Giant penguin and dancing hare animate London park art fair
Visitors to London’s Regents Park this summer will be met with the unusual sight of a giant penguin and a dancing hare as part of an annual sculpture fair. For the second year, Frieze Sculpture will take over the famous park’s English Gardens for three months, showcasing the work of 25 international artists, free of charge. Curator Clare Lilley, from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, said the event would allow the public to experience “a snapshot of the fantastic imagination of artists and variety of sculpture being made today”. The “celebration of sculpture”, which opens on Wednesday, brings together a diverse roster of artists, including South Korea’s Kimsooja, India’s Bharti Kher and Britain’s Larry Achiompang. “There is a geographic spread: the artists come from South Africa, South Korea, Scandinavia, Europe and the United States,” Lilley told AFP. “In terms of age too, there is a nice span, since Haroon Gunn-Salie, from South Africa, is 29, whereas John Balderssari, from the United