Gibbs Farm is an expansive, open-air sculpture park located in the beautiful Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland. The park boasts a series of major site-specific commissions. It is the greatest collection of large-scale outdoor sculptures in the country, with works by some of the world’s most renowned artists.

On November 19^th, the gates will open for a small group of the public to roam among the sculptures and come face-to-face with some truly exotic animals. The park is a three- to four-hour walk, so comfortable walking shoes, a hat, sunblock and water are a must. 

Alan Gibbs, the owner of the farm, is a millionaire entrepreneur and businessman who also happens to be a great art collector. At the beginning of the ’90s, Gibbs decided to have a land of art of his own. So, in 1991, he purchased over 700 acres of hills, fields and bush, to be turned into a wonderland-esque landscape.

He invited some of the world’s most famous artists to decorate the park exactly as they pleased. After nearly twenty years, Gibbs Farm includes major works by Graham Bennett, Chris Booth, Daniel Buren, Bill Culbert, Neil Dawson, Marijke de Goey, Andy Goldsworthy, Ralph Hotere, Anish Kapoor, Sol LeWitt, Len Lye, Russell Moses, Peter Nicholls, Eric Orr, Tony Oursler, George Rickey, Peter Roche, Richard Serra, Kenneth Snelson, Richard Thompson, Leon van den Eijkel and Zhan Wang. Most works in the collection are commissioned; and commissioning new works rather than buying from an exhibition involves the satisfaction of dealing with the artists, as Gibbs comments “they’re interesting because they’re winners, tough, ambitious”.

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