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Hurvin Anderson: Salon Paintings

26 May – 5 November 2023. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

‘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.

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The Hepworth Wakefield Garden

Open daily, FREE entry

The Hepworth Wakefield Garden, designed by internationally acclaimed landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, is free for all to enjoy.

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What's in our Garden?

Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm

Discover birds, mini-beasts, plants and trees in The Hepworth Wakefield Garden with our new biodiversity activity booklet. What’s in our Garden has been developed for families but we invite visitors of any age to join in. FREE

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The Art of the Potter: Ceramics and Sculpture from 1930 to Now

20 January 2023 - January 2024. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s.

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.

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The Hepworth Family Gift / Hepworth At Work

On permanent display. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

The Hepworth Family Gift consists of 44 full size, rarely seen working models - surviving prototypes in plaster and aluminium made in preparation for the works in bronze Hepworth executed from the mid-1950s to the end of her career.

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A Living Collection

14 January 2023 - January 2024. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

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.

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Garden Play

Every Sat and Sun during term time / Tue - Sun during Wakefield school holidays, 11am - 4pm. FREE

Come and play in The Hepworth Wakefield Garden. Suitable for families with children aged 0 - 12 years old.

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Family drop-in: Print

Sun 11 June, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm). FREE with an exhibition ticket

Explore Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures in the galleries and make a collagraph print inspired by the artworks you have seen. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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Explore & Draw kits

Available Tue - Sun, 10am - 4.30pm. Free with an exhibition ticket

Discover artworks in the galleries and garden using our Explore and Draw kits. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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Hurvin Anderson: Salon Paintings

26 May – 5 November 2023. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

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Explore & Draw stations

Tue - Sun, 10am - 5pm. FREE with an exhibition ticket

Borrow looking tools, handling objects and drawing materials to discover the exhibitions and create your own works of art. Suitable for all ages, including adults.

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If Not Now, When? Generations of Women in Sculpture in Britain, 1960 – 2022

31 March – 24 September 2023. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

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.

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