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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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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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Surreal Storytelling: Leonora Carrington

Sunday 30 March 2025, 1 - 3pm, Standard Adult £12 / Member £10 / Full-time student £7.50

Join us for an afternoon film screening of surreal myths and tales. We will be showing two film adaptations of Leonora Carrington texts, made in 2022–23. The well-known short story The Debutante (1936), and Inside the Cauldron, based on her unpublished essay For Generations.

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Mother's Day Afternoon Tea

Sunday 30 March 2025, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm

Treat a loved one to Mother’s Day afternoon tea at The Hepworth Wakefield.

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Family Workshop: Clay Studio

Sunday 30 March, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm), FREE with an exhibition ticket

Explore textures and shapes in Barbara Hepworth's sculptures and make your own clay artwork to take home. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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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

Enjoy a playful morning with your little ones and join specialist early years artists to explore The Hepworth Wakefield. For families with children aged 1 - 4.

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Garden Play

Every Saturday and Sunday during term time, from Saturday 5 April - October 2025. Every day during the school holidays. Drop in 11am-4pm, FREE

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Easter holidays

Saturday 5 - Monday 21 April 2025, 10am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Planning what to do with children over the Easter holidays? There’s something fun happening every day during the Wakefield school holidays!

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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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Earth Day at The Hepworth Wakefield

Saturday 27 April 2025, 10am - 5pm. Entry to Just Transition Wakefield's Eco Festival is FREE

Celebrate Earth Day at The Hepworth Wakefield and visit Just Transition Wakefield's Eco Festival. Come and find out about the many green organisations active in our district, and how you can join or support them to make where we live a truly sustainable place.

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Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures

17 May - 27 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.

British artist Helen Chadwick (1953 – 1996) embraced the sensuous aspects of the natural world, breaking taboos of the ‘traditional’ or ‘beautiful’ in art history. This major retrospective will be the first in over 25 years, and 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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