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Abdoul Salam Zigani has the coexistence of people as the central theme of his sculptures

The sculptor from Burkina Faso sometimes mixes stone with wood and likes to use waste material

“Sharnana“ sculpture by Drew McDonald won two awards at the Sculpture by the Sea outdoor exhibition at the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk near Sydney, Australia

5th Symposium for Contemporary Mosaic Art in October 2024 in Sassari, Sardinia

The international meeting was about new ways for this art with Giulio Menossi as organizer

The symbol of the “Third Paradise“ (Terzo Paradiso) by Michelangelo Pistoletto is depicted on 81 basalt slabs

New hopscotch game by Animum Ludendo Coles for an eco-learning center in a former farm

As part of the Vinschgau Symposium in the summer of 2024 in the mountains of South Tyrol, a sound sculpture was also created

For this, the artistduo Johannes Kroeker & Elias Nunner from Regensburg, Germany collected the sound of the marble and images of the processing

6th Henraux International Sculpture Prize: winners are Olivia Erlanger, Nicola Martini, and Tarik Kiswanson

The Henraux Foundation sees the award as a platform for new ideas in contemporary sculpture for the purpose of further development and renewal

14 international artists participate in the 4th “Forever Is Now“ exhibition near the Pyramids of Giza through November 16, 2024

The show confronts modern ideas with the almost 5000 years-old pyramids in the background

The “Vinschgau Kristallin“ sculpture symposium was also about better cooperation in the surroundings of the famous marble

The art event brought together not only stone sculptors, but also artists for the ephemeral sides of stone

Application open for international artists for THE BLUE NIGHT 2025 (May 16, 17) in Nuremberg‘s Old Town with “Love and Peace” as theme until December 01, 2024

Sabine Marcelis and SolidNature use onyx for striking installations both indoors and outdoors

For Amsterdam Fashion Week it was a fountain made of recycled material, for the VitraHaus in Weil am Rhein it was a bathroom

Wavy lines are intended to give visitors access to the Irish volunteers killed in World War I

The sculptor Martha Quinn designed the County Sligo Great War Memorial Garden, which was completed in 2022

The “Erosion Collection“ by Zaha Hadid Architects for Neutra shows Carrara marble at its best with a console and a table

Each of the sculptural pieces of furniture is made from a block of stone

Marmomac 2024: In the exhibtion “Full/Empty” in Hall 10, designers explore the concept of opposites as a basic of artistic design and apply modern technologies in their work with natural stone

Sahar Khalaji from Iran deals with the topic of womanhood and femininity in her monumental stone sculptures

In some of her works she also implements her country’s carpet tradition in marble

Natural stone was the theme of the sixth edition of the Académie des savoir-faire (Academy of Know-How) organized by the Hermès Foundation

The aim was to provide builders with the latest knowledge about the ancient material and with practical experience