Jupiter Artland on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Jupiter Artland is a contemporary sculpture park and Artfund
/ref> In 2018, it was a filming location for
Jupiter Artland is a contemporary sculpture park and art gallery
An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The long ...
outside the city of Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
, Scotland. Jupiter Artland Foundation is a registered charity
A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good).
The legal definitio ...
that is supported by classes, workshops, events, ticket sales, and donations.
It is open to general visits between May and September.
Jupiter Artland sits in the grounds of Bonnington House, a 19th-century country house around west of the city of Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
.
The grounds of the house have been developed as the sculpture park and two new wings designed by Benjamin Tindall Architects were completed in 2015 to provide indoor gallery space.
The sculpture collection was established in 1999 by art collectors Robert and Nicky Wilson and "focuses on nurturing the work of contemporary artists and commissioning site-specific work for its 120 acres of woodland and meadow."
In April 2016, Jupiter Artland was shortlisted for the 2016 Museum of the Year
The Museum of the Year Award, formerly known as the Gulbenkian Prize and the Art Fund Prize, is an annual prize awarded to a museum or Art gallery, gallery in the United Kingdom for a "track record of imagination, innovation and excellence". Th ...
award./ref> In 2018, it was a filming location for
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002
's "Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths", presented by mathematician Hannah Fry.
Collection
Among the permanently installed sculptures are works by Tania Kovats,Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy (born 25 July 1956) is an English sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural or urban settings.
Early life
Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire on 25 July ...
, Anish Kapoor
Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the United Ki ...
, Antony Gormley
Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His works include the ''Angel of the North'', a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; ''Another Pl ...
, Anya Gallaccio
Anya Gallaccio (born 1963) is a Scottish artist, who creates site-specific, minimalist installations and often works with organic matter (including chocolate, sugar, flowers and ice).
Her use of organic materials results in natural processe ...
, Christian Boltanski
Christian Liberté Boltanski (6 September 1944 – 14 July 2021) was a French sculptor, photographer, painter, and film maker. He is best known for his photography installations and contemporary French conceptual style.
Early life
Boltanski wa ...
, Cornelia Parker
Cornelia Ann Parker (born 14 July 1956) is an English visual artist, best known for her sculpture and installation art.
Life and career
Parker was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. She studied at the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design ...
, Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay (28 October 1925 – 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener.
Life
Finlay was born in Nassau, Bahamas, to James Hamilton Finlay and his wife, Annie Pettigrew, both of Scots descent.
He was educa ...
, Jim Lambie, Laura Ford, Mark Quinn, Nathan Coley, Pablo Bronstein, and Phyllida Barlow
Dame Phyllida Barlow (4 April 1944 – 12 March 2023) was a British visual artist. She studied at Chelsea College of Art (1960–1963) and the Slade School of Art (1963–1966). She joined the staff of the Slade in the late 1960s and taught th ...
.
See also
*Little Sparta
Little Sparta is a garden at Dunsyre in the Pentland Hills in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, created by artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay and his wife Sue Finlay, since 1966.
The Arcadia (utopia), Arcadian garden includes concrete poetry in s ...
* List of sculpture parks
* Sculpture in Scotland
References
External links
* * {{Coord, 55.9068, N, 3.4228, W, region:GB, display=title Outdoor sculptures in Edinburgh Sculpture gardens, trails and parks in the United Kingdom Land art Charities based in Edinburgh Art museums and galleries in Edinburgh Scottish gardens in the English Landscape Garden style