Sculpture by the Sea is an outdoor art exhibit along the beautiful Bondi Beach to Tamarama coastal walk in Sydney, Australia. It features over 100 sculptures by artists from Australia and across the world transforming the spectacular coast into a temporary sculpture park.
Since its humble beginning in 1997, the event has featured about 1000 sculptors and has now become a major event attracting about 500,000 people every year.
This Sunday was the last day of the event so we decided to cancel our trip to Royal National Park located just south of Sydney. My partner and I agreed to spend the day in the city instead, starting with a visit to the Art Gallery of New South Wales to check out Pablo Picasso’s masterpieces currently in Sydney as part of their world tour.
After almost two hours of perusing on Picasso’s seven decades of artworks, we headed to Bondi Beach despite the intermittent showers.
Here are some of the sculptures we saw during our rainy coastal walk.
Simply Black and White by Alan and Jule Aston
Windswept by Samuel Chamberlain
Domestic Bliss by Peter Tilley
Who left the tap running? by Simon McGrath
The Predators in the Park by Belinda Villani
The yearning by Margarita Sampson
Together in Balance by Ron Gomboc
The Nail by Juan Pablo Pinto and Clary Akon.
I like this gigantic pin wedged into a crevice in Bondi’s sandstone. There was a woman dancing in front of it as part of the act.
Meeting by Wang Shugang.
Along with the humongous tap, this was one of the more popular artworks among the visitors.
Open House by Aaron Anderson and Anne Zahalka.
I like how they they constructed this miniature house under the sandstone.
Web of Light by Ruth McDermott & Ben Baxter.
Cool crystals made into spider web.
Angel is Born by Georg Mayerhanser
This is a small section of the intricately sculpted miniature bronze figures.
L- Look This Way by Ken Unsworth AM
R- Heavenly Kiss by Ayad Algaragholli
Extreme Surfing by Ian Swift
With the Surfing Elephant 
This collection represents a tiny section of the whole exhibit. We didn’t’ make it all the way to Tamarana Beach because of the uncooperative weather. It would have been nice to do the coastal walk and take pictures with sunny blue skies like our previous Bondi to Coogee Beach coastal walk. Either way, we were glad we still made our way to Bondi to witness my first Sculpture by the Sea. It was a visual treat which added colour and life to that dreary weekend.
I love the post, Bondi Beach and the sculptures Claire!! Simon McGarth reminds me of the Pinoy Henyo word that we were not able to guess – haha. It is Gripo!! Now, who let the tap running????hahaha
Yeah I saw the video, it was hilarious but I love how you were able to remain calm despite of the intense pressure
This is really stunning and beautiful Claire! I haven`t seen anything like this before but I am sure I would have enjoyed myself there, taking photos and admiring the creativity! Great photos!
If it wasn’t raining at the time, I would have taken at least 100 pictures. It’s amazing how these artists could conceptualise such artworks.
i’m not really an arty person but i was fascinated by the sculptures. Super ganda ! Heavenly kiss by ayad is a true winner for me
I agree, the difficulty of mounting this piece and working with that medium added extra points for me.
This is really a brilliant idea to draw tourists. Its highly recommended post for Bukidnon Tourism.
. Giant sculptures.
It could work Kuya Bon, you know how much we like the “Big Things” and getting our pictures taken with famous and interesting sculptures. Suggest nyo po
they already started to construct big statues like in Impasug-ong, Bukidnon to draw tourists —in this so quaint and laid -back town in this province.
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I thought Filipino race is the only one expert for this, well, the Aussies can do it din pala. haha. Ganda ah in fairness
It’s actually a collaboration of artists around the globe, i’m looking forward for the next one
I also enjoy visiting art exhibits… My favorites in this set are the masterpiece of Simon McGrath and Ayad Algaragholli.
The one with Simon was quite popular with the crowd, I never even got the chance to take a picture of it without people in sight.
Splendid! Stunning! And awesome!
Hey are they temporary exhibits only?Seems a shame to have them disappear.
Yeah, just for a few days, there will another one next year though
I love the sculptures! Ganda ng pagkagawa. Sana we can have those in the Philippines! Enjoy your stay and travels there!
Sana nga, papatok to sa atin sa sobrang hilig ng mga Pinoy sa kodakan
Astig yung surfing elephant!
such a great exhibit. i swear, i love the gigantic ‘who left the tap running?’ sculpture. my favorite though are the meeting and the web of light. hehehe!
such a cute post claire… i love the nail… i dunno why…:)
Simplicity is beauty I guess
.. wonderful works of art claire! sarap magpapicture nga dyan.
Haba nga ng pila sa kodakan nung ibang artworks
Hang gaganda! Sana one day maging mature na din ang karamihan sa mga Pinoy to have something like this in our thousands of beaches in the country. I love the “The Nail.” Simple but makes a lot of impact. It also makes for a beautiful photo.
I also associate the red nail with pins on Google maps :0
Astig ng mga sculptures! naaliw ako sa faucet!
the sculptures remind me of that epic event that happens on a dessert.. forgot what it’s called.
I gave Sculptures by the Sea a miss and now I really regret it! I pictured all of this dry, interpretive stuff – not the super fun stuff you spotted. Very jealous.
Next year! :-p
There’s actually more cool sculptures that we didn’t get to see. We didn’t finish the coastal walk all the way to Tamarama coz of the bloody weather
But yeah there’s always next year 
what a brilliant idea! sculptures by the sea! love the zebras!