The Frieze Sculpture Park this year will remain open in The Regent’s Park in London from 5 October 2016 – 8 January 2017, with free entry to all. It will feature 19 major artists including Conrad Shawcross, Jean Dubuffet, Nairy Baghramian and Eduardo Paolozzi. For the first time, Art Fund is the Programming Partner for the Sculpture Park.

Historically only showing during the days of the art fair, an extension for a few works (7) was trialled last year. Camden Council’s approval of this year's planning application confirms the Frieze Sculpture Park as a new fixture on London's cultural calendar, and one of the largest free outdoor art programmes in Central London. 

18 world-leading galleries participating in Frieze London and Frieze Masters (6–9 October) will extend their shows beyond the fair, dramatising the landscape of The Regent’s Park, with 19 large-scale works by major 20th-century and contemporary artists remaining in the park until 8 January 2017.

For the first time, programming partner Art Fund will host regular workshops for the duration of the outdoor exhibition. The Art Fund will also produce a dedicated app with detailed information on each of the sculptures and an audio guide by Clare Lilley - so anyone can go on a personal tour during the park's opening hours.

Highlights include:

New works by leading contemporary artists:

• Optic Cloak (2016) by Conrad Shawcross, a small-scale version of the artist’s major architectural intervention for the Greenwich peninsula – inspired by ‘Dazzle Camo’ which was used on ships during the First World War, as well as in Cubism and Op Art.
• New monumental bronzes by leading contemporary artists: Neptune/Rescue (2016), a bronze bust by Matthew Monahan recently on view at the National Roman Museum in Palazzo Altemps; Treat (2016), an amorphous sculpture (dog bone treat) by Nairy Baghramian, winner of the 2016 Zurich Art Prize; and International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation, Configuration 11, Last Man, a key element from Goshka Macuga’s celebrated exhibition at Fondazione Prada, Milan. 
• Second Skin (2016), a site-specific sculpture by Fernando Casasempere which will cover the ground with white porcelain

Iconic works by artistic pioneers: 

• The Sculpture Park’s first-ever conceptual work: a remaking of a rare 1969 work by Ed Herring
• Two major ‘playground’ works by the legendary Eduardo Paolozzi, welded into the artist’s iconic ‘vocabulary of aluminium forms’. 
• Tour aux Nécits (1973-2007), a classic painted sculpture by Art Brut pioneer Jean Dubuffet

Robert Dingle, Contemporary Projects Manager, Art Fund, said
“The Frieze Sculpture Park is without a doubt one of the key highlights of Frieze week, and we are so pleased to be its programming partner this year. To have a sculpture exhibition, for free, right in the heart of London, is fantastic and its staying open long after Frieze London and Masters have closed will mean everyone will have even more time to visit. We can’t wait to share the Art Fund’s new-look Frieze Sculpture Guide app, a free audio companion to the Sculpture Park, and huge thanks to Clare Lilley for lending her voice once more, so her carefully curated and eclectic selection of sculpture is brought to life.”

Clare Lilley, Director of Programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, said:
‘From the contemplative and ephemeral to the robust and monumental, the exhibition includes the park’s first-ever conceptual work – a remaking of a rare 1969 piece by Ed Herring – and classic painted sculptures by Claes Oldenburg and Jean Dubuffet alongside a newly created work by Eddie Martinez. British post-war artists are represented by Eduardo Paolozzi, Barry Flanagan and Lynn Chadwick, whilst young and established international artists Nairy Baghramian, Zeng Fanzhi, Claude Lalanne, Huang Rui, Jose Dávila, Matthew Monahan and Goshka Macuga amplify the selection. Mikayel Ohanjanyan, Renato Nicolodi, and Fernando Casasempere each offer newly made works, as does Conrad Shawcross, whose six-metre-high steel sculpture is a study for his major 2016 commission for the Greenwich Peninsula, while Henry Krokatsis’ imaginary sauna-shed reflects the traditional bandstands and shelters found in London’s parks.’

'The exhibition will captivate and energise both Frieze and Park visitors and I’m gratified that Camden Council has again agreed to extend the end date until January 2017, giving Londoners a wonderful cultural resource over the winter months.’

Full List of works
Nairy Baghramian
Treat, 2016
Marian Goodman Gallery

Fernando Casasempere
Second Skin, 2016
Parafin

Lynn Chadwick
Stranger III, 1959
Blain|Southern

Jose Dávila
Joint Effort, 2016
Travesia Cuatro Gallery
 
Jean Dubuffet
Tour aux récits, (after maquette dated 19 July 1973) 1973
Waddington Custot Galleries
 
Zeng Fanzhi
Untitled, 2016
ShanghART Gallery

Barry Flanagan
Drummer,1996
Waddington Custot Galleries
 
Ed Herring
Zinc-plated wood, 1969
Richard Saltoun Gallery

Henry Krokatsis
Kabin, 2016
Vigo Gallery

Claude Lalanne
Le Chou de Milan,2016
Ben Brown Fine Arts

Goshka Macuga
International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation, Configuration 11, Last Man, 2016
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle

Eddie Martinez
half stepping hot stepper, 2016
Timothy Taylor

Matthew Monahan
Neptune (Rescue), 2016
Massimo De Carlo

Renato Nicolodi
Omnium Memoria I, 2016
Axel Vervoordt Gallery

Mikayel Ohanjanyan
Senza Titolo, 2016
Tornabuoni Art
 
Claes Oldenburg
Fagend Study, 1975
Luxembourg & Dayan
 

Eduardo Paolozzi
Trishula, 1966 Kalasan, 1973–4
Bowman Sculpture


Huang Rui
Women, 2006–12
Boers-Li Gallery

 
Conrad Shawcross
Optic Cloak, 2016
Victoria Miro