What's on at The Hepworth Wakefield

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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.

★★★★ The Guardian
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.

'The stunning parenting paintings every mother should see.' ★★★★★ The Guardian

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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Art Pod

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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October half-term

October half-term

Saturday 25 October - Sunday 2 November 2025, 10am-5pm

Imagine and play with us every day during October half-term! With an array of activities including workshops, Art Pods and Explore & draw kits, it's the perfect opportunity to get creative as a family.

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Family Workshop: Autumn Drawing

Family Workshop: Autumn Drawing

Sunday 26, Tuesday 28, Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 October, Sunday 2 November. Drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm), FREE with an exhibition ticket

Discover the birds, plants and trees that live in our garden with creative looking and drawing activities. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old

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Family Workshop: Stringed Sculpture

Family Workshop: Stringed Sculpture

Monday 27, Tuesday 28, Wednesday 29, Thursday 30, Friday 31 October, Saturday 1, Sunday 2 November, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1.30-2pm)

This fun workshop is perfect for families to explore, experiment and make together. Working with card, reflective paper and string, you will make your own three dimensional art work taking inspiration from Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red.

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Kira Freije: Unspeak the Chorus

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.

The first major solo exhibition of Kira Freije’s (b. 1985, London) work in the UK. For the exhibition, Freije will create a new body of work comprising around 20 life-size figures which will be arranged in small groupings affecting a society in various states of action.

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Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto

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.

The artist and author Edmund de Waal (b.1954, Nottingham) has curated the first major exhibition of acclaimed Danish ceramicist Axel Salto (1889 – 1961), considered one of the greatest masters of 20th-century ceramic art.

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Toddler Tuesdays

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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Family Workshop: Hepworth Hats

Family Workshop: Hepworth Hats

Sunday 9 November, Sunday 28, Tuesday 30, Wednesday 31 December, Thursday 1, Sunday 4 January, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm). FREE with an exhibition ticket.

Transform yourself into a sculpture! Explore the galleries and draw Barbara Hepworth-inspired shapes before making a wearable sculpture hat from colourful card and string.

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Family Workshop: Sculpt in Ink

Family Workshop: Sculpt in Ink

Sunday 16 November, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm), FREE with an exhibition ticket

Play and create with ink inspired by art works in the galleries. Explore Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures and transform an ink and string print into a Hepworth-style paper sculpture to take home.

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Opening Party

Opening Party

Friday 21 November, 7-10pm, FREE

Join us for the opening of our new exhibitions Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal & Axel Salto and Kira Freije: Unspeak the Chorus plus Festive Market preview, Vinyl Social DJs, street food by Bundobust and Little Bao Boy, and the return of Fennell’s ice cream cart.

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