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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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The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 March 2025, 10am - 5pm. In advance: £2.50 fair only / £8.50 fair and exhibitions / On the day: £3.50 fair only / £10 fair and exhibitions / FREE for Members and under 18s

The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair – the go-to place to buy affordable art and explore all things print – returns this spring. Discover over 60 artists, printmakers and galleries from across the UK plus family activities, street food and discounted exhibition entry.

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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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Warm Space

Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm, FREE

The Hepworth Wakefield invites our local community to share our warm space this winter. You are welcome to sit, read, play, draw and stay as long as you wish. Help yourself to a hot drink and biscuits, packed lunches can be eaten here too. Our warm space is free to access with no obligation to visit the galleries.

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Louise Giovanelli: A Song of Ascents

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

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Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels

8 March 2025 - Spring 2026. 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 survey exhibition of one of Britain’s foremost ceramicists, Elizabeth Fritsch (b.1940). The exhibition will bring together over 100 works made between the 1970s and 2013 drawn largely from the artist’s own rarely-seen private collection. It will explore Fritsch’s extraordinary forms, techniques and influences across four decades of her career.

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A Living Collection

15 February 2025 - Spring 2026. 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 showcases the many new and recent acquisitions that have joined Wakefield's art collection.

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Resonant Forms

8 March 2025 - January 2026. 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.

Drawing from Wakefield's art collection, Resonant Forms explores the dynamic relationship between visual art, music and sound, and reveals how artists across generations have embraced rhythm, harmony and resonance in their work.

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Surrealism Supper Club

Friday 21 March 2025, 5.30pm and 7.30pm, £35 per person / 10% off for Members

Join us for a supper club in celebration of our major exhibition Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes.

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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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Family Workshop: Soap Carving

Sun 23 March, Sun 6, Tue 8, Wed 9, Thur 10, Sun 13, Tue 15, Wed 16, Thur 17, Sun 20, Mon 21 April. drop-in 11am-4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Inspired by Hepworth’s carved sculptures try making your own creative carved artwork using soap. Suitable for families with children aged 2–12.

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