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Exhibition Review
Sheila Hicks: Off-Grid
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 926-929
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Reviewer:
Thomas, Greg (Thomas, Greg)
Subjects
artists:
Hicks, Sheila
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain
subjects:
American art / Textiles / Tapestries
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sheila Hicks: Off-Grid The Hepworth Wakefield 7th April–25th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Installation view of Sheila Hicks: Off-Grid at the Hepworth Wakefield, 2022, showing in the foreground La mer (the sea). 1976/2022. Linen and synthetic rafia, 470 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Hepworth Wakefield; photograph Tom Bird).
Attributed works:
27. Installation view of Sheila Hicks: Off-Grid at the Hepworth Wakefield, 2022, showing on the right Nowhere to Go. 2022. Pigmented acrylic fibre, dimensions variable; and on the wall Peace Barrier. 2018. Linen and wood, 150 by 300 cm.; and Ripe rip. 2019. Linen, wood and aluminium, 130 by 170 cm. (All private collection; courtesy Hepworth Wakefield; photograph Tom Bird).
Attributed works:
28. Calligraphy sauvages, by Sheila Hicks. Cotton, wool, linen, silk, bamboo and synthetic fibre, 231 by 162 by 34 cm. (Courtesy Alison Jacques, London; exh. Hepworth Wakefield).
Exhibition Review
Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1056-1058
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Reviewer:
Rudd, Natalie (Rudd, Natalie)
Subjects
artists:
Hepworth, Barbara / Dean, Tacita / Ryan, Veronica
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain
subjects:
British sculpture / Women artists / British art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life The Hepworth Wakefield 21st May 2021–27th February 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Oval sculpture, by Barbara Hepworth. 1943. Plane wood with painted white concavities, 34.9 by 46.2 by 29.9 cm. (© Bowness, Hepworth Estate; courtesy Pier Arts Centre, Stromness; photograph David Lambert / Rod Tidnam).
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2. Fenestration of the ear (The microscope), by Barbara Hepworth. 1948. Oil and pencil on board, 34.5 by 44.5 cm. (Courtesy Ingram Collection; photograph J.P. Bland).
Attributed works:
3. Installation view of Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life at the Hepworth Wakefield, 2021, showing in the foregroud Oval form (Trezion), by Barbara Hepworth. 1961–63. Bronze, 94 by 144 by 87 cm. (Courtesy Hepworth Wakefield; photograph Lewis Ronald).
Exhibition Review
Bill Brandt / Henry Moore
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 520-524
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Reviewer:
Harrison, Martin (Harrison, Martin)
Subjects
artists:
Moore, Henry Spencer, 1898-1986 / Brandt, Bill
dates:
2010-2019 / 2020-2030
museums and institutions:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States / Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, Great Britain
subjects:
Photography / Sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bill Brandt / Henry Moore The Hepworth Wakefield 7th February–1st November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Liverpool Street extension, by Bill Brandt. 1940, printed c.1948. Gelatin silver print, 24.4 by 19.3 cm. (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield).
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2. Tube shelter perspective: the Liverpool Street extension, by Henry Moore. 1941. Pencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour, wash, pen and ink on paper, 48 by 43.5 cm. (Tate, London; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield).
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3. Contact sheet for details of Auguste Rodin’s Walking man (1877–78), by Henry Moore. 1967. 25.2 by 20.3 cm. (Henry Moore Foundation; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield).
Attributed works:
4. Nude, Baie des Anges, by Bill Brandt. 1959. Gelatin silver print, 61.6 by 52.1 cm. (  Bill Brandt Archive Ltd, London; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield).
Exhibition Review
Lee Miller and Surrealism in Britain. The Hepworth Wakefield
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 863-865
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Reviewer:
Matheson, Neil (Matheson, Neil)
Subjects
artists:
Miller, Lee / Nash, Paul / Hillier, Tristram Paul / Hepworth, Barbara / Moore, Henry Spencer, 1898-1986 / Nicholson, Ben / Man Ray / Banting, John / Chirico, Giorgio de / Miró, Joan / Tanguy, Yves / Penrose, Roland / Ernst, Max / Magritte, René / Dalí, Salvador / Agar, Eileen / Eluard, Paul / Carrington, Dora / Beaton, Cecil
artists:
Melville, John / Mesens, Edouard Léon Théodore
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Photographs / Paintings / Sculpture
museums and institutions:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Wakefield
subjects:
Surrealism / Photography / Fashion / War Artists / World War (1939-1945) / Modernism / Nudes / Correspondence / Artists' groups and associations / Critical Reception / Influence / Models (people)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Portrait of space, near Siwa, Egypt, by Lee Miller. 1937. Gelatin silver print, 29.2 by 23.3 cm. (© Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield).
Attributed works:
22. A l’heure de l’observatoire – Les amoureux, by Man Ray. 1932–34/1970. Coloured lithograph after oil painting. 68 by 104 cm. (Collection Clo and Marcel Fleiss, Paris; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield).
Exhibition Review
Stanley Spencer. Wakefield and Cookham
10/2016 | 1363 | 158
Pages: 836-837
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Reviewer:
Spalding, Frances (Spalding, Frances)
Subjects
artists:
Spencer, Stanley
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham, Great Britain
places:
Wakefield / England
places:
Cookham
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. Port Glasgow Cemetery, by Stanley Spencer. 1947 (British Council Collection; exh. Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham)
Attributed works:
69. Bellrope, Cookham, Berkshire, by Stanley Spencer. 1936 (Rochdale Museum and Art Gallery; exh. The Hepworth, Wakefield)
Attributed works:
70. Self-portrait, Adelaide Road, by Stanley Spencer. 1939 (Private collection, courtesy Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert; exh. The Hepworth, Wakefield)
Exhibition Review
Caro in Yorkshire
11/2015 | 1352 | 157
Pages: 801-802
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Reviewer:
Collins, Judith (Collins, Judith)
Subjects
artists:
Caro, Anthony
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield, Great Britain / The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain
places:
West Bretton / Wakefield / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
81. Double Flats, by Anthony Caro. 1974 (Barford Sculptures Limited; exh. Yorkshire Sculpture Park)
Attributed works:
82. Month of May, by Anthony Caro. 1963 (Barford Sculptures Limited; exh. Yorkshire Sculpture Park)
Attributed works:
83. Terminus, by Anthony Caro. 2013 (Barford Sculptures Limited; exh. Yorkshire Sculpture Park)
Exhibition Review
William Scott. Wakefield
09/2013 | 1326 | 155
Pages: 640-642
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Reviewer:
Treves, Toby (Treves, Toby)
Subjects
artists:
Scott, William, 1913-1989
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain
places:
Wakefield / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
54. Harbour Port Menach, Brittany, by William Scott (William Scott Foundation; exh. Hepworth, Wakefield)
Attributed works:
55. Egypt series no.5, by William Scott (William Scott Foundation; exh. Hepworth, Wakefield)
Attributed works:
57. Still life with candlestick, by William Scott (Private collection; exh. Hepworth, Wakefield)
Exhibition Review
Barbara Hepworth. Wakefield, Chichester and Paddock Wood
01/2013 | 1318 | 150
Pages: 49-50
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Reviewer:
Spalding, Frances (Spalding, Frances)
Subjects
artists:
Hepworth, Barbara
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain / Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Great Britain
places:
Wakefield / Paddock Wood / England / Chichester
private galleries:
Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
60. Skiagram, by Barbara Hepworth (Hepworth Estate, Bowness; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield)
Attributed works:
61. Concentration of hands II, by Barbara Hepworth (Private collection; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield)
Publication Received
Barbara Hepworth. The Plasters. The Gift to Wakefield
09/2011 | 1302 | 153
Pages: 614
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Reviewer:
Treves, Toby (Treves, Toby)
Subjects
artists:
Hepworth, Barbara
museums and institutions:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain
print:
Hepworth, Barbara
subjects:
Gifts / Donations / Collections, Public / Sculpture / Plaster / British architecture / Art galleries / Art museums
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Barbara Hepworth. The Plasters. The Gift to Wakefield | editor: Bowness, Sophie
Exhibition Review
New galleries. Wakefield (The Hepworth)
09/2011 | 1302 | 153
Pages: 624-625
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
artists:
Chipperfield, David
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain
places:
Wakefield / England
print:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Architecture / Art museums
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Hepworth, Wakefield | institution: The Hepworth
Illustrations
Attributed works:
83. Horn of plenty, by Eva Rothschild. 2011. Gold leaf, jesmonite and steel stand, 220 by 85 by 80 cm. (Courtesy of the artist and The Hepworth, Wakefield).
Attributed works:
84. The Hepworth, Wakefield. 2011.