What's on at The Hepworth Wakefield

Garden Play

Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays during the Wakefield summer 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: Summer Drawing

Family Workshop: Summer Drawing

Sunday 21 June, Sunday 16, Tuesday 18, Wednesday 19, Thursday 20 August, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Move through the learning studio to create a 'garden of drawings' featuring birds, plants and trees.

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Family Workshop: Hepworth Hats

Family Workshop: Hepworth Hats

Wednesday 26 August, drop-in 11am - 4pm, 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 7 June, Sunday 30 August, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

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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Curators' Talk: Mrinalini Mukherjee

Curators' Talk: Mrinalini Mukherjee

Friday 4 September, 2pm, £20 / £18 / Members £10 - price includes exhibition entry

Join The Hepworth Wakefield’s Artistic Director Laura Smith in conversation with exhibition Co-Curator Tarini Malik as they share their insight into Mrinalini Mukherjee: Unbound Forms – Women Sculptors of India and Bangladesh.

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The Hepworth Wakefield Harvest Festival

The Hepworth Wakefield Harvest Festival

Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 September 2026, 10am - 5pm, £2.50 in advance / £3.50 on the day

Celebrate the start of autumn in the company of some of the UK's finest independent designers, makers, store owners and producers.

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House of Coffee Makers

House of Coffee Makers

Saturday 31 October & Sunday 1 November, 10am - 5pm, FREE

Join us at The Hepworth Wakefield for a weekend celebrating the art of coffee. Whether you’re a coffee lover or coffee curious, discover our handpicked selection of stalls selling beans to freshly grind, brewing essentials, ceramics, chocolate, pastries and more.

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Ida Ekblad: WORLD'S LARGEST METAPHOR

Ida Ekblad: WORLD'S LARGEST METAPHOR

21 November 2026 – 3 May 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 – 25 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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The Hodge Podge: Jarvis Cocker & Kim Sion curate The Hepworth Wakefield

The Hodge Podge: Jarvis Cocker & Kim Sion curate The Hepworth Wakefield

21 May 2027 - 31 October 2027, FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s

The Hepworth Wakefield is working with Yorkshire-born musician Jarvis Cocker and his wife, creative consultant Kim Sion, on an exhibition that will bring together a personal selection of artworks across an eclectic range of media and time periods.

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Future exhibitions

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