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Bill Brandt / Henry Moore

The Hepworth Wakefield will reopen on 1 August. We strongly recommend that you pre-book your exhibition tickets.

Exhibition extended to 1 Nov 2020. £7.50 / £5 / FREE for Members, Wakefield Residents & Under 16s

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Material Encounters

On display until Nov 2020, FREE entry

The works on display in this exhibition have been selected from Wakefield's art collection to reveal the wide variety of materials artists have used to express sculptural ideas – through abstraction and figuration, and from the early twentieth century up to the present day.

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Bill Brandt / Henry Moore

Exhibition extended to 1 Nov 2020. £7.50 / £5 / FREE for Members, Wakefield Residents & Under 16s

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Barbara Hepworth

On permanent display, FREE entry

This exhibition provides a survey of Hepworth’s extraordinary career, from early wood carvings to iconic stringed sculptures and polished bronzes from the 1970s.

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The Hepworth Family Gift / Hepworth At Work

On permanent display, free entry

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 Collection for Wakefield

On permanent display, FREE entry

On display are recent acquisitions of work by artists including Wilfred Avery and Jennifer Lee, alongside paintings by Howard Hodgkin, L.S. Lowry and Yorkshire-born artist John Atkinson Grimshaw.

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Artwalk at The Hepworth Wakefield

Postponed

Every other month, The Hepworth Wakefield joins venues across the city for an evening programme of art, craft, workshops, live music and performance.

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Seanna Doonan at The Hepworth Café

Postponed

Visit The Hepworth Café and see a new exhibition of work by Wakefield based artist Seanna Doonan.

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Dementia-friendly session

Postponed

Get creative in relaxed, artist-led sessions or simply join us for a chat and cup of tea.

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Hannah Starkey

Postponed

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

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Sheila Hicks: Off Grid

POSTPONED

Sheila Hicks (b.USA, 1934) is one of the world’s foremost artists and sculptors working with textiles, fibre, colour and form.

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Future exhibitions

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Our past exhibitions

A guide to our ambitious, world-class exhibitions programme and collection displays since opening in 2011.