One of Tom Bass Sculpture School's eminent teachers, Karen Alexander talks us through the creation of a recent commission, Spirit Girl…

Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School (TBSSS) is now taking applications for the TBSSS and Creative City of Sydney Youth and Accessibility Scholarships. Applications close Friday 2 Sep.

So what is sisal, where does it come from, and why is it used in sculpture? Answering this question took me to the most unlikely of places: the Oxford Botanic Gardens…

Entries are now open for the 2022 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Australia's pre-eminent award for small sculpture.

The Tate Britain owns over 600 sculptures by renowned avant-garde sculptor Henry Moore! There are currently two large rooms dedicated to displaying some of the famous sculptures in the collection.

The North Sydney Art Prize is a major biennial arts event showcasing some of the best in contemporary art from across Australia. This year’s exhibition features over 110 artworks to be displayed across the grounds of the historic Coal Loader site.

Entries now open for Sculpture in the Vineyards - New South Wales’ longest running regional sculpture festival in New South Wales.

The oldest of the museums in Oxford, and in fact, England’s first public museum (and first university museum), the Ashmolean was founded in 1683 as a museum of art and archaeology. Like many museums in the United Kingdom, you could spend days and days in the museum and still not have explored it all – the museum is simply massive!

In the fourth edition of our series on sculptural materials, William takes us on a written journey to the Oxford University Natural History Museum – and in particular, to the geology and sculptural exhibits…

On Thursday 10 March at Juniper Hall Paddington, the 2022 winners of the Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture were announced by Sydney Contemporary Director Barry Keldoulis…

Thanks for coming to our online space in 2021. We would also like to thank the writers and sculptors who have contributed to the Journal this year. We look forward to bringing you lots more sculpture inspiration, interviews and highlights in 2022.

Find out about some upcoming prize deadlines for sculptors.

This week we continue our exploration of sculptural materials, but move away from stone, to consider a common casting material: plaster.

Sydney Contemporary provides collectors, industry professionals and the art loving public access to cutting-edge art from some of the world’s most respected artists and galleries as well as the opportunity to discover new, emerging talent.

Sydney’s newest public art gallery, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf opened its doors to the public for the first time in early November. The Gallery launched its artistic program with the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize’s 20th anniversary exhibition.

Entries for the 67th Blake Prize close on Monday 15 November! The judges will choose the best contemporary artworks that address ideas to do with religion, spirituality and/or belief.

“It was always with a feeling of excitement that I would turn off the Broadway, busy with traffic, into a small laneway leading to the door of the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio. There was a repair shop for fridges and whitegoods on the ground floor and I seem to remember perhaps a jeweller or a goldsmith in the building as well…”

“Here in this Studio I could make concrete my daydreams and hold my own against the roar and thunder of the city and the sadness and loss I was experiencing at that time. Tom’s teaching looked seriously at free play of imagination, contemplation and dreaming. There was no radio or noise apart from the soft sounds of students at work in this boundless silence, three floors up off Broadway…”

“I haven’t studied sculpture, I had studied Graphic Design at Randwick TAFE, my sculpting has come from being self-taught, making lots of mistakes and learning by them, observation is the best skill any hyperrealist sculptor can have…”

“As you stepped into the light-filled entry way, you climbed up the square timber stairwell to the top floor and entered another world!  The tall windows lined the walls and streamed dust-light into the room, while the window pane shadows moved across the floor throughout the day…”