Pan-Africanism in London, the health benefits of art, Barbara Hepworth
6/11/202658 min
The exhibition Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica began its life at the Art Institute of Chicago before travelling to Museu d’art contemporani de Barcelona (Macba) in Barcelona and now to the Barbican in London, in each case changing in relation to the particular circumstances of its location. One of the show’s curators is Elvira Dyangani Ose, the director of the Barcelona museum, and Ben Luke speaks to her about the show. Among the books shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction in the UK, which was awarded this week, is Daisy Fancourt’s Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health. Ben discusses her research and how it can be implemented. And this episode’s Work of the Week is Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943), by Barbara Hepworth. It features in Hepworth in Colour, a new exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London, and The Art Newspaper’s digital editor, Alexander Morrison, speaks to the show’s curator, Alexandra Gerstein, about the work.
Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, Barbican Art Gallery, until 6 September. To find out more about the wider events across the Barbican visit the centre’s website.
Daisy Fancourt: Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health, US: Celadon Books, $28.99; UK: Cornerstone Press, £22.
Hepworth in Colour, Courtauld Gallery, London, 12 June-6 September
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[gentle music] Hello, it's The Week in Art, I'm Ben Luke. This week, Project: Black Planet, Pan-Africanism at the Barbican, the health benefits of art, and Barbara Hepworth at the Courtauld. [gentle music] The exhibition Project: Black Planet, the Art and Culture of Pan Africa, began its life at the Art Institute of Chicago before traveling to the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, or MACBA, and now to the Barbican in London. In each case, changing in relation to the particular circumstances of its location. One of the show's curators is Elvira Djangani Osei, the director of the Barcelona museum, and I spoke to her about the show. Among the books shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction in the UK, which was awarded this week, is Daisy Fancourt's Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health. I spoke to her about her research. And this episode's work of the week is Sculpture with Color, Oval Form, Pale Blue and Red from 1943 by Barbara Hepworth. It features in a new exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London, Hepworth in Color, and The Art Newspaper's digital editor, Alexander Morrison, spoke to the show's curator, Alexandra Gerstein, about the work. Don't forget, you can subscribe to The Art Newspaper on our website