Languid strolls between world-class, site-specific artworks in the formal gardens of an elegantly imposing chateau usually require taking a trip to France or Switzerland. And while neither destination is without its compensations, it’s comforting to know that an equally exquisite experience can be had in the UK. Winter may be here, but those long, long days of spring will surely follow (they’re even longer in Scotland). Calendars out; pencil in a trip to Edinburgh’s Jupiter Artland.
Excerpt from press materials: Jupiter Artland are delighted to share the first elements of an exciting and broad ranging 2025 programme. In Spring, Jupiter Artland will present a new commission by Jonathan Baldock, opening on 10 May. Baldock’s sculptural work combines earthly delights with surreal mythologies, through his sensitive and evocative approach to exploring queer and working-class histories.
Later in the summer, a newly commissioned film by Guy Oliver will open to coincide with Edinburgh Art Festival 2025. Oliver’s film takes the turn of the millennium as its starting point, tracing social, cultural and personal histories and interrogating notions of masculinity.
Still from the video, courtesy the artist.
Exciting changes are also planned for earlier in the springtime; the park reopens on Friday 18 April for Easter weekend. Visitors will be welcomed to experience works by artists Tracey Emin, Joana Vasconcelos, Anthony Gormley, Anya Gallaccio, Rachel Maclean, Phyllida Barlow, Charles Jencks, Cornelia Parker and more, across 100 acres of beautiful woodland and meadow.
JUPITER ARTLAND is an award-winning, contemporary sculpture park, located just outside Edinburgh. Set over 100 acres of meadow, woodland and indoor gallery spaces, Jupiter Artland has to date commissioned over 35 permanent site-specific sculptures from the world’s leading artists.
More information, and details of further programming for 2025 at Jupiter Artland.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle
