Hope on the banks of the Clyde: Cop26 legacy sculpture installed
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#5SQ71)
Artist Steuart Padwick says the child's arms reach across Glasgow with a simple, positive message
A new public sculpture that calls for optimism about humanity's response to the climate crisis has been installed in a park once home to Glasgow's last working coalmine.
The Hope Sculpture, featuring an androgynous child placed more than 20 metres high, has been erected on the bank of the Clyde as a permanent reminder of Glasgow's role as host of the Cop26 climate summit in November.
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