© Courtauld Gallery
Hepworth in Colour
12 June 2026 — 6 September 2026
On NowThe Courtauld presents the first exhibition to explore Hepworth's lifelong use of colour — uniting her 1940s carved sculptures with vivid blues and yellows alongside major works from the 1950s–60s, many shown together for the first time from collections worldwide.
From Courtauld Gallery
Barbara Hepworth (1903 –1975) is best known for her abstract sculptural forms inspired by nature and the rugged seaside landscapes of Cornwall, where she lived and worked. This ambitious exhibition will be the first to explore a less familiar aspect of her work, the artist’s lifelong fascination with colour, which she used in highly original and unexpected ways. The exhibition will unite for the first time her early innovative sculptures with colour of the 1940s,...
Read more at Courtauld Gallery →Critic Reviews (2)
The Guardian
Jonathan Jones
Hepworth in Colour review – salty Cornish seascapes compressed into immaculate sculptures
"The rounded, white plaster objects are cut open to reveal deep blue interiors that seem immemorial, although Hepworth has simply painted them. Across the blue illusionistic depths, red-painted strings are tautly fixed. The red strings might suggest seaweed if, like me, you can't get nature out of your head looking at these abstract yet evocative works."
Read full review →The Times
Laura Freeman
a dazzling fresh take on a genius
"Nothing is as it seems in these shape-shifting sculptures. Surface becomes centre, edges have no end, hollows and holes draw you inside a sculpture and demand you look beyond it. We see a mind at work, making do with scant materials and still scanter time, trying this, then that, then variations on a theme."
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The Strand, London·View on artmap
Sunday10am–6pm
Monday10am–6pm
Tuesday10am–6pm
Wednesday10am–6pm
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday10am–6pm
Saturday10am–6pm
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© Courtauld Gallery
Hepworth in Colour
12 June 2026 — 6 September 2026
On NowThe Courtauld presents the first exhibition to explore Hepworth's lifelong use of colour — uniting her 1940s carved sculptures with vivid blues and yellows alongside major works from the 1950s–60s, many shown together for the first time from collections worldwide.
From Courtauld Gallery
Barbara Hepworth (1903 –1975) is best known for her abstract sculptural forms inspired by nature and the rugged seaside landscapes of Cornwall, where she lived and worked. This ambitious exhibition will be the first to explore a less familiar aspect of her work, the artist’s lifelong fascination with colour, which she used in highly original and unexpected ways. The exhibition will unite for the first time her early innovative sculptures with colour of the 1940s,...
Read more at Courtauld Gallery →Critic Reviews (2)
The Guardian
Jonathan Jones
Hepworth in Colour review – salty Cornish seascapes compressed into immaculate sculptures
"The rounded, white plaster objects are cut open to reveal deep blue interiors that seem immemorial, although Hepworth has simply painted them. Across the blue illusionistic depths, red-painted strings are tautly fixed. The red strings might suggest seaweed if, like me, you can't get nature out of your head looking at these abstract yet evocative works."
Read full review →The Times
Laura Freeman
a dazzling fresh take on a genius
"Nothing is as it seems in these shape-shifting sculptures. Surface becomes centre, edges have no end, hollows and holes draw you inside a sculpture and demand you look beyond it. We see a mind at work, making do with scant materials and still scanter time, trying this, then that, then variations on a theme."
Read full review →About the Artist
Visit
The Strand, London·View on artmap
Sunday10am–6pm
Monday10am–6pm
Tuesday10am–6pm
Wednesday10am–6pm
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday10am–6pm
Saturday10am–6pm