Dubai: Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) Sculpture Park will conclude its second season on September 30, 2023.
In accordance with that, it offers visitors a final chance to enjoy over 100 extraordinary artworks from artists all over the world.
This season, Sculpture Park has welcomed visitors with its theme, ‘Tales Under the Gate.’ It features modern, futuristic, innovative, and cutting-edge artistic masterpieces by renowned and independent artists representing diverse art movements from around the world.
Some of the most outstanding exhibits are featured on a grand scale, such as the towering Spirit of Hathor by Ms. Natalie Clark and the huge head of the Roman God Hercules, reimagined by artist Mr. Emre Yusufi’s as a DJ and emerging from the grass outside the Gate Building.
Selfie lovers will want to capture a moment in front of Lorenzo Quinn’s Love Dubai before it disappears, as evidenced by the artwork’s widespread presence on numerous social media feeds.
Local Emirati artist Ms. Azza Al Qubaisi’s work Between the Dunes, an art piece that pays homage to the natural landscape of the UAE using sustainable materials, is on display. Visitors also have the chance to see four sculptures by Mr. Salvador Dali, including Woman of Time.
Spanning the area from the iconic Gate Building and through to Gate Avenue, Sculpture Park invites visitors to take a tour around the displayed works, both outside and inside the surrounding buildings of DIFC.
The event is open to the public, and entry is free of charge. The Park encourages school and university groups, art enthusiasts, art centres, and galleries to visit.
DIFC plans a year-long schedule of art events in 2023, with a focus on the much-anticipated 16th edition of Art Nights scheduled for November 23-24, 2023. The theme for this edition is ‘Expressions for Sustainable Change,’ urging all artists to submit their artwork aligning with the theme before October 20, 2023.