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Spring Flower Festival

19 April – 2 May 2021, ONLINE

Over two weeks we will host a series of online talks and workshops, provide tips on caring for your own spring flowers and share gorgeous new photographs as the garden bursts into colour.

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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 Wakefield Garden

Open daily, FREE entry

The Hepworth Wakefield Garden, designed by internationally acclaimed garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith, is a beautifully landscaped garden free for all to enjoy.

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A Contemporary Collection

On permanent display, FREE entry

This new display presents contemporary artworks that have been acquired for Wakefield since The Hepworth Wakefield opened in 2011.

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Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life

21 May 2021 – 27 Feb 2022, £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield residents and under 16s

In summer 2021, to mark The Hepworth Wakefield’s 10th anniversary, the gallery will organise the most expansive exhibition of Barbara Hepworth’s work since the artist’s death in 1975.

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Stone Carved Sculpture

29 - 30 May 2021, £210 / Members £178.50

Stone sculptor Melanie Wilks will lead a two-day masterclass, creating unique limestone carvings for your home or garden inspired by techniques used by Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.

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Digital Photography for Beginners

Sat 19 & Sat 26 June 2021, 10.30am - 4pm, £140 / Members £119

Get to grips with your digital camera with professional photographer Tom Arber in this two day course for beginners.

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Hand Built Ceramics with Surface Decoration

Sat 19 & Sat 26 June 2021, 10.30am - 4pm, £170 / Members £144.50

In this two day workshop, ceramic artist Meghan Downs will guide you in hand-building with clay and exploring surface decoration techniques.

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Plant to Page

10 Jul 2021, 10.30am - 4pm, £70 / Members £59.50

Join artist Helen Thomas for a day of mark-making and drawing inspired by the plants The Hepworth Wakefield Garden.

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Felt & Stitch Workshop: Lichen, Fern and Moss

Sat 17 & Sun 18 July 2021, 10.30am - 4pm, £140 / Members £199

Join Wakefield-based artist Helen Riddle for a weekend introduction to creating texture in wet-felting and stitched surface decoration.

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Future exhibitions

Find out what’s coming up at The Hepworth Wakefield

Our past exhibitions

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