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Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures
17 May - 26 October 2025. Exhibition entry is £13 / £11 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.
One of 'the exhibitions you must see in 2025' Art Fund
This major retrospective - the first in over 25 years - will chart the development of Chadwick’s art from her renowned degree show piece In the Kitchen (1977) through to her Piss Flowers (1991–2).
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Caroline Walker: Mothering
17 May - 26 October 2025. Exhibition entry is £13 / £11 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.
Caroline Walker: Mothering will bring together works made over the past five years with new paintings Walker will make for the exhibition exploring themes of motherhood and early-years care.
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Garden Play
Every Saturday and Sunday during term time (April - October) / every day during the school holidays, drop in 11am - 4pm, FREE
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Family Workshop: Sculpt in Ink
Sunday 14 September, drop-in 11am-4pm (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm), FREE with an exhibition ticket
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Family Workshop: Soap Carving
Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 September. drop-in 11am-4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket
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The Hepworth Wakefield Harvest Festival
Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 September 2025, 10am-5pm, £2.50 in advance / £3.50 on the day
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Slow Down - Creative Wellbeing Workshops
Every fourth Wednesday of the month*, 10.15 - 11.45am, FREE
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Dementia-friendly Creative Café
Fourth Wednesday of every month* 1.30 - 3.30pm, FREE
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Toddler Tuesdays
First Tuesday of the Month, 10.30am - 12pm. £7 for one child with one adult + £2 per additional child/adult
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Family Workshop: This is Me
Sunday 19 October, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket
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Kira Freije: Unspeak the Chorus
22 November 2025 – 4 May 2026. Exhibition entry is £13 / £11 / 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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Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto
22 November 2025 – 4 May 2026. Exhibition entry is £13 / £11 / 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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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.