17/10/2026
An inspirational yet heart breaking art installation.
How sad that the artist had planned to make 52 hearts as that was how many women had died last year due to femicide. Unfortunately we are already at 56 femicide fatalities this year!
There is never an excuse for murder!
Dozens of hand-polished concrete hearts stand at Marks Park between Sydney’s Bondi and Tamarama beaches as part of this year’s Sculpture by the Sea.
The hearts represent the women who have been killed by their former or current partner this year.
Creators Philippa Lysaght and Omi McCurdie originally planned on making 52 hearts, reflective of the 52 women killed each year on average in Australia.
"As it stands today, there's 56 women killed in Australia, but by the end of this exhibition it will be closer to 60," Ms Lysaght said.
"But as we were creating the work, we realised that this year was a particularly bad year for violence against women," Ms Lysaght said.
"We didn't want to under-represent the issue."
📲 Read Tamsyn Buckle's full story: https://www.abc.net.au/news/tamsyn-buckle/106432138
