{"id":461968,"date":"2026-06-05T06:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/461968\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:57:08","slug":"henry-moore-sculptures-to-be-displayed-at-wakehurst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/461968\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Moore sculptures to be displayed at Wakehurst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This in turn reflects the vital work which we do at Wakehurst, including managing and researching an array of landscapes and natural habitats, as well as our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0epzx4z3y7o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Millennium Seed Bank<\/a>,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c9v3yk7127yo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kew Gardens is also featuring a display of Moore&#8217;s sculptures<\/a>, which was unveiled on 9 May. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Moore created more than 1,100 sculptures in his lifetime. His famous works include the Reclining Figure series, Knife Edge Two Piece and Nuclear Energy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sebastiano Barassi, head of Henry Moore collections and programmes, said the artist&#8217;s deep affinity with the natural world made Wakehurst and Kew &#8220;ideal settings&#8221; for his work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Throughout his career, he was inspired by organic forms such as bones, stones, trees, and landscape,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barassi said the sculptures at both Kew and Wakehurst aimed to offer a &#8220;fresh perspective&#8221; on Moore&#8217;s legacy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It invites visitors to reflect on nature, humanity, and the environment at a time when those themes feel more urgent and relevant than ever,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;This in turn reflects the vital work which we do at Wakehurst, including managing and researching an array&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-461968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}