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‘Farewell Ye Hills and Valleys’, anonymous, from a traditional song, played by Hannah French
‘Farewell Ye Hills and Valleys’, anonymous, from a traditional song, played by Hannah French
Cerith Wyn Evans: Astrophotography...The Traditional Measure of Photographic Speed in Astronomy...’ by Siegfried Marx (1987) – 1
Why does this work introduce the Constellations? Artistic director, Francesco Manacorda
Cerith Wyn Evans: Astrophotography...The Traditional Measure of Photographic Speed in Astronomy...’ by Siegfried Marx (1987) – 2
What is the significance of the book? Artistic director, Francesco Manacorda
Joseph Beuys: Felt Suit – 1
Why a suit? Assistant Curator Tamar Hemmes
Joseph Beuys: Felt Suit – 2
Why was felt important to Beuys? Tamar Hemmes
Jean Fautrier: Head of a Hostage – 1
How does this work reflect the time it was made? Assistant Curator Lauren Barnes
Jean Fautrier: Head of a Hostage – 2
How does the sculpture’s surface communicate? Lauren Barnes
Michelangelo Pistoletto: Venus of the Rags, 1967, 1974
A meeting of opposites? Visitor Assistant John Hughes
Louise Bourgeois
Bourgeois as 'feminist foremother' - Lauren Barnes, Assistant Curator
Louise Bourgeois: Mamelles 1991, cast 2001
What art forms does this work respond to? Assistant Curator, Lauren Barnes
André Breton, Nusch Eluard, Valentine Hugo, Paul Eluard: Exquisite Corpse – 1
Assistant Curator Laura Barnes explains a surrealist party game
André Breton, Nusch Eluard, Valentine Hugo, Paul Eluard: Exquisite Corpse – 2
The art historical importance of ‘one weird evening’. Assistant curator Lauren Barnes
Rachel Whiteread: Untitled (Air Bed II) – 1
Why did Whiteread choose an air mattress? Assistant curator Lauren Barnes
Rachel Whiteread: Untitled (Air Bed II) – 2
Transforming air into something monumental. Assistant curator Lauren Barnes
George Grosz
How can art deal with horror? Curator Darren Pih
Pablo Picasso: Goat’s Skull, Bottle and Candle – 1
What traditions did Picasso draw from? Visitor assistant John Hughes
BARBARA HEPWORTH
Do abstract works turn away from real world? Assistant curator Lauren Barnes
Dame Barbara Hepworth: Single Form (Eikon) 1937–8, cast 1963
What connects this to ancient art? Assistant curator Lauren Barnes
C. K. Rajan: Mild Terrors II – 1
How did economic changes spark this work? Assistant curator Lauren Barnes
C. K. Rajan: Mild Terrors II – 2
How does Rajan make use of what he criticises? Lauren Barnes