What’s Up With The Huge Rise In British People Going To Sculpture Parks (And Hugging The Sculptures)?

Attendance has increased to a half million visits per year at once sculpture park, and many others have seen their attendance doubled in the last few years. One artist thinks it’s down to emotion: “When you put your work in a park people will immediately voice their opinion and it seems more real and alive. With sculpture we have an emotional response that’s more connected when we’re outside with it.”