Outdoor art show Sculpture by the Sea has unveiled another showcase amid what's been, well, a sea of challenges.

The event has recently faced a last-minute funding shortfall, questions about safety and it is fighting its lead installer in the Fair Work Commission.

As if installing more than 100 sculptures along the clifftops of the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk wasn't hard enough.

Promoted as the largest free outdoor sculpture exhibition in the world, the annual Sydney event is expected to attract an audience of about 450,000 people.

As it unveils the 2025 show on Friday morning, Sculpture by the Sea is also managing an unfair dismissal case launched by installer Yuri Humeniuk, who suffered facial lacerations at the organisation's Kingswood storage depot in 2024.

Mr Humeniuk, who had

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