Lustwarande

LUSTWARANDE – Platform for Contemporary Sculpture annually organizes internationally trendsetting exhibitions of contemporary sculpture at De Oude Warande park in Tilburg, one of the best-preserved Baroque woodland gardens in the Netherlands. Lustwarande’s aim is to stimulate the development, promotion and appreciation of contemporary sculpture. In 2019 the tenth edition took place, a jubilee. Our ambition is to further expand Lustwarande in the coming years into an internationally recognized platform for contemporary sculpture.

Artists
More than 175 artists have participated in the period 2000–19, including Louise Bourgeois, Tom Claassen, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Elmgreen & Dragset, Luciano Fabro, Michel François, Guido Geelen, Dan Graham, Mark Manders, Anish Kapoor, Sarah Lucas, Paul McCarthy, Ernesto Neto, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Ugo Rondinone, Maria Roosen, Franz West and Erwin Wurm.

Seasonal programmes
Lustwarande is seasonal, presenting programmes annually from May to October. In addition to the group exhibition, two editions of Brief Encounters are staged, each one featuring three artists, who present unique event sculptures, that can only be experienced during the course of a single afternoon.

Public
Lustwarande attracts a very large and diverse audience—from young to old, from layperson to art connoisseur—with an average of 80,000 visitors a year.