When Andrew Bonacina was chief curator at the Hepworth Wakefield he was known for organising exhibitions that focussed on what he called ‘under-recognised’ artists, Alina Szapocznikow or Lynda Benglis, for example. Bonacina’s exhibition of Magdalene Odundo at the Hepworth in 2019 brought the Kenyan-born potter even greater international recognition. So perhaps it’s fitting that one of the first shows he’s worked on since leaving the museum has grown out of that persistently under-recognised artist, Gwen John.
