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Hannah Starkey: In Real Life

21 October 2022 - 30 April 2023. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

The Hepworth Wakefield will present the first major survey of British photographer Hannah Starkey, tracing the development of her work across two decades.

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Family drop-in: Big Draw

Sun 22 Jan, Sun 26 Feb, Sun 19 Mar. Drop-in 11am-4pm (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm), FREE with an exhibition ticket

Celebrate The Big Draw with us and explore mark making, texture and colour inspired by paintings. Suitable for families with children aged 2-12.
Exhibition entry is £12/£10/FREE for Wakefield District residents, members and under 18s.

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Felted Landscapes

Sat 28 - Sun 29 Jan, 10.30am - 4pm, £140 / Members £119

Join artist Helen Riddle for a weekend exploring the forms and textures of the landscape through wet-felting, needle-felting and stitch.

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Portrait Photography and Art Direction

Sat 4 Feb, 10.30am - 4pm, £80 / Members £68

Join photographer Lucie Armstrong and stylist/art director Helen McGuckin to experiment with new approaches to portrait photography and art direction.

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Hannah Starkey: In Conversation

Sat 4 March, 12-1pm, £7 / Members + Young Members £6 / £15 exhibition ticket and talk / £13 Student exhibition ticket and talk

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Cyanotype Printing from Photographs

Sat 11 Mar 2023, 10.30am – 4pm, £70 / Members £59.50

Join Leeds based artist and educator Daisie Jacobs to create unique cyanotype prints from photographs, developed using UV light and sunlight.

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If Not Now, When? Generations of Women in Sculpture in Britain, 1960 – 2022

31 March – 24 September 2023. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

This exhibition will present the outcomes of a significant research project, Hepworth’s Progeny, hosted by The Hepworth Wakefield (2021-23) in collaboration with art historian Griselda Pollock and sculptor Lorna Green.

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Hurvin Anderson: Barbershop

26 May – 29 October 2023. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

This large solo exhibition will focus on the Barbershop series as a lens through which to understand Hurvin Anderson’s wider practice and key concerns of memory, identity and nationhood.

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Hurvin Anderson Curates

25 May – 29 October 2023. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

Alongside the Barbershop exhibition, Hurvin Anderson will curate a display of paintings drawn from public collections in the UK to take visitors on a journey through his formative influences and highlight the importance of art historical references in his work

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20/20 collaboration with UAL Decolonising Arts Institute Shenece Oretha

1 October 2023 – March 2024. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

London-based multi-media artist Shenece Oretha will be artist-in-residence at The Hepworth Wakefield for a year from September 2022.

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Kim Lim

24 November 2023 – 2 June 2024. Exhibition entry is £12 / £10 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

This major survey exhibition will explore the career of British-Singaporean artist, Kim Lim.

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