Artists & Illustrators

Masterpieces in the open air

THE UK IS HOME TO SOME of the world’s most exciting artworks and while many are housed in galleries and private collections, plenty live year-round in the great outdoors. You don’t need to be a meteorologist to know that the UK is a place of unpredictable weather in all seasons, but summer really is the best time to enjoy outside art. From vestiges in artist’s gardens to collections stately parkland or towering public pieces, we round up some of the best art to see ‘in the wild.’

Barbara Hepworth Museum Cornwall

She might be Yorkshire born and bred, but the formidable Hepworth’s heart belonged in Cornwall, where she lived from 1939 until her death in 1975. Home was Trewyn Studio where she also worked – and is now known as the Barbara

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