London Sculpture Week began in 2022 in the post-lockdown world where getting outdoors again and engaging with art and even other people, were all necessary tasks. But since then the Week has grown to become a vital part of the capital’s art calendar. This year it’s taking place from 20 to 28 September with a huge range of contemporary works which combines five major public art initiatives: Frieze Sculpture, Sculpture in the City, The Line, the Fourth Plinth and public art across the East Bank.
Frieze Sculpture in Regent’s Park is being curated for a third year by London-based curator and writer, Fatoş Üstek, who told the Standard that part of the beauty of bringing together these different initiatives is in demonstrating the multifarious nature of sculpture, which isn’t simply about sticking a piece of art in a park for people to picnic around. It’s all about context, and how the art demands a response.
