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Symposium international de sculpture sur pierre

International stone-sculpture symposium in Barvaux over two-plus weeks in May.

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Position your brand as a patron of international artistry and cultural tourism by sponsoring or activating at this niche sculpture symposium.

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  • Behind-the-scenes coverage of international sculptors at work in Barvaux
  • Travel guide: combining art tourism with local hospitality in Belgium
  • Sponsorship spotlight: how brands support emerging and established stone artists
Programme

Organised by the City of Durbuy and various partners, this event takes place at the Juliénas site in Barvaux (Durbuy) from 8 to 24 May on the theme of animals. The originality of the approach is that the public is invited to discover and experience day by day the creation process and evolution of the artists' work at the heart of the Juliénas park in Barvaux, transformed for the occasion into a large open-air workshop-museum.

Line-up
Fabrice Bellery (Belgium), Henry Hardy (Belgium), Lin Li Jen (Taiwan), Kazuyoshi Hirai (Japan), Manon Huguenin (Switzerland), Caroline Ruizeveld (Netherlands), Olivier Delobel (France), Ihor Tkachivskyi (Ukraine), William Livermore (Belgium), Pierre Closset (Belgium), and wood sculptors Jeroen Grillaert (Belgium) and Willy Niodo (France)

Part 1

"label": "8–24 May 2026",

Part 2

"detail": " Daily: visitors observe work in progress and follow the artists' work as the park transforms into an open-air workshop-museum "

Part 3

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Part 4

"label": "Theme",

Part 5

"detail": " Animals: artists from diverse horizons and continents give life to fauna through monumental stone works "

Part 6

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Part 7

"label": "Format",

Part 8

"detail": " Twelve artists from multiple countries invest the site for over two weeks, transforming large blocks of local stone into monumental works "

  • Theme: animals – artists from various horizons and continents give life to local and global fauna through monumental works
  • 12 international sculptors work on site over more than two weeks
  • Site open daily 10am–5pm
  • Visitors observe work in progress daily in the open-air workshop setting
  • Anniversary celebration: two mascots unveiled – Mujinamon and Duribo
  • Completed sculptures are dispersed throughout Durbuy municipality and remain for two years