Installation view of “Joseph La Piana: Frequency,” Orto Botanico Corsini, 2024. Photo: Marco Marroni

This Season in Sculpture Parks and Gardens

Summer is a season of abundance, not least for experiencing art beyond galleries and museums. Below, see an international list of sculpture parks and gardens—plus a few less traditional outdoor venues—worth visiting this summer, along with details on current temporary exhibitions.


*Benson Sculpture Garden in Loveland, Colorado
Loveland, CO
40th “Sculpture in the Park” Exhibition

*Brookgreen Gardens
Murrells Inlet, SC

*Carol R. Brown Sculpture Garden at Hartwood Acres Park
Pittsburgh, PA

*Chesterwood
Stockbridge, MA
“Birth of a Shadow,” the 46th Annual Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition at Chesterwood, through October 21

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Boothbay, ME
Shane Perley-Dutcher, Fiddleheads, and Anna Tsouhlarakis, CMBG (on permanent view)

*Glenn Green Galleries + Sculpture Garden
Santa Fe, NM
“Allan Houser Sculpture and Paintings,” through December 31, and “Khang Pham-New: Granite Sculpture,” through October 31

*Josephine Sculpture Park
Frankfort, KY

*Lynden Sculpture Garden
Milwaukee, WI

Orto Botanico Corsini and Forte Stella
Porto Ercole, Italy
“Joseph La Piana: Frequency,” through August 8

*The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home
Lenox, MA
“Sculpture at The Mount,” through October 20


*Learn more about select parks in Sculpture magazine’s July/August 2024 print section dedicated to Sculpture Parks, Gardens, and Trails. Visit sculpture.org for the full directory.