Events

Join Eleanor Clayton, Curator of Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life and author of the accompanying biography, for a comprehensive overview of Hepworth’s life and work alongside key movements in twentieth century art.

The Search was created in response to Barbara Hepworth’s Mother and Child (1934) and was first staged at The Hepworth Wakefield in our opening year.

Experience an immersive sound work by Nwando Ebizie, created in response to Hepworth’s works and co-commissioned as part of Yorkshire Sculpture International.

Join artist Nwando Ebizie and scientist and broadcaster Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock for an intimate in conversation around Ebizie’s new Hepworth-inspired commission The Garden of Circular Paths.

Rhythm of Light is a suite of four movements celebrating the life and work of Barbara Hepworth, newly composed by Dr Liz Lane. Performed by Hepworth Brass band which was established in Hepworth village in West Yorkshire in 1882.

The Sculptor Speaks is an audio-visual installation by composer and artist, Olivia Louvel based around her re-sounding of a 1961 recording Barbara Hepworth’s voice.

Explore the potential of cutting, folding and construction techniques with paper to create your own unique sculptural forms with artist Andy Singleton.

Behind the Face of a Rock, Throwing Stones is a new dance performance centred upon an experiential understanding and knowledge of British Sign Language, D/deaf culture, Japanese culture and Butoh.

A day of music inspired by Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures, composed and performed by Jazz music students at Leeds Conservatoire, who will play a range of instruments in short performances throughout the day.

Mapping the Music is a special sonic exploration of the sculptural work of Barbara Hepworth by composer and director Supriya Nagarajan. In this newly commissioned audio work, a selection of Hepworth’s sculptures are carefully three-dimensionally mapped and translated into musical compositions.