A very good and thoughtful obituary of the late Phyllida Barlow by Ben Luke (see below), which makes clear her immense originality, both slightly anarchic, but also philosophical. I have never forgotten the experience of walking into the old Midland Bank on Piccadilly and finding it filled from floor to ceiling with an astonishing and magnificent, celebratory mess. She always struck me as a bit like that as a person: life enhancing in a totally original way. Such a great loss.
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
Dear Charles,
I, too, was saddened to learn of the death of Phyllida Barlow, whose work I have long respected. Following a long conversation with her, I published this admiring review of her 2018 New York exhibition. That was the last time I saw her: https://www.west86th.bgc.bard.edu/exhibitionnotes/phyllida-barlow-tilt/
Warmly,
Ivan