A new regional partnership between the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, Hepworth Wakefield, Leeds Art Gallery and Yorkshire Sculpture Park aims to make Yorkshire the “sculpture capital of Europe”.
The Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle project is backed by the Welcome to Yorkshire tourism body and Arts Council England, which has provided £170,000 in funding.
However, Jonathan Jones, the Guardian’s art critic, criticised the venture, saying: “Yorkshire is seriously claiming to be more of a sculpture capital than Rome, where Bernini’s angels and Michelangelo’s Moses compete with the colossus of Constantine.”
Next month, Yorkshire Sculpture Park will launch the biggest UK exhibition devoted to British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, while a show of works by late French artist Robert Filliou opens at the Henry Moore Institute.
The Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle project is backed by the Welcome to Yorkshire tourism body and Arts Council England, which has provided £170,000 in funding.
However, Jonathan Jones, the Guardian’s art critic, criticised the venture, saying: “Yorkshire is seriously claiming to be more of a sculpture capital than Rome, where Bernini’s angels and Michelangelo’s Moses compete with the colossus of Constantine.”
Next month, Yorkshire Sculpture Park will launch the biggest UK exhibition devoted to British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, while a show of works by late French artist Robert Filliou opens at the Henry Moore Institute.