British Art News
The latest news in Modern and Contemporary British Art.
by Alex Leith
BARBARA HEPWORTH IN AMSTERDAM
The show has been guest-curated by Hepworth’s granddaughter, the art historian Sophie Bowness.
MODERN BRITISH EXHIBITION AT OSBORNE SAMUEL
This summer’s highly anticipated Modern British collection at Osborne Samuel includes a number of pieces that have not been seen publicly for a very long time.
WILHELMINA BARNS-GRAHAM AND JONATHAN MICHAEL RAY
The pairing of these two seemingly disparate artists serves, interestingly, to reveal what it is that they share: not just a deep connection with the mysterious and ancient landscape of West Cornwall, but a brilliantly diverse creativity.
CORNELIA PARKER
As crowd-pulling spectacles, Cornelia Parker’s celebrated room-sized suspended installations will guarantee the popularity of this major retrospective.
BROWSE & DARBY: 45 YEARS ON CORK STREET
Browse & Darby was established at 19 Cork Street in 1977, by Lillian Browse and William Darby. Browse, an eminent art dealer and art historian nicknamed ‘the Duchess of Cork Street’, had previously run a gallery since 1944 in the same premises.
WILLIAM CROZIER: NATURE INTO ABSTRACTION
Scots/Irish artist William Crozier (1930-2011) established his reputation as one of the leading artists of his generation in post-war Britain with a remarkable series of landscape paintings produced from 1958 to 1961.
TERRY FROST: RED WITH BLACK ON THE SIDE
When the Bloomsbury gallery Austin/Desmond Fine Art, long-standing exhibitors at the British Art Fair, decided to run a major retrospective covering seven decades of Sir Terry Frost’s printmaking practice, there was little doubt as to who might curate it.