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Phyllida Barlow: Disruptor review – sexy latex and gobs of gum as a stately home gets trashed

From an explosion of plywood chairs to something akin to big gobs of bubblegum stuck to the walls, the imaginative exhibition reverberates with Barlow’s punk irreverence

The Guardian - UK · May 22

Blurred Lines: How the World of Fashion and Art Collided Once Again this Season

Designers, sculptors and graffiti artists are teaming up to craft innovative collaborations. Here are the art-inspired collections to know about...

Marie Claire · Sep 9, 2025

Roksanda's Autumn/Winter 2025 collection included three upcycled pieces- here's what to know

Take a peek inside the brand's colourful wonderland

Marie Claire · Mar 16, 2025

Sculptor Alison Wilding: ‘Some of my works are very huggable. But I don’t want anyone else to touch them’

She’s one of the UK’s most revered sculptors. Yet Wilding is often overlooked. She talks about making art out of dead frogs, her feminist awakening and why ‘work comes from work’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2024

Phyllida Barlow: Unscripted review – exhilarating glimpses of a colossal talent

This is the retrospective the artist never had in her lifetime, including her last sculpture series. Despite the skilful curation, visitors will yearn for Barlow’s special touch

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2024

In memoriam: celebrating the lives and work of those we lost in 2023

We honour and remember some of the influential creatives lost during 2023, through the Wallpaper* tributes that ran throughout the year

Wallpaper · Dec 30, 2023

‘Why don’t we know more of her? It’s upsetting’: dance genius Bronislava Nijinska

Created 100 years ago, Nijinska’s ballet Les Noces is a feminist masterpiece. Andrea Miller, who has choreographed a new version using Stravinsky’s music and art by Phyllida Barlow, hails a trailblazer

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

Florence Peake review – riffing and writhing topless on the canvas

Factual Actual: Ensemble is a performance about painting, and painting as performance, that feels like an open-ended ritual

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

Letter: Dame Phyllida Barlow obituary

Paul de Monchaux writes: Phyllida Barlow provided my students with a memorable ‘physical adventure’ in sculpture

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

Phyllida Barlow obituary: renowned sculptor who was also an influential art teacher

Phyllida Barlow was 16 years old, and in her first term at art school, when one of her teachers noted that her painting had a sculptural quality, and suggested that she work in clay instead. It was, she said, “an awakening”. 

The Week · Mar 24, 2023