Some Time: Richard Deacon at Antwerp's Middelheim Museum

The Turner Prize-winning artist and 'master of abstract sculpture' unveils his first solo outdoor exhibition at the historic sculpture park

In 1993, Antwerp was named European Capital of Culture. In response, the Middelheim Museum, a sculpture park on the outskirts of the city, embarked on a new creative direction by purchasing ten contemporary artworks for a permanent exhibition it called simply New Sculptures. Among them was a newly commissioned piece by British artist Richard Deacon called Never Mind, a large blimp-shaped object made from birchwood.

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