内容摘要："The game was being played right to the very end, but to cross the Valley of Death in aerospace is very hard."

"The game was being played right to the very end, but to cross the Valley of Death in aerospace is very hard."

The oval-shaped piece, which sold for more than £3.5m in 2024, was later given apreventing it from leaving the country - providing a UK gallery the chance to acquire it.

The Art Fund charity has offered £750,000 towards the cost, however a further £2.9m is required before a 27 August deadline.If the target was not met, the sculpture by the Wakefield-born artist would go to a private buyer and be taken overseas.The appeal is backed by artists and creatives including Sir Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Jonathan Anderson, Richard Deacon, Katy Hessel, Veronica Ryan, Joanna Scanlan and Dame Rachel Whiteread.

The piece is one of only a handful of wooden carvings made by the artist during the 1940s, when she lived in St Ives, Cornwall, with her young family.If bought, the Hepworth said it would be a "star piece" in its collection.

The gallery also planned to lend it to other museums and galleries across the UK, "opening up access for people everywhere".

Simon Wallis, gallery director, said: "We established The Hepworth Wakefield 14 years ago to celebrate, explore and build on Barbara Hepworth's legacy.Wearing an RCB jersey with "18 Virat" on the back - a nod to Virat Kohli, the city's favourite cricket icon - Shamili joined her sister and friends near the Chinnaswamy Stadium, looking forward to celebrations.

What she didn't expect was to get caught in a terrifying crush.The victory parade turned deadly when surging crowds - far beyond what authorities expected - led to a

and injured dozens more.Survivors like Shamili are now grappling with trauma, pain and a sense of disbelief after the celebration spiralled into catastrophe.