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Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes

23 November 2024 - 21 April 2025. Exhibition entry is £14 / £12.50 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

Take a journey through 100 years of surreal landscapes and encounter artists including Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dalí, Lee Miller and Pablo Picasso alongside contemporary artists inspired by Surrealism.

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Louise Giovanelli: A Song of Ascents

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

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Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels

Opening 8 March 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 survey exhibition of one of Britain’s foremost ceramicists, Elizabeth Fritsch (b.1940). The exhibition will bring together over 100 works made between the 1970s and 2013 drawn largely from the artist’s own rarely-seen private collection. It will explore Fritsch’s extraordinary forms, techniques and influences across four decades of her career.

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Art Pod

Every Saturday during term-term time / Every Monday, Friday and Saturday during the Wakefield school holidays, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Visit the galleries with your family and join us at the Art Pod to make your own artwork inspired by what you see. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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Family Workshop: Bright Light Sculptures

Sunday 2 & Sunday 9 March 2025, drop-in 11am - 3.45pm

Enjoy this multi-sensory creative workshop for children of all ages. Play with patterns, texture, layers and colours on light boxes and projections, add to large drawings or make your own light catcher to take home. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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Schools & Colleges: Creative Careers Day

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 10am - 2.15pm, FREE

Inspire your students to see the possibilities of a career in the creative industries. Suitable for key stage 4 students.

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The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 March 2025, 10am - 5pm. In advance: £2.50 fair only / £8.50 fair and exhibitions / On the day: £3.50 fair only / £10 fair and exhibitions / FREE for Members and under 18s

The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair – the go-to place to buy affordable art and explore all things print – returns this spring. Discover over 60 artists, printmakers and galleries from across the UK plus family activities, street food and discounted exhibition entry.

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Family Workshop: Surreal Printing

Sunday 16, Tuesday 18, Wednesday 19, Thursday 20, Sunday 23 February, Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 March 2025, drop-in 11am-3.45pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Explore our new exhibition and create your own colourful collages and prints inspired by the artworks.

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