Was Barbara Hepworth a giant of modern sculpture - or a dreary relic of post-war Britain?

Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World

Tate Britain, until 25 October

In the last two decades of her life, Barbara Hepworth was a big figure in the world of art. A 21-foot bronze of hers stands outside the UN headquarters in New York, emblematic of her friendship with secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld — a Hepworth collector — and of her international fame.

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TaggedBarbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Cornwall, Epstein, Exhibition, Henry Moore, Modernism, Sculpture, Tate britain, visual art

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Was Barbara Hepworth a giant of modern sculpture - or a dreary relic of post-war Britain?

Tate Britain's new exhibition pursues some interesting byways but it doesn't really answer the question

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