Barbara Hepworth: Writings and Conversations (2015) edited by Sophie Bowness “This illuminating collection brings together Hepworth’s published writings, unpublished notes, transcripts and ...

Barbara Hepworth at work on the plaster for Oval Form (Trezion), 1963 (courtesy Bowness) Photograph: Val Wilmer. Get the latest art news, reviews and opinions from Hyperallergic.

I am constantly plagued by this little-woman attitude,” the British sculptor Barbara Hepworth told an interviewer in 1966. “There is a deep prejudice against women in art.” She had reason to ...

Barbara Hepworth at the Tate Gallery in 1968, preparing for her retrospective a year after breaking her leg. Photo: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

The key to stitching these various strands together is of course Hepworth’s art, created over half a century. • Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life, Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, 21 May-27 ...

Dame Barbara Hepworth, the English abstract sculptor, is honored in today's Google Doodle, on the anniversary of the day she arrived in St. Ives and established her studio. In the Doodle, Hepworth ...

Barbara Hepworth, Pierced hemisphere (Telstar), 1963. Photo courtesy of Piano Nobile. Elsewhere in the show is a maquette for perhaps Hepworth’s best known stringed work, Winged Figure (1963).

Barbara Hepworth: In Equilibrium is at Heide Museum of Modern art, November 5-March 13. A cultural guide to going out and loving your city. Sign up to our Culture Fix newsletter here.

Barbara Hepworth, born in Wakefield, England in 1903, was a leading figure in modernist sculpture. She studied at the Leeds School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London.

Barbara Hepworth: Strings coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the artist’s death. The presentation will focus on Hepworth’s use of string. Even if you haven’t heard of the artist, you may have ...

Hepworth in Yorkshire chronicles Hepworth’s early years growing up in Wakefield; she was born there in 1903.Her father was an engineer and became county surveyor. The young artist often ...

The Tate Britain has released details on the first large-scale London exhibition of Barbara Hepworth’s artwork since 1968. “Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World” will open in ...