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jo baring is an art historian, curator and writer.

 
 
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podcast

Jo’s podcast Sculpting Lives was recommended by The Royal Academy, The Guardian, The Evening Standard as a top arts podcast. Read more…

 
 
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TALKS

Jo is a regular arts speaker at museums, galleries and fairs. Read more…

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PROJECTS

The inaugural Masterpiece London Sculpture Series was curated by Jo, showcasing pieces in a variety of materials and styles, and challenging visitor perceptions about sculpture. Read more…

 

 
 

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How much would I like to see this transferred to a public place. If anyone is thinking about how sculpture can confront history - look no further than Lubaina Himid’s Old Boat/New Money. It’s made up of painted wooden planks, arranged t
Big news! Very excited that the Ingram Collection has acquired two pieces by sculptor Olivia Bax. Olivia was shortlisted for the Ingram Prize back in 2017, and I’ve been following her work ever since. One of the sculptures joining the collectio
I’ve written about Elisabeth Frink for the latest @pallanthousegallery magazine. The Frink Estate donated over 100 sculptures, prints and drawings by Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993) to Pallant House. During the course of her career, Frink crea
While revelling in my near white-out misty Thames walk I thought of this 1949 painting by Victor Pasmore, The Gardens of Hammersmith No. 2. Pasmore lived at 16 Hammersmith Terrace in the 1940s (I took this photo beside the terrace). In 1948, Pasmor
Hughie O’Donoghue’s work really resonates with me. Like me he was born in England to an Irish family, and that history informs his work and life. There is poetry in his painting. It’s the last few days of his solo show @marlborough_
I’d never seen this photo of Hepworth before which I love for all the studio detail (the red headscarf, the chair, the whisky and slippers). AND I think - please correct me if I’m wrong - that a cast of the sculpture on the top shelf is i
So today I handed in the manuscript for ‘Modern British Art: New Reflections’ which will be published by @lhartbooks in the autumn. It’s a book with incredible contributors, asking new questions about the ever popular category of &l
“I open my new book … to bring forth a new chapter of wisdom, hope, joys, fears. I shall be honest with myself; and therewith succeed”. An 18 year old Eva Hesse writing her first diary entry, 31 December 1954. Here’s to 202