberger forest. He and his tree knights swept the paths clean and marked the threatened trees.
SAVE THE FOREST!
Nimwegen - Netherlands
18. 09. 2021 - 23. 01. 2022
Matter may be living, nonliving, or dead – you might expect the distinctions to be explained in an elementary biology lesson. But are those distinctions really as clearcut as they may seem? Dutch artist Isabelle Andriessen (1986) explores in her sculptures the gray area between them.
DORM
Tilburg - Netherlands
18. 09. 2021 - 16. 01. 2022
Thea Djordjadze’s artistic practice can be understood as a process of continually reusing, reconfiguring and rearranging objects. From 18 September 2021, the Gropius Bau hosts an extensive exhibition of the Berlin-based artist’s work which will engage in a dialogue with the historic building.
THEA DJORJDADZE
Berlin - Germany
22. 09. 2021 - 02. 01. 2022
Known for her work examining the relationship between the body and architecture, Emily Speed has developed a new commission for Tate Liverpool. Speed’s practice considers how a person is shaped by the buildings they have occupied and how a person occupies their own psychological space.
EMILY SPEED
Liverpool - United Kingdom
25. 09. 2021 - 09. 01. 2022
Mika Rottenberg mirrors and nails the global situation and human condition of our day and age. She mixes film, installation and sculpture, weaving truth with fiction to create spellbinding works that are both absurd, surrealistic, critical, loving – and fun.
MIKA ROTTENBERG
Humlebæk - Denmark
30. 09. 2021 - 13. 02. 2022
Dutch artist William Engelen (b. 1964), who is based in Berlin, makes installations and compositions that combine visual art with audacious music.
WILLIAM ENGELEN
The Hague - Netherlands
01. 10. 2021 - 31. 10. 2021
De expositie: "Ter Ere Van”. In een breder verband: herdenken, herinneren, jubileum, in memoriam, is er wat te vieren; penning, beker, grafsteen, prijs, medaille, beeld… De kunstenaars hebben daar hun eigen invullingen en ideeën over: De ode aan het individu; aan de ouderfiguur/de wortel van je bestaan; de toekomstige mens; bepaalde personen uit de geschiedenis. De natuur; de longen van de wereld; een provincie; een symbool wat al eeuwen ergens voor staat en een wereld behelst; de cyclische beweging van leven.… Een eerbetoon aan de kindertijd, met de mooie titel: een vliegmisschien.... De deelnemende kunstenaars zijn: Petra Boshart, Linda Verkaaik, Barbara Houwers, Irma van Koningsbruggen, Loes Schellekens , Sytske de Jong, Fred Broekkamp, Martie van der Loo Carla Rump, Godelieve Smulders , Mieke de Waal Merel Holleboom
ter ere van
soest - Netherlands
03. 10. 2021 - 21. 11. 2021
Since 2006, Arte Laguna Prize is the international art competition open to multiple disciplines – visual, performing, multimedia, landscape and digital arts – for the enhancement of contemporary art and the mapping of its current state. It was created to give the opportunity to art talents, more or less young, to emerge, to be noticed by the general public and by the jury composed of important names in the contemporary art scene, as well as to allow a democratic comparison between international artists .
ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE
Venice - Italy
09. 10. 2021 - 06. 02. 2022
In seiner Fotoserie Where Children Sleep zeigt James Mollison Schlafplätze von Kindern aus aller Welt. Er stellt ihnen die Porträts der dazugehörigen Mädchen und Jungen zur Seite, die etwa aus Brasilien, China, Indien, Israel, Mexiko, Nepal, dem Senegal oder den USA stammen.
Where Children Sleep.
Neu-Ulm - Germany
20. 10. 2021 - 16. 01. 2022
From October 2021, a site-specific installation by artist Emeka Ogboh will occupy the Gropius Bau’s vast atrium – the heart of the institution’s historical architecture, which is freely accessible without an entry price, welcoming all visitors to the very center of the building.
ÁMÀ
Berlin - Germany
23. 10. 2021 - 30. 01. 2022
This exhibition presents several aspects of Julia Bondesson’s artistry: wood sculptures, videos and paintings, and will be activated regularly by performances. Bodies and body parts, charged with both beauty and melancholy, are recurrent features in Bondesson’s works.
JULIA BONDESSON
Malmö - Sweden
28. 10. 2021 - 16. 01. 2022
In 2021, the Zurich Art Prize, awarded annually by Museum Haus Konstruktiv and Zurich Insurance Group Ltd, goes to Sonia Kacem (*1985 in Geneva, lives and works in Amsterdam). The Swiss-Tunisian artist is the 14th winner of this prestigious award.
SONIA KACEM
Zürich - Switzerland
28. 10. 2021 - 16. 01. 2022
Museum Haus Konstruktiv is honoring artist Florin Granwehr (1942–2019) with a retrospective. This sculptor and draftsman left behind a multi-layered oeuvre which, in addition to several realized art-in-architecture projects and sculptures in public spaces, also includes a wealth of sketches, models and drawings that have rarely seen the light of day. Via selected examples of his work, the full breadth of Granwehr’s oeuvre is now being shown.
FLORIN GRANWEHR
Zürich - Switzerland
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