Phyllida Barlow, Steven Claydon, Helen Marten and David Medalla are nominated for The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, a new £30,000 biennial award that celebrates UK artists. The prize recognises a British or UK-based artist of any age, at any stage in their career, who has made a significant contribution to the development of contemporary sculpture. The winner will be announced on Thursday 17 November.

Cloud Canyons (1964-2016), David Medalla. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Bluebutter Idles and Part offering (new and amazingly sexual daughters) (2014), Helen Marten.

screestage (2013), Phyllida Barlow. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Stochastic Conveyor (Transference) (2016) and Like Shooting Sparrows in the Dark 3 (deterrent lure) (2016), Steven Laydon. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
Remembering Christopher Monkhouse (1947–2021), a renowned curator for whom collecting was a way of life