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Alice Meredith Williams

From the archive: Alice Meredith Williams ARBS

Phyllida Shaw unveils the life and work of a little known sculptor

‘Small of stature and delicate in appearance, with visionary eyes, she acquired amid the rigours of her student life a power of endurance which supported her in the heaviest work, and no obstacles deterred her undaunted spirit from carrying out an idea.’ This description of Gertrude Alice Meredith

Grizedale Forest

Article: In partnership with Grizedale Forest

Hazel Stone reflects on the forestry Commission's centenary and recent collaborations with the Royal Society of Sculptors

Entering a new year is often a time of reflection as well as a time of optimistically looking to the future and this is particularly so for the Forestry Commission as it celebrates it’s centenary in 2019. Originally set up following the First World War to restore the nation’s woods and forests and...

Anne Acheson putting her finishing touches to a sculpture called October in the 1920s

From the Archive: Anne Acheson CBE FRBS

The legacy of a sculptor who's achievements in WW1 still perpetuate

Anne Acheson (1882-1962) was a sculptor, born in Portadown, Co. Armagh. She studied architecture at the Royal College of Art, Kensington from 1906-1910. Subsequently her bespoke sculptures became popular in many houses and gardens. Her work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and she became the first...

The Intermediary Family by Bharti Kher

Article: The Intermediary Family by Bharti Kher

Dea Vanagan, Hauser & Wirth Director, reflects on Kher's new artwork for Frieze Sculpture 2018

In July, Frieze Sculpture returned to the English Gardens of Regent’s Park in London for its seventh edition. Curated by Clare Lilley, Director of Programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 25 artists were selected through an open call by international galleries. With a mixture of existing and newly...

The Coffin Jump by Katrina Palmer

Article: The Coffin Jump by Katrina Palmer

Helen Pheby, Senior Curator Yorkshire Sculpture Park discusses the park’s new 14-18 NOW installation

Helen Pheby, Senior Curator Yorkshire Sculpture Park

The Coffin Jump by Katrina Palmer at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is inspired by the role of women in the First World War, particularly the all-female First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps). The artwork features a horse jump with texts written in response to the nurses’...

Out Of Body

Out Of Body

Exploring the differences between animate and inanimate

I am fascinated by the interconnectedness of the human and non-human as a means of exploring our relationship with impermanence.

Isaac Witkin

From the archive: Isaac Witkin (1936 - 2006)

Internationally renowned sculptor, Society member & Henry Moore's assistant

Nadine Witkin, talks about her late father

James Turrell Skyscape

Looking to the sky

With Turrell's Skyscape

“Scientific perspective is nothing but eye-fooling illusionism; it is simply a trick - a bad trick - which makes it impossible for an artist to convey a full experience of space” (Braque) How many times have you looked into a rectangle today, and how many times have you looked through that frame...

El Peine de los Vientos

Encountering El Peine de los Vientos

by Eduardo Chillida in San Sebastian

Leaving the Mirakontxa Pasealekus, I enter the promenade and walk in a westerly direction, the promenade narrows and in the distance I see El Peine de los Vientos; suddenly rock outcrops obscure the view and instead, deep visceral sounds are felt and heard. Continuing, the promenade leads to a...

Support for a cloud by Mhairi Vari

Exploring Sculpture in the City 2017

Powerful interactions with place

In the densely-built labyrinth of the City of London, where I work, the Sculpture in the City exhibition each year causes at least a few bustling office workers (including me) to focus on a sculpture and its place in the environment. The best of this year’s works interact powerfully with their...