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The Hepworth Wakefield Festive Market

Saturday 22, Sunday 23, Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 November, 10am-4pm, £2.50 in advance / £3.50 on the day

Start your festive shopping and discover over 75 independent makers selling ceramics, food and drink, homeware, jewellery, prints, stationery, textiles and more. Plus family activities, live music, street food and half-price exhibition entry.

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Family Workshop: Printed Pots

Family Workshop: Printed Pots

Sunday 15, Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18, Thursday 19, Sunday 22 February, drop-in 11am - 4pm. FREE with an exhibition ticket.

Discover the forms, patterns and shapes in Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels exhibition and experiment with block printing to create your own printed paper pot to take home.

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Rhubarb Supper Club

Rhubarb Supper Club

Friday 20 February, seating at 5.30pm, 6pm, 6.30pm & 7pm, £50 / Members £45

Celebrate Wakefield’s Rhubarb Festival with a fine dining supper club experience at The Hepworth Wakefield Café. Please note that this event is now sold out.

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Rhubarb Afternoon Tea

Rhubarb Afternoon Tea

Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, £45 / Members £40.50

Join us in The Hepworth Wakefield Café for our traditional afternoon tea with a rhubarb twist.

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Curator's Talk: Kira Freije

Curator's Talk: Kira Freije

Saturday 28 February, 2pm, £20 / £18 / Members £7 (includes exhibition entry)

In conversation with The Hepworth Wakefield's Interim Artist Director, Laura Smith, Freije will discuss how she creates her life-sized figures, the dynamic staging that is cinematic in both effect and its references, and how her practice is deeply reflective of her interest in literature.

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Mother's Day Afternoon Tea

Mother's Day Afternoon Tea

Sunday 15 March, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, £45 / Members £40.50

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

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Curator's Tour: Playing with Fire

Curator's Tour: Playing with Fire

Saturday 21 March, 1pm, £5

In this tour with The Hepworth Wakefield's Curator, Dr. Abi Shapiro, discover more about Edmund de Waal's exhibition of acclaimed Danish ceramicist Axel Salto (1889 – 1961).

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Lewis Hammond

23 May – 25 October 2026, FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents & under 18s

This exhibition will mark Lewis Hammond’s (b. 1987, Wolverhampton) first museum presentation in the UK, featuring a new body of paintings developed specifically for The Hepworth Wakefield.

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Mrinalini Mukherjee

Mrinalini Mukherjee

23 May – 25 October 2026, FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents & under 18s

This major retrospective at The Hepworth Wakefield will celebrate Indian artist Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949 – 2015), one of the world’s most significant modernist sculptors.

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Ida Ekblad: WORLD'S LARGEST METAPHOR

Ida Ekblad: WORLD'S LARGEST METAPHOR

21 November 2026 – April 2027, FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents & under 18s

Ida Ekblad (b. 1980, Oslo) is one of the most compelling artists working today. Based in Oslo, Norway, her work spans multiple mediums, often blurring the lines between painting and sculpture.

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Marc Chagall: The Circus

Marc Chagall: The Circus

21 November 2026 – April 2027, FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents & under 18s

Throughout his prolific career, Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985) returned time and again to the vivid imagery of the circus. This exhibition will present Chagall’s celebrated lithographs on this subject, alongside paintings and archival material, both providing an introduction to Chagall’s work and life, and exploring his unique vision and symbology.

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