Barbara Hepworth
How to succeed in sculpture (without being a man)
Laura Gascoigne 18 April 2020 9:00 am
Whee-ooh-whee ya-ya-yang skrittle-skrittle skreeeek… Is it a space pod bearing aliens from Mars? No, it’s a podcast featuring aliens from…
Radio 4’s The Art of Innovation is a series that — for once — deserves the label ‘landmark’
Hermione Eyre 28 September 2019 9:00 am
Radio 4, how do I love thee? Rather as one loves the flocked wallpaper that came with the house. It…
What's that thing? Britain's worst public art
Stephen Bayley 6 February 2016 9:00 am
Bad public art pollutes our townscapes. Stephen Bayley names and shames the worst offenders as he unveils the winner of The Spectator’s inaugural What’s That Thing? Award
Was Barbara Hepworth a giant of modern sculpture - or a dreary relic of post-war Britain?
Martin Gayford 27 June 2015 9:00 am
In the last two decades of her life, Barbara Hepworth was a big figure in the world of art. A…
The Spectator declares war on bad public art
Stephen Bayley 28 February 2015 9:00 am
Stephen Bayley announces the launch of What’s That Thing?, The Spectator’s award for bad public art
2015 in exhibitions - painting still rules
Martin Gayford 3 January 2015 9:00 am
The art on show over the coming year demonstrates that we still live in an age of mighty painters, says Martin Gayford
A lost opportunity to show John Nash at his best
Andrew Lambirth 9 August 2014 9:00 am
John Northcote Nash (1893–1977) was the younger brother of Paul Nash (1889–1946), and has been long overshadowed by Paul, though…
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