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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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Louise Giovanelli: A Song of Ascents

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.

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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Explore & Draw kits

Available Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm. Free with an exhibition ticket

Discover artworks in the galleries and garden using our Explore and Draw kits. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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Explore & Draw Stations

Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm during term time / Monday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm during the Wakefield holidays, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Borrow looking tools, handling objects and drawing materials to discover the exhibitions and create your own works of art. Suitable for all ages, including adults.

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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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Art Pod: Miffy and the Artists

Monday 17, Friday 21, Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 February, drop-in 11am – 3.45pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

This half-term, The Hepworth Wakefield invites you and your family to celebrate Miffy’s 70th birthday with Art Pod activities inspired by Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture Mother and Child.

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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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Tall Paul Kelly

Friday 20 September 2024 - July 2025, FREE

An exhibition of screen-printed posters by Saltaire-based artist Tall Paul Kelly – this year's recipient of the gallery’s annual Print Fair Prize – on display in The Hepworth Wakefield Café.

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Slow Down: Creative Wellbeing Workshops

Wednesday 26 February, Wednesday 26 March 2025, 10.15 - 11.45am, FREE

Slow down, look and connect at The Hepworth Wakefield. Spend time looking and drawing in the gallery with guided exercises, then join our friendly team in the studio for relaxed and informal creative activity.

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Dementia-friendly Creative Café

Fourth Wednesday of every month, 1.30 - 3.30pm, FREE

The Hepworth Wakefield invites people living with dementia, their carers, friends and family to talk, make and imagine with us inspired by our exhibitions and art collection. No need to book, just drop in.

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Surrealism in Yorkshire: International Conference

Friday 28 February 2025, 10am - 4pm, £40 / £35

This one-day conference, organised by Henry Moore Institute and The Hepworth Wakefield explore the themes emerging from The Traumatic Surreal and Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes.

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Mary Wykeham: Surrealist out of the Shadows

Saturday 1 March 2025, 1 - 2pm, Standard Adult £12 / Member/Patron £10 / Full-time student £7.50

Learn more about the fascinating life and art of Mary Wykeham, featured in Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes, from Silvano Levy, author of Mary Wykeham: Surrealist from the Shadows, the first monograph to be published on the artist.

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