Reviews

“[Chipperfield's] interior has the non-descript elegance of a Swiss or Scandinavian museum, allowing the works by Hepworth and others to take centre-stage”.
Read full article> Time out

“From the outside, the forms appear as solid as stone, punching a hole in the sky. When one is inside the gallery spaces, shimmering light and generous openings suggest there is just a sheet of paper separating interior from exterior... It is surely a new chapter in the unfinished business of British Modernism.”
Read full article> Blueprint

"A West Yorkshire art gallery has welcomed its 100,000th visitor just five weeks after opening in May." 
Read full article> BBC Leeds& West Yorkshire

“This is certainly one of the best new art galleries Britain has seen in decades.”
Read full article > RIBA Journal

'Hepworth Wakefield: a worthy homecoming for Barbara'
Read full article> The Telegraph

'The Hepworth could be the smallest of our museums and still count as one of Britain's greatest.'
Read full article> The Observer

“An inaugural tour de force”
Art Review

“One of the finest contemporary art museums in Europe.”
Read full article> The Independent

"Hepworth Wakefield sets up Yorkshire as world centre for sculpture"
Read full article> The Guardian

"An impressive show of placing Hepworth in her European context"
Read full article> The Guardian online

"8,000 visit Yorkshire gallery on first day"
Read full article> The Daily Telegraph

'The Hepworth is an uplifting experience, with striking modern art in a dramatic setting by a river weir... It’s a great attraction – and it’s free. Go and see it!'
Read full article> Daily Mirror

Financial Times

Yorkshire Post