Sydney's popular Sculpture by the Sea exhibition has been postponed until next year because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Director David Handley said the exhibition was denied an exemption by NSW Health and would now hopefully be held early in 2021.
The annual event that features a series of sculptures along the two-kilometre Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk attracts throngs of keen locals and tourists.
Mr Handley said more than 100 international and Australian artists selected to exhibit at Sculpture by the Sea had spent between $1.5 million to $1.8 million to create and freight their sculptures from around the world.
All of the artists would remain in the line-up for the delayed exhibition.
"With the announcement some months ago that NSW would welcome back major events this spring we hoped it would also be possible to stage the exhibition," Mr Handley said on Wednesday.
"While looking ahead to see what might be possible early next year, we are delighted to be taking artists into schools across NSW and to be installing a major sculpture on the end of the south Bondi headland from mid-November as a beacon of hope for Sydney, Australia and the world."
Australian Associated Press
