Moore/Hepworth - A Collaborative Conference

Call for Papers -

A Collaborative Conference

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds Art Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Hepworth Wakefield and Arts Council Collection based at Longside

Friday 3 June and Saturday 4 June 2011

In Spring 2011 focused attention will be given to the work of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth in Yorkshire. It sees the opening of The Hepworth Wakefield gallery, witjavascript:void(0)h inaugural collections displays focussing on Hepworth’s sculpture, the retrospective exhibition of Moore’s work at Leeds Art Gallery, and the prominent inclusion of the two artists’ work at the Henry Moore Institute and Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Next year therefore provides an excellent opportunity to consider the relationships between these two artists in the county of their birth. To enable this, five arts organisations in the region will work together to stage a conference – the first in a series of collaborative events - that considers the local geographical, social and political contexts for the artistic development and subsequent critical reception of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.