Join us for the London Sculpture Week Symposium exploring what monumentality means in the 21st century.

Now in its third edition, the London Sculpture Week Symposium, Reframing Monumentality: Contemporary Sculptural Practices in the Public Realm, brings together artists, curators and cultural partners to explore the evolving meaning of monumentality in the 21st century. Moving beyond associations with scale, permanence and authority, we’ll consider how contemporary sculpture responds to contested histories, shifting civic identities, ecological pressures and digitally mediated experience.

The afternoon brings together perspectives from across London’s public art landscape, including Stella Ioannou (Artistic Director, Sculpture in the City and Founding Director, LACUNA), Jo Baxendale (Fourth Plinth, Greater London Authority), Özlem Gunyol & Mustafa Kunt, Fatoş Üstek (Curator of Frieze Sculpture), Mahtab Hussein and Sarah Carrington (The Line), with further speakers to be announced. The sessions will be moderated by Dr Jacek Ludwig Scarso (CREATURE [Research Centre for Creative Arts, Cultures and Engagement] at London Metropolitan University).

The full programme will be announced in the lead-up to the symposium. Follow @londonsculptureweek on Instagram for updates in the week before the event.

The symposium is pay what you can, with a recommended donation of £5. Your contribution helps support the delivery of future London Sculpture Week events.

Access Information

The symposium will take place in the auditorium on the ground floor of The Warburg Institute.

There is a permanent ramp positioned to the right-hand side of the main entrance.

A designated disabled parking space is available immediately outside the Institute.

The auditorium has flat access and the space is designed to be wheelchair accessible.

A disabled toilet is available near the auditorium entrance.

BSL interpretation is not available for this event due to limited resources.

Please let us know if this affects your participation. If you have any access needs or questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to Celina at info@londonsculptureweek.org.

Organised by London Sculpture Week partners East Bank, Fourth Plinth, Frieze Sculpture, Sculpture in the City and The Line, and hosted by The Warburg Institute in collaboration with CREATURE at London Metropolitan University.

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