Barbara Hepworth: Symbols Of Art & Life – Hepworth Wakefield – Revd Jonathan Evens
Looking back on her work, Hepworth identified three important sculptural forms to which she continually returned.
9 June 2021
Looking back on her work, Hepworth identified three important sculptural forms to which she continually returned.
9 June 2021
A new exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield features two very British artists with crossover interests. The photographer Bill Brandt (1904-1983) and sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) first crossed paths during the Second World War when they both created images of civilians sheltering in the London Underground during the Blitz.
7 February 2020
The Freelands Foundation has announced The Hepworth Wakefield as the fourth recipient of the annual £100,000 Freelands Award.
4 December 2019
Summer has finally arrived in the UK so if you’re planning on heading out of London, Artlyst has put together a list of twelve exhibitions to see around the UK. Don’t miss the Keith Haring extravaganza at Tate Liverpool; major sculpture exhibitions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park including David Smith and Damien Hirst as part of Yorkshire Sculpture International; seaside photography at Turner Contemporary and painting shows galore from early 20th century masters such as Vuillard to contemporary giants Bridget Riley and Paula Rego and historical exhibitions such as Last Supper in Pompeii at the Ashmolean.
4 July 2019
Tim Sayer and Annemarie Norton, whose personal collection, built up over the last five decades was generously donated to the Hepworth Wakefield last year were on stage to see The Hepworth Wakefield win this year’s Art Fund Museum of The Year £100,000 prize.
7 July 2017
The Hepworth Wakefield has won this year’s Museum of The Year Award. The gallery located in West Yorkshire has beaten Tate Modern, the Lapworth Museum of Geology in Birmingham, Sir John Soane’s Museum in London and the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art in Suffolk. The Art Fund aims to reward an institution that has shown “exceptional imagination, innovation, and achievement across the preceding 12 months”.
6 July 2017
Everyone has a “somewhere else” in their lives Howard Hodgkin said in 1992. “My somewhere else is India”. Howard Hodgkin was 32… Read More
5 July 2017
The clocks have gone forward heralding British Summer Time and the Easter holidays are approaching. So if you are thinking of leaving London for a short break, here is a select list of 10 exhibitions to see around Britain.
27 March 2017
At The Hepworth Wakefield, large light-filled gallery spaces more familiar with the wieldy steel sculpture of Anthony Caro or the… Read More
28 July 2016
The Hepworth Wakefield is presenting Stanley Spencer: Of Angels and Dirt – the first UK major survey exhibition in 15 years of work… Read More
25 June 2016
The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire’s award-winning art gallery, has uncovered a sketchbook by the artist Stanley Spencer dating from 1907 containing the earliest… Read More
5 May 2016
A new exhibition celebrating the Tim Sayer Bequest to the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield, goes on display on 30 April. It… Read More
29 February 2016
A new exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Hepworth Wakefield celebrates the late Anthony Caro. Caro in Yorkshire is… Read More
22 July 2015
The Hepworth Wakefield is dedicating its gallery spaces to a large-scale exhibition of Franz West, who died in July 2012…. Read More
14 May 2014
Major pieces from the collection of the Hepworth Wakefield, including several given to the gallery through the Art Fund, will… Read More
11 January 2014
A major new project spearheaded by the Henry Moore Institute, The Hepworth Wakefield, Leeds Art Gallery and Yorkshire Sculpture Park,… Read More
13 January 2013
The shortlist for the four redeveloped museums and galleries competing to be named the the UK’s museum of the year,… Read More
16 May 2012
The longlist for the Art Fund’s best new gallery prize has been whittled down to a shortlist of four –… Read More
15 May 2012
Sophie Wessex Puts The Royal Seal On Popular New Art Gallery 10 Months On HRH Sophie Rhys-Jones, The Countess of… Read More
19 March 2012
Art Fund Prize 2012 longlist includes Turner Contemporary, Hepworth Wakefield, the Scottish National Portrait Galleries, and seven others Glasgow’s Riverside Museum… Read More
13 February 2012
The newly launched Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield has announced its first contemporary art acquisition. The sculpture was purchased through the… Read More
7 December 2011