Our past exhibitions

★★★★ The Observer

Andrew Cranston: What made you stop here? is the first public gallery exhibition of the Scottish painter's work.

★★★★ The Observer

Kim Lim: Space, Rhythm & Light is the first major museum exhibition of Lim’s work since 1999, offering unparalleled insight into the British-Singaporean artist’s life and work.

London-based multi-media artist Shenece Oretha has been commissioned to create an intervention inspired by Wakefield’s art collection.

This exhibition will celebrate Wakefield’s progressive approach to collecting ceramics since the 1930s and will shine a light on artists exploring the sculptural possibilities of this versatile medium.

Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore both grew up in Yorkshire and claimed the landscape as a formative artistic influence.

This exhibition showcases new acquisitions to the collection from recent years, from Surrealist sculpture to contemporary assemblage, revealing a conversation across time and media around the human body and its interactions in the world.

‘One of Britain’s finest living painters’ ★★★★★ The Telegraph.
‘The opportunity to see the evolution of Anderson’s exploration of the barbershop setting in one space is exceptional.’ ★★★★★ The Guardian.

This large solo exhibition will focus on the Barbershop series as a lens through which to understand Hurvin Anderson’s wider practice and key concerns of memory, identity and nationhood.

Alongside the Barbershop exhibition, Hurvin Anderson will curate a display of paintings drawn from public collections in the UK to take visitors on a journey through his formative influences and highlight the importance of art historical references in his work

This exhibition will present the outcomes of a significant research project, Hepworth’s Progeny, hosted by The Hepworth Wakefield (2021-23) in collaboration with art historian Griselda Pollock and sculptor Lorna Green.

The Hepworth Wakefield will present the first major survey of British photographer Hannah Starkey, tracing the development of her work across two decades.