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Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes

23 November 2024 - 21 April 2025. Exhibition entry is £14 / £12.50 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

Take a journey through 100 years of surreal landscapes and encounter artists including Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dalí, Lee Miller and Pablo Picasso alongside contemporary artists inspired by Surrealism.

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Louise Giovanelli: A Song of Ascents

23 November 2024 - 21 April 2025. Exhibition entry is £14 / £12.50 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

Louise Giovanelli is a Manchester-based artist who is known for her large-scale paintings that capture short-lived and sensual moments using beautifully crafted textures and vivid colour. Giovanelli will be creating a new body of work for this solo exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield.

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The Hepworth Family Gift / Hepworth At Work

On permanent display. Exhibition entry is £14 / £12.50 / 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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Explore & Draw kits

Available Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm. 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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Explore & Draw Stations

Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm during term time / Monday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm during the Wakefield holidays, 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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Tall Paul Kelly

Friday 20 September 2024 - July 2025, FREE

An exhibition of screen-printed posters by Saltaire-based artist Tall Paul Kelly – this year's recipient of the gallery’s annual Print Fair Prize – on display in The Hepworth Wakefield Café.  

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Louise Giovanelli: A Song of Ascents

23 November 2024 - 21 April 2025. Exhibition entry is £14 / £12.50 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

Louise Giovanelli is a Manchester-based artist who is known for her large-scale paintings that capture short-lived and sensual moments using beautifully crafted textures and vivid colour. Giovanelli will be creating a new body of work for this solo exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield.

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Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes

23 November 2024 - 21 April 2025. Exhibition entry is £14 / £12.50 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

Take a journey through 100 years of surreal landscapes and encounter artists including Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dalí, Lee Miller and Pablo Picasso alongside contemporary artists inspired by Surrealism.

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A Living Collection

10 February 2024 - 9 February 2025. Exhibition entry is £14 / £12.50 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

A Living Collection address contemporary issues, shift historic imbalances in Wakefield's are collection or enrich narratives explored by artists in shifting contexts. Artists on display include Jadé Fadojutimi, Jake Grewal, Lewis Hammond and Bronwyn Katz alongside sculptures by Barbara Hepworth.

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What's in our Garden?

Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm during term time / Monday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm during the Wakefield school holidays, FREE

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.

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Louise Giovanelli in Conversation

Saturday 8 February 2025, 1 - 2pm, Standard Adult £12 / Member & Patron £10 / Full-time student £7.50 

Join us for an in-conversation event between artist Louise Giovanelli and The Hepworth Wakefield’s curator Marie-Charlotte Carrier.

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Art Pod

Every Saturday during term-term time / Every Monday, Friday and Saturday during the Wakefield school holidays, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Visit the galleries with your family and join us at the Art Pod to make your own artwork inspired by what you see. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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Our past exhibitions

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