Sculpture in Context is the largest and longest running sculpture exhibition in the country. This annual event has been running since 1985 and has been located at the National Botanic Gardens since 2002. This year the event features 164 works, by over 140 Irish and International contemporary sculptors, displayed in the Visitor Centre’s Gallery and amidst the 50-acre grounds of the Botanic Gardens.
Install Shot of ‘Sculpture in Context’ at the Botanic Gardens Gallery 
Install Shot of ‘Sculpture in Context’ at the Botanic Gardens Gallery 
Install Shot of ‘Sculpture in Context’ at the Botanic Gardens Gallery 
Install Shot of ‘Sculpture in Context’ at the Botanic Gardens Gallery 
‘Photosynthesis’, Polished Concrete, Fused Glass and Steel, Conall O’Caoimh. 
‘Girl with Cat’, Bronze, Baldi. 
Foreground: ‘Best Night Ever’, Bronze, Bob Quinn. Background: ‘Twisted Peapod’, Kilkenny Limestone, Richard Healy. 
‘Skyward’, Stainless Steel, Martin O’Keefe. 
‘Contemplation’, Copper, Helen Walsh. 
‘Harvest’, Weathering Steel, Kevin Pierce. 
‘Deliquescence I’, Acrylic Resin and Mixed Media, Ayelet Lalor. 
‘Ozymandius’, Jesmonite and Steel, Catherine E. Greene. 
‘The Souls of the Trees’, Ebony and Oak Ceramic on Wood Base, Merce Canadell. 
‘Crann Airgead’, Stainless Steel and Steel Base, Allan Buckett. 
‘COXEA’, Diabase, Soren Schaarup. 
‘Butterfly Tree’, Bronze and Wood with Stone base, Ray Delaney. 
‘Malachy’, Acid Etched Galvanised Mild Steel, Donnacha Cahill. 
‘Variegated 1-3’, Resin, Elke Thonnes. 
‘Corvidae’, Porcelain, Chloe Lennon. 
‘Hybrid’, Ceramic and Metal, Michelle Maher.
‘Sculpture in Context’ 2021 is running from 2 September – 15 October at the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin.