The Hepworth Wakefield
Gallery Walk
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 5AW
England
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01924 247360
The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire's major new art gallery opening in May 2011.
Designed by award-winning architect David Chipperfield, The Hepworth Wakefield will show a previously unseen collection of sculpture by Wakefield-born Barbara Hepworth, along with a nationally important collection of historical and modern art. As the third largest contemporary exhibition space outside London, The Hepworth Wakefield will bring the work of leading UK and international artists to Yorkshire through a changing programme of temporary exhibitions.
Venue Type:
Gallery
The nationally important art collection previously housed at Wakefield Art Gallery will soon transfer to new, purpose-built gallery The Hepworth Wakefield. The collection features major works by locally-born sculptors Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore and many other leading British artists. It also includes the unique Gott collection of over 1,200 artists' views of Yorkshire, which will be shown publicly for the first time.
Collection details
Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Architecture
Key artists and exhibits
- Barbara Hepworth
- Henry Moore
- James Tissot
- LS Lowry
- Roger Fry
- Duncan Grant
- Ben Nicholson
- Anthony Caro
- Walter Sickert
- Paul Nash
- Jacob Epstein
- Ivon Hitchens
- Graham Sutherland
- David Bomberg
- David Hockney
- John Piper
- Philip Reinagle
- Reclining Figure 1936
- Mother and Child 1934
- On the Thames 1849
- British modernism
- British art
Haroon Mirza
This summer Northern Art Prize 2011 winner Haroon Mirza will be returning to the North of England to present an exhibition of new installations filled with light, sound and found objects at The Hepworth Wakefield. The exhibition will comprise of a site specific audio composition using sounds from the surrounding River Calder, as well as physical light installations complimenting the interior architecture of the gallery spaces created by David Chipperfield Architects. The visual and the acoustic are reintegrated in the space of the exhibition, immersing the spectator in a sensory experience that differs from the hushed contemplation of other gallery spaces.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free.
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William Scott
2013 marks the centenary of the birth of William Scott (1913 – 1989). Across a career spanning six decades Scott produced an extraordinary body of work that has secured his reputation as one of the leading British painters of his generation. Scott is renowned for his powerful handling of paint in his exploration of still life, landscape and the nude. The exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield will include an expanded display comprising several additional works and an archive that illuminates the relationship and parallels between William Scott and his contemporary Barbara Hepworth. This exhibition is a must-see this summer before it leaves England for its final touring leg at the Ulster Museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Developed in collaboration with Tate St. Ives and Ulster Museum, Belfast.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free.
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Milner-White's paintings at The Hepworth Wakefield
The exhibition includes paintings from the Milner-White collection at York Art Gallery by artists such as Stanley Spencer, Walter Sickert, Gwen John and John Piper.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free.
Website
http://www.yorkartgallery.org.uk/Page/ViewSpecialExhibition.aspx?CollectionId=66
Dana Schutz
Living and working in Brooklyn, New York, this will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in Britain and will feature a selection of around 20 canvases spanning her career to date. Schutz is renowned for her figurative paintings characterised by vibrant colour and tactile brushwork. She creates imaginary worlds to explore hypothetical and absurd situations with her typically dark and deadpan humour.
The New York Times said of her recent show ‘More than ever, Ms. Schutz seems to want every stroke and smudge of paint to register separately so that you can see through to the bare canvas and reconstruct her every move as she fearlessly tackles life’s flux.’
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
Admission
Free.
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Studio Ceramics at The Hepworth Wakefield
This exhibition, at the award winning Hepworth gallery in Ismay's home town, will feature a selection from his collection by eminent studio ceramicists including Hans Coper and Lucie Rie.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free.
Website
http://www.yorkartgallery.org.uk/Page/ViewSpecialExhibition.aspx?CollectionId=65
W.A. Ismay Collection
12 October 2013 – 30 January 2014
William Alfred Ismay MBE started collecting pots in 1955 and by the time he died in 2001, his collection had grown to 3,500, including works by leading 20th century ceramicists such as Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper and Shoji Hamada.
This display of 650 exquisite pots on loan from York Art Gallery will be a fascinating insight into one of the UK’s most significant private collections of modern European ceramics and its relationship to sculpture.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free.
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Barbara Hepworth: Graphic Works and Sculpture
Hepworth's colourful and vibrant abstract images will be displayed with some of her sculptures that have not previously been exhibited at The Hepworth Wakefield and provide further insight into her two-dimensional work
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 14-15
- 18+
- 16-17
- 11-13
James Tissot: Painting the Victorian Woman
Loans from Tate and several regional art galleries compliment this central work to discuss the portrayal of Victorian femininity in relation to Tissot's life-history
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 18+
- 14-15
- 11-13
- 16-17
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