British Travel Journal | Autumn 2019

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JUPITER ARTLAND, EDINBURGH Jupiter Artland has an expansive outdoor sculpture collection featuring site-specific artworks commissioned from some of the world's most renowned artists to Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Cornelia Parker and Marc Quin. Their latest permanent commission, Gateway, by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is an artwork integrated in a whimsical pool garden. The piece includes patterns from her own astrological chart into the design of the artwork, which is made of 11,366 hand-painted and glazed tiles crafted using traditional methods at a 100-year-old factory in Vasconcelos’ native Portugal. jupiterartland.org 50 BritishTravelJournal.com

FOLKESTONE TRIENNIAL, KENT Fifteen installations from the 2017 Folkestone Triennial Festival have been rehomed around Folkestone. Expect to see pieces by Antony Gormley, David Shrigley and Lubaina Himid. One of the new acquisitions Bill Woodrow’s The Ledge - a white steel sculpture of an Inuit figure and a seal on a thin layer of ice - showcases his concerns about climate change. Visitors can also expect to see works by the likes of Tracey Emin, Yoko Ono and Cornelia Parker. creativefolkestone.org.uk/folkestonetriennial YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK, YORKSHIRE In an open-air gallery in West Bretton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, you can find a wonderful selection of work by both British and international artists such as Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. In fact, Moore’s impressive selection of bronzes is one of the largest open-air displays of his work in Europe. Their most recent display 'David Smith: Sculpture 1932-1965' features 40 pieces by this pioneering and highly influential American artist. ysp.org.uk CHIHULY AT KEW GARDENS, LONDON Renowned US glass artist, Dale Chihuly is back at Kew Gardens with Chihuly: Reflections on Nature. This ethereal outdoor exhibition is made up of 32 spectacular installations which includes a new piece of work which has been specifically designed for the newly opened Temperate House. Visitors can also expect to see the Seaforms Series and his intriguing installation Sapphire Star. kew.org/kew-gardens BritishTravelJournal.com 51