Few artists have altered the physical landscape more than Andy Goldsworthy. For half a century now, the Cheshire born sculptor has used natural materials to alter outdoor spaces in ways that are both temporary and monumental. To mark the occasion, Goldsworthy’s work is celebrated at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh with Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years, a major exhibition that opens in July 2025 with a mix of old and new creations that combine to create its own environment. Prior to this, in April, Jupiter Artland sculpture park outside Edinburgh will show WORK BEGAT WORK: Ian Hamilton Finlay & Andy Goldsworthy. This will display Goldswothy’s permanent commissions alongside work by Finlay, bringing together two of Jupiter Artland’s great inspirations in tandem with Finlay’s own National Galleries of Scotland retrospective as well as Goldsworthy’s RSA show. “ We've been working on it now for a couple of years, so it's a bit more than an exhibition,” Goldsworthy says...
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