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Marcel Dijker creates art from driftwood, stone, seashells and steel

Marcel Dijker creates art from driftwood, stone, seashells and steel

A passionate surfer, Dijker finds the components for his works of art stranded on the beaches near his home and abroad

How marble was used to make a political statement in ancient times

How marble was used to make a political statement in ancient times

Dr. Christopher Dickensen of Oxford University is researching the history by analyzing pillars and monuments of Roman Greece

Exhibit „Of Beauty and Grandeur“ in Dresden’s Albertinum

Exhibit „Of Beauty and Grandeur“ in Dresden’s Albertinum

Roman Portraits and their Baroque Appropriation show colored marbles at its best / Antique heads on busts of later centuries

sculpture network’s XIV International Forum will discuss „Sculpting Nature: Land Art, EcoArt and BioArt”

sculpture network’s XIV International Forum will discuss „Sculpting Nature: Land Art, EcoArt and BioArt”

The meeting of international artists, experts and collectors will take place in Belgium from 29 September to 1 October, 2016

Grasping into the marble or through it or embracing the stone?

Grasping into the marble or through it or embracing the stone?

Milena Naef received an award for her final study work in Cristallina marble at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam

Chelsea Flower Show: a garden in a stone rather than a stone in a garden

Chelsea Flower Show: a garden in a stone rather than a stone in a garden

The most important garden show in all of England was the venue for an artist’s experiment: using a granite block beholders experienced greenery in an entirely new way

„Peace“ is the theme of the 2nd Bisanthe Stone Sculpture Symposium at the Marmara Sea

„Peace“ is the theme of the 2nd Bisanthe Stone Sculpture Symposium at the Marmara Sea

From September 19 – October 14, 2016 the shores of the city of Tekirdağ will see artists creating works in local Marmara marble

25-ton granite sculpture „Continuum“ by artist Darrell Petit now permanently on show outside the Fort Wayne Museum of Art

25-ton granite sculpture „Continuum“ by artist Darrell Petit now permanently on show outside the Fort Wayne Museum of Art

The piece was designed to appear as though it is hovering over the ground

Mathieu Lehanneur: snapshots of water’s surface in marble

Mathieu Lehanneur: snapshots of water’s surface in marble

The artist shows his installation entitled „Petite Loire“ at France’s International Garden Festival of the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire

A ship made of marble prisms commemorating slave trade across the Atlantic

A ship made of marble prisms commemorating slave trade across the Atlantic

The sculpture at the entrance to the UN Headquarters bears the inscription „Ark of Return“, and won one of MIA’s 2015 Pinnacle Awards

Rites and processions from ancient Athens: a story of love, longing, violence, death and reconciliation

Rites and processions from ancient Athens: a story of love, longing, violence, death and reconciliation

Exhibiton in Frankfurt/Main, Germany focuses on the city goddess Athena and the Golden Age of Pericles

Roman Mosaics across the Empire, on view until September 12, 2016, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A.

Roman Mosaics across the Empire, on view until September 12, 2016, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A.

„Elaborately designed floors of mosaic tiles were an essential element of luxury living,“ says director Timothy Potts

Modern natural stone mosaic in a Warsaw dwelling complex

Modern natural stone mosaic in a Warsaw dwelling complex

Artist Lubosz Karwat transposed the four ancient elements to stylized portraits of women

Berninis marble „Animas“ show a nymph and a satyr not salvation in heaven and punishment in hell

Berninis marble „Animas“ show a nymph and a satyr not salvation in heaven and punishment in hell

Arts History professor David García Cueto (University of Granada) analizes unpublished documents from the Archivio Storico Capitolino

Stone sculptors’ symposia scheduled for the months ahead in 2016

Stone sculptors’ symposia scheduled for the months ahead in 2016

High times for hammer and chisel