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Gibbs Farm
A sculpture park in XXL format with monumental art in the grandness of nature
![Richard Serra, Te Tuhirangi Contour, 1999/2001. © Gibbs Farm](/site/assets/files/17972/2020-07-13_13-10-20_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg?v=980981397 640w, /site/assets/files/17972/2020-07-13_13-10-20_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg?v=1664732742 1024w)
![Zhan Wang, Floating Island of Immortals, 2006. Gibbs Farm. Photo: David Hartley-Mitchell](/site/assets/files/17977/2020-07-13_13-10-54_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/17977/2020-07-13_13-10-54_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
It’s as if giants had dropped their toys on green grass hills. At the Gibbs Farm sculpture park, opened in 1991, on the coast of New Zealand, art and nature correspond in a way that emphasizes the monumentality of both. Since the 1960s, entrepreneur Alan Gibbs has collected works by Richard Serra, Sol LeWitt, Andy Goldsworthy, George Rickey, and Daniel Buren—all artists known for grand outdoor gestures. But even art aficionados are amazed by the dimensions of these site-specific sculptures, some of which extend—in the case of Goldsworthy’s Arches—into the water. It’s not surprising that the park has become a visitor magnet. If you’re looking to be one of them, however, book a tour as early as possible: Gibbs Farm is open to the public only one day a month.
![Anish Kapoor, Dismemberment, Site 1, 2009. © Gibbs Farm](/site/assets/files/17976/2020-07-13_13-11-26_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/17976/2020-07-13_13-11-26_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Anish Kapoor, Dismemberment, Site 1, 2009. © Gibbs Farm](/site/assets/files/17976/2020-07-13_13-11-53_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/17976/2020-07-13_13-11-53_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Neil Dawson, Horizons, 1994. © Gibbs Farm](/site/assets/files/17976/2020-07-13_13-21-03_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/17976/2020-07-13_13-21-03_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Marijke de Goey, Tango Dancers, 2014. © Gibbs Farm](/site/assets/files/17976/2020-07-13_13-23-08_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/17976/2020-07-13_13-23-08_gibbs-farm_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
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