Barbara Hepworth finally gets her due

She achieved great success in her lifetime, but Hepworth was also patronised as a female and provincial artist. As a Tate Britain retrospective opens, it is time to acknowledge her place in the first rank of sculptureThe hand lying on the table is small and delicate, its fingers strong but slim. Here, cast in eternal bronze, is the force that shaped the art in this light, airy room, the curved wood carvings, the sensuous stone. “My left hand is my thinking hand,” wrote Barbara Hepworth. “[