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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.

Forbidden Territories will mark 100 years of ‘Surrealism’, since its origins in 1924 with the publication of the ‘Surrealist Manifesto’ by the poet and critic André Breton. Surrealism has become one of the most influential artistic, intellectual and literary movements of the 20th Century, and continues to inspire artists working today.

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Louise Giovanelli: A Song of Ascents

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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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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Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels

Opening 8 March 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.

A survey exhibition of one of Britain’s foremost ceramicists, Elizabeth Fritsch (b.1940). The exhibition will bring together over 100 works made between the 1970s and 2013 drawn largely from the artist’s own rarely-seen private collection. It will explore Fritsch’s extraordinary forms, techniques and influences across four decades of her career.

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Schools & Colleges: Creative Careers Day

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 10am - 2.15pm, FREE

Inspire your students to see the possibilities of a career in the creative industries. Suitable for key stage 4 students.

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The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 March 2025, 10am - 4pm. In advance: £2.50 fair only / £8.50 fair and exhibitions / On the day: £3.50 fair only / £10 fair and exhibitions / FREE for Members and under 18s

The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair – the go-to place to buy affordable art and explore all things print – returns this spring. Discover over 60 artists and galleries from across the UK plus family activities, street food and discounted exhibition entry.

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