Gibbs Farm, Outdoor sculpture park at Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand
Gibbs Farm is a private open-air sculpture park at Kaipara Harbour, 47 km north of Auckland, covering 400 hectares. Its collection of large-scale outdoor sculptures is the largest in New Zealand, with works by New Zealand and international artists commissioned for the site. One sculpture, Electrum by Eric Orr, is an 11.6-metre Tesla coil, the world's largest.
Alan Gibbs began inviting international artists in 1991 to create permanent installations across his farmland. Since then, more than two dozen works have been commissioned, each designed for the site.
The collection includes pieces by Richard Serra, Anish Kapoor and Neil Dawson, who each designed works that respond to the surrounding terrain and light conditions. Visitors walk between these installations and see how steel, stone and other materials interact with the open grassland.
Entry is by advance booking through the official website; public open days are usually held once a month. The 400-hectare farm lies 47 kilometres north of Auckland on Kaipara Harbour, and the grounds are toured on foot, so allow several hours and wear shoes suited to pasture and hillsides.
Exotic animals such as giraffes and emus roam the grounds alongside the sculptures, visible during walks between the installations. A full-scale replica Wild West town named Grief also exists in a restricted section of the property.
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