Hyperallergic

Hew Locke Probes the British Museum’s History

LONDON — It is one thing to commission surveys into an art institution’s links to colonialism or slavery. Repatriation and recognition of cultural objects obtained by nefarious means remain urgent ...
The Art Newspaper

Hew Locke covers Met Museum with golden trophies inspired by colonial looting

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has unveiled the third installment of its annual façade commission, a suite of sculptures by the Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke titled Gilt, a pun on the ...
The New York Times

The Eyes Have It in Hew Locke’s Power-Challenging Show

Over the entrance to the Met are medallion portraits of white, male art heroes. Enter Hew Locke with a timely and pointed message about “Gilt” (or “Guilt”). “Gilt: Trophy 3” (2022) by Hew Locke, one ...
Hyperallergic

Hew Locke’s Constant Motion

Happy weekend! Look, I know New Year’s resolutions are a cliché, but I want to share mine with you: This year, I’m going to finish my thesis. I completed coursework for my master’s degree in Art ...
The Spokesman-Review

A Word A Day — hew

“Hew” is a strong, simple word of Anglo-Saxon descent. It can suggest actual ax-wielding, or it can be figurative: “If … our ambition hews and shapes [our] new relations, their virtue escapes, as ...