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News

2018

Elisabeth Frink in film

A film made in conjunction with the exhibition Elisabeth Frink: A Collector's Passion

23 Nov 2018

Modern British artist Elisabeth Frink spent much of her career living and working in her beautiful country home in Dorset, Woolland House. This film looks at how this environment inspired her explorations of nature and humanity, through sculptures and prints that are both aggressive and vulnerable.

Anne Acheson putting her finishing touches to a sculpture called October in the 1920s

From the Archive: Anne Acheson CBE FRBS

The legacy of a sculptor whose achievements in WW1 still perpetuate

31 Oct 2018

Anne Acheson (1882-1962) was a sculptor, born in Portadown, Co. Armagh. She studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art, Kensington from 1906-1910. Subsequently her bespoke sculptures became popular in many houses and gardens. Her work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and she became the first

Conversation in Colour 6 - 27 Oct 2018

Paul Huxley RA and Holly Rowan Hesson

17 Sep 2018

The Line collaborates with the Royal Society of Sculptors to launch Conversation In Colour. London City Island, the new creative and cultural neighbourhood on Leamouth Peninsula, will host a brand new exhibition for Frieze London. Curated by the Royal Society of Sculptors, the exhibition will

Article: The Intermediary Family by Bharti Kher

Dea Vanagan, Hauser & Wirth Director, reflects on Kher's new artwork for Frieze Sculpture 2018

04 Sep 2018

In July, Frieze Sculpture returned to the English Gardens of Regent’s Park in London for its seventh edition. Curated by Clare Lilley, Director of Programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 25 artists were selected through an open call by international galleries. With a mixture of existing and newly

Article: The Coffin Jump by Katrina Palmer

Helen Pheby, Senior Curator Yorkshire Sculpture Park discusses the park’s new 14-18 NOW installation

09 Jul 2018

The Coffin Jump by Katrina Palmer at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is inspired by the role of women in the First World War, particularly the all-female First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps). The artwork features a horse jump with texts written in response to the nurses’

Phillip King, Download Stretch Float Maquette, 2013. Image courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery. Photo: Luke A Walker

DUOLOGUE, 24 Sept to 2 Dec 2018

A live collaboration between Phillip King CBE and Alexandre da Cunha

05 Jul 2018

Phillip King CBE and Alexandre da Cunha, two of the leading sculptors working in the UK today, are coming together for a unique ‘live collaboration’ at the Royal Society of Sculptors , offering us a rare opportunity to glimpse into the artist’s studio and discover their working practises.

New award for young sculptors launched

Residency at Milwyn for Royal Academy Schools graduate

18 Jun 2018

Charlie Fegan is the first ever winner of an exciting new award providing aspiring young sculptors the opportunity to pursue their artistic ambitions. The Royal Society of Sculptors Bronze Award offers a student graduating from the Royal Academy Schools a 3 to 6 month residency at Milwyn Casting, a

Big Draw winners!

Museum & Galleries Award

07 Jun 2018

The Royal Society of Sculptors is absolutely delighted to announce that we have won the international Big Draw Festival Museum & Galleries Award 2017/18.

In Memoriam III, outside Royal Society of Sculptors

Faces of Sculpture

Portrait of a Profession, An Exhibition of Photographs by Anne Purkiss

14 May 2018

14 May – 14 July 2018 “I see photographs as documents of people, recorded in the context of their environment and their time. The interpretation of my subjects, or my part of being creative, lies in selecting the context, the environment and the moment in time.” Faces of Sculpture is an exhibition

Out Of Body

Exploring the differences between animate and inanimate

13 May 2018

I am fascinated by the interconnectedness of the human and non-human as a means of exploring our relationship with impermanence.

Inspired by Nature

In collaboration with Grizedale Forest

12 May 2018

Part of Grizedale Forest’s 50th Anniversary of Arts and Culture in the forest. 

From the archive: Isaac Witkin (1936 - 2006)

Internationally renowned sculptor, Society member & Henry Moore's assistant

01 May 2018

Nadine Witkin, talks about her late father

William Pye in Film

06 Mar 2018

A new exhibition recording the life and career of the artist since the 1960s.

FIRST@108 Public Art Award

Sculpture Terrace

06 Mar 2018

As winner of the First@108 Public Art Award, Norfolk has been given the opportunity to create his first-large scale piece of art.  

Jo Taylor MRSS

A new collaboration with J Sheekey Atlantic Bar

16 Jan 2018

Society member wins competition to show at Covent Garden restaurant