Barbara Hepworth Towner Gallery – A Personal Response – Jude Montague
Having seen the Hepworth exhibition in 2015 at the Tate Britain, I was looking forward to the show at The Towner Gallery
20 June 2023
Barbara Hepworth
The Power of She: A Tribute to Women in the Arts: Bowman Sculpture and Guerin Projects
The Power of She: A tribute to Women in the Arts is a ground-breaking curatorial initiative from a duo of accomplished women curators: Marie-Claudine Llamas and Mica Bowman
14 March 2023
Transcending Epochs: When Matter Becomes Form – A New Exhibition At Bowman Sculpture
Bowman Sculpture and Canopy Collections are presenting a joint exhibition, ‘When Matter Becomes Form’, opening Friday, 6 May 2022
1 May 2022
Barbara Hepworth: Symbols Of Art & Life – Hepworth Wakefield – Revd Jonathan Evens
Looking back on her work, Hepworth identified three important sculptural forms to which she continually returned.
9 June 2021
Barbara Hepworth Honoured With Google Doodle
Barbara Hepworth has been honoured with a google doodle. The animated gif sees the sculptor chiselling away at one of her trademark works. This marks a turning point for championing British women artists.
25 August 2020
Barbara Hepworth’s St Ives Studio Given Grade II Status
A studio in St Ives, Cornwall used by Dame Barbara Hepworth has been given Grade II-listed status.
18 May 2020
Four London Art Exhibitions To See – June 2019 – Edward Lucie-Smith
London’s posher galleries offer exhibitions of all kinds right now, but they tend to have a slightly depressing characteristic in common. The artists concerned are usually either very senior or dead. Few of them are British. The days when the YBAs dominated the British art scene are long over. In a way, this is a tribute to the cosmopolitanism of today’s London art world.
28 May 2019
Barbara Hepworth | Ben Nicholson Sculpture and Painting in the 1930s
‘Barbara Hepworth | Ben Nicholson: Sculpture and Painting in the 1930s brings together over thirty works created by two of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century.
Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm
The Christian Science Connection Within The British Modern Art Movement
Christian Science does not explain the work of Nash and Nicolson just as surely as their work does not illustrate Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
15 January 2017
Gifted Barbara Hepworth Sculptures Realise £2.2m But Not Everyone Is Celebrating
Two sculptures gifted to Wakefield Girls High School by the iconic 20th century artist Barbara Hepworth have sold for £2.2m at Sotheby’s. Hepworth attended… Read More
15 June 2016
Public Art By Moore, Hepworth and Gormley Receive Grade II Listing
Forty one works of post-war public art in England has been grade II listed by the government. The newly protected list also includes… Read More
22 January 2016
Artlyst Podcast: Penelope Curtis And Curator Chris Stephens Discuss Barbara Hepworth
Tate Britain is currently presenting the first major Barbara Hepworth exhibition in London for almost fifty years. Barbara Hepworth (1903–75)… Read More
18 August 2015
Barbara Hepworth: First Major London Exhibition For Fifty Years Announced
Tate Britain has announced the first major Barbara Hepworth exhibition in London for almost fifty years. Barbara Hepworth (1903–75) is… Read More
13 January 2015
MIMA Celebrates Twenty-First Anniversary Of Tate St Ives With New Show
Tate St Ives in collaboration with mima present major works by artists Barbara Hepworth, Peter Lanyon and Patrick Heron will… Read More
19 September 2014
Mandergate: Barbara Hepworth Bronze Removed From Display At Midlands Shopping Centre
A cast bronze sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, removed from the Mander Shopping Centre in Wolverhampton last June is creating controversy…. Read More
20 August 2014
Conrad Shawcross Chosen To Replace Stolen Hepworth Bronze In Dulwich
The Sculptor Conrad Shawcross has won the commission to create an original replacement for the Barbara Hepworth bronze stolen from… Read More
20 October 2013
Barbara Hepworth and Elizabeth Frink Achieve Auction Records At Christie’s
Results for the Modern British Art Evening Sale at Christie’s London, 10 July 2013 achieved strong results for works by… Read More
11 July 2013
CARVING IN BRITAIN: MODERNISM EXPLORED IN NEW LONDON EXHIBITION
The Fine Art Society in New Bond Street is presenting an exhibition that tells the story of Carving in Britain… Read More
27 November 2012
Barbara Hepworth Drawings Displayed In Major Wakefield Exhibition
Previously unseen Post-war Britain ‘Hospital Drawings’ inspired by the launch of the NHS are to go on display at the… Read More
26 October 2012
HENRY MOORE GIFT TO WAKEFIELD IN NEW EXHIBITION
Lithographs and etchings gifted by Barbara Hepworth’s contemporary, Henry Moore to Wakefield, have gone on display in a new temporary… Read More
22 March 2012
Hepworth Sculpture Worth £1m Stolen In London
Rising Price of Scrap Metal Fuels Spate of Stolen Modern Masterpieces Last night thieves stole a bronze sculpture by the… Read More
20 December 2011
Millions In Art Donations Boost UK Museums
Turner, Hepworth and Sickert saved for the Nation to enjoy National treasures worth millions were saved from export and purchased… Read More
17 December 2011
Hepworth Gallery Wakefield Is World Class Landmark
New galleries seem to be launching on a monthly basis in the UK. This unfortunately is the tail end of… Read More
19 May 2011