“Body experience,” the English sculptor Barbara Hepworth said, “is the center of creation.” Taking note of Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, and Henry Moore, Hepworth (1903–1975) forged her own approach to sculpture, finding a formal language both poetic and pacifist. Her ovoid and biomorphic creations have a purity, delicacy, and idealism that set her apart from male colleagues muscling into space. Australia’s first Hepworth exhibition brings together more than 40 works from prestigious international and national collections, including sculptures in stone, wood, and various metals, and a select group of paintings. —Elena Clavarino