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Sylvia Snowden: Painting Humanity

16 March - 3 November 2024. 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.

This spring, The Hepworth Wakefield will open the first public gallery exhibition in Europe of African-American painter Sylvia Snowden's work. Presenting a selection of work from a career that spans six decades, this exhibition will including large early paintings through to more recent works.

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The Hepworth Family Gift / Hepworth At Work

On permanent display. 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.

The Hepworth Family Gift consists of 44 full size, rarely seen working models - surviving prototypes in plaster and aluminium made in preparation for the works in bronze Hepworth executed from the mid-1950s to the end of her career.

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Andrew Cranston: What made you stop here?

24 November 2023 – 2 June 2024. 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.

Andrew Cranston will hold his first solo exhibition in a UK public institution this November at The Hepworth Wakefield. The exhibition will feature new and recent paintings, focusing on Cranston’s works post 2016.

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Still Lives

1 March 2024 - January 2025

This spring, The Hepworth Wakefield will explore the theme of still life in a new exhibition. Still Lives will display more than 70 works by over 50 artists across two galleries, illustrating the enduring nature of the still life genre throughout different epochs in art history, including post-impressionism, British modernism, surrealism and contemporary art.

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Kim Lim: Space, Rhythm & Light

24 November 2023 – 2 June 2024. 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.

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

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A Living Collection

10 February 2024 - February 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 Living Collection address contemporary issues, shift historic imbalances in Wakefield's are collection or enrich narratives explored by artists in shifting contexts. Artists on display include Jadé Fadojutimi, Jake Grewal, Lewis Hammond and Bronwyn Katz alongside sculptures by Barbara Hepworth.

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Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life

22 June - 3 November 2024. 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.

Jamaican-born sculptor Ronald Moody is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century and yet, there have not been any comprehensive exhibitions or monographs of his work to date. This major exhibition will explore the development of Moody’s art as well as his contribution and impact on British and international art history.

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Igshaan Adams: Weerhoud

22 June - 3 November 2024. 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 new exhibition by South African artist Igshaan Adams, featuring his cross-disciplinary work that encompasses weaving, sculpture and installation.

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Louise Giovanelli

23 November 2024 - 27 April 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.

Louise Giovanelli is a Manchester-based artist, who is known for her large-scale meditative paintings that capture ephemeral and sensual moments using beautifully crafted textures and vivid beguiling colour. Giovanelli will be creating a new body of work for this solo exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield.

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Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes

23 November 2024 - 27 April 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.

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