Photo: Studio St Ives. Hepworth Photograph Collection. Barbara Hepworth © Bowness
Barbara Hepworth, Construction (Crucifixion) in St Ives churchyard, September 1968
Free sculpture exhibition of a pioneering woman
»Barbara Hepworth in the Rijksmuseum Gardens«
A rare opportunity is available in Amsterdam: public sculptures by British artist Barbara Hepworth will be brought to the Netherlands and presented together. Barbara Hepworth in the Rijksmuseum Gardens will present a survey of her late work beginning June 3.
June 02, 2022
Only on special occasions are Barbara Hepworth's sculptures moved from their permanent locations in public gardens and parks in England. One of these is now the exhibition Barbara Hepworth in the Rijksmuseum Gardens, on view in Amsterdam from June 3 to October 23. It is joined by several works from private collections and a loan from the Dutch Kröller-Müller Museum. The Rijksmuseum exhibition is the ninth edition of an annual free sculpture exhibition.
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) attracted attention as early as the 1920s with her innovatively shaped sculptures made of traditional materials such as wood and marble. She was one of the few artists of her generation to achieve international success, and became a role model for artists who followed. In 1959, she won the Grand Prize at the São Paulo Biennial. Since 1964, her nearly 21-feet-high sculpture Single Form, a smaller version of which is on display by the Rijksmuseum, has stood in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York.
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Barbara Hepworth with Curved Form (Trevalgan) in the garden of Trewyn Studio, St Ives, by Ida Kar, 1961
Dive deeper into the art world
London, Tate Britain
»The 80s: Photographing Britain«
It was one of the most moving decades in the history of the United Kingdom: the 1980s, characterized by strikes, protests and AIDS. Photographers documented this period and in some cases became political activists themselves through their images. The exhibition The 80s: Photographing Britain opens on November 21 at the Tate Britain in London.
November 21, 2024
Guido Klumpe
In search of poetry in urban spaces
It is in the context of functional architecture in urban spaces that Guido Klumpe finds the motifs that he stages with his camera as the poetry of the profane. His picturesque images unfold an opulent effect with a reduced formal language, showing us the beauty of the moment in the flow of everyday life.
by Felix Brosius,
November 19, 2024
