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While the theme of motherhood has been explored in art for centuries, it is often by men, rendering scenes they only know ...
Artlyst has selected ten exhibitions that will open outside London and throughout the UK in Summer 2025. Includes Pallant ...
Celebrating its 10th year, and a firmly established destination for seasonal gift shopping, The Hepworth Wakefield’s Festive Market will return for two weekends in late-November and early-December.
A bubbling Jacuzzi-sized fountain of molten chocolate greets visitors at the entrance to Life Pleasures, a major ...
In a bid to open itself up to alternative narratives and bring in new audiences, the UK’s Hepworth Wakefield is launching a series of shows curated by creative forces in other fields. The first opens ...
The Hepworth Wakefield confirms Yorkshire as a centre for sculpture The Hepworth Wakefield, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, opens to the public on Saturday 21 May 2011, putting the ...
It's been shortlisted for the Art Fund Museum of the Year award for the second time in six years, so what's the secret of The Hepworth Wakefield's success? Chris Bond reports. When The Hepworth ...
The Hepworth Wakefield is about to celebrate its first anniversary and has already had 500,000 visitors since it opened. The museum boasts work by Wakefield-born sculptor Barbara Hepworth and a ...
Hepworth in Yorkshire chronicles Hepworth’s early years growing up in Wakefield; she was born there in 1903. Her father was an engineer and became county surveyor. The young artist often ...
After being named Museum of the Year, Phil Penfold discovers how The Hepworth Wakefield now wants to take its works outdoors. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post ...