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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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The Hepworth Family Gift / Hepworth At Work

On permanent display. 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 Hepworth Family Gift consists of 44 full size, rarely seen working models - surviving prototypes in plaster and aluminium made in preparation for the works in bronze Hepworth executed from the mid-1950s to the end of her career.

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Summer Holidays

Saturday 19 July - Sunday 31 August 2025, 10am - 5pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Imagine and play with us every day during the Wakefield school holidays! With an array of activities - from Garden Play and Art Pods to drop-in workshops led by local artists - it's the perfect opportunity to get creative as a family.

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The Hepworth Wakefield Garden

Open daily, FREE entry

The Hepworth Wakefield Garden, designed by internationally acclaimed landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, is open daily and free for all to enjoy.

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Family Workshop: This is Me

Sunday 20, Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23, Thursday 24, Sunday 27 July, Sunday 19 October 2025, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Create a life size self portrait and make a story of you inspired by our new exhibition, Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures.

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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

Come and play in The Hepworth Wakefield Garden. Stack, build, experiment, draw and imagine with your family in the open air. Be inspired by the garden’s artworks and plants, the weather and buildings around you. No need to book, just turn up and play!

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Family Workshop: Soap Carving

Sunday 6, Tuesday 29, Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 July, Sunday 3 August, 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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SEND Play Session

Tuesday 29 July, 2 - 3.30pm, FREE including parking

For children and young people with SEND and their families. Join us for a sensory play workshop exploring the early designs for a new playground at The Hepworth Wakefield.

Places on this session are limited, booking essential.

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House of Makers: Yorkshire Pantry

Sunday 3 August, 10am - 5pm

Join us in The Hepworth Wakefield Garden to stock-up on fresh produce, groceries, provisions and store cupboard essentials from some of our favourite Yorkshire providers – plus pizza by the slice, non-alcoholic aperitivo and craft makers from the region.

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Family Workshop: Hepworth Hats

Sunday 13 July, Tuesday 5, Wednesday 6, Thursday 7, Sunday 10 August, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm).

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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National Playday

Wednesday 6 August, drop-in 11am – 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Visit us for National Playday at The Hepworth Wakefield. Join in playful outdoors activities across the garden, creative workshops in our learning studios and explore and draw in the galleries. Suitable for all ages

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