The Artist’s Museum Network connects studio museums in Europe and around the world. Amy Douthett explores the six sculpture studios.

The Artist’s Studio Museum Network celebrates, promotes and connects museums based in spaces where artists have lived or worked.

Founded and run by Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village, and supported by the Tavolozza Foundation, the Network brings together a unique collection of museums to share knowledge and best practice; promote and support one another; and raise awareness of artist studio museums as cultural destinations. To date, we have 158 members in 24 countries – and counting!

There is something magical about standing in the space where artwork was created. In this issue we are pleased to offer a peek inside six celebrated sculpture studios – all members of the Network.

Discover the spaces that inspired the art:
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Museo Gipsoteca Antonio Canova, Treviso, Italy

The seventeenth-century birthplace of the great Neo-Classical sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) in Possagno, Italy.

Henry Moore Studios and Gardens, Hertfordshire, UK

Over 70 acres of gardens and countryside, displaying the sculptures of Henry Moore (1898-1986) in the setting he created with his wife Irina.

The Giacometti Institute, Paris, France

The studio of artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) within the former home of architect Paul Follot.

The Einar Jónsson Sculpture Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

The art gallery Einar Jónsson (1874-1954) built for the Icelandic people on a ‘desolate hill’ – and the country’s first art museum.

The Carl Eldh Studio Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

The unusual wooden studio designed by Ragnar Östberg for the Swedish sculptor Carl Eldh (1873-1954).

Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, Cornwall, UK

The Cornwall studio where Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) found space to work, and explored bronze for the first time.