Curators Talk: Barbara Hepworth

Eleanor Clayton is Senior Curator at The Hepworth Wakefield and a specialist in British Modernism. In 2021 she curated the exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life which is touring to Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Tate St Ives, and Towner Art Gallery, and wrote the accompanying biography Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life, published by Thames & Hudson.

Anne Barlow is Director of Tate St Ives where she oversees its programme of exhibitions, displays, artist residencies, new commissions, learning and research. Barlow was formerly Director of Art in General, New York, Curator of Education and Media Programs, New Museum, New York, and Curator of Contemporary Art and Design, Glasgow Museums, Scotland. She has published and lectured widely and was Curator of 5th Bucharest Biennale and Co-Curator of the Latvian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale.

This talk will have BSL interpretation.

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