generic image of Leerdammer cheese following Brian Sewell comments concerning St Ives based sculptor Barbara Hepworth


27 02 07 Generic shot of Leerdammer Cheese Art critic Brian Sewell has described an exhibition of Cornish contemporary art at Tate St Ives Cornwall as despicable and unworthy of a nationally known gallery Sewell who was speaking at a talk in Penzance also dismissed much loved St Ives based sculptor Barbara Hepworth as boring He compared her to Leerdammer cheese saying that her work was something one has of necessity rather than taste Surprisingly his criticisms were met with rapturous applause from the audience


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