Themes that the exhibition addresses include war, propaganda, shelters and coalmines; urban space and industry, the British landscape, portraiture, and the human body. Paying attention to the materiality of individual objects and the inter-medial dialogue between them, the exhibition considers issues of copying, reproduction, repetition, display, and dissemination. While focusing on the two artists, the exhibition seeks to open up broader questions around the shared visual universe of which they were a part.

Bill Brandt | Henry Moore was curated by Martina Droth, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Yale Center for British Art, and organised in partnership with The Hepworth Wakefield, UK. It was on view at The Hepworth Wakefield from 6 February to 1 November 2020, and at the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia, from 18 May to 22 August 2021.