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Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943) by Barbara Hepworth on display at The Hepworth Wakefield

Art Exhibition

Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red

Calendar Now - Sun 01 Mar 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Emily Ryalls: Divine Archives

Free event

Art Exhibition

Emily Ryalls: Divine Archives

Calendar Now - Sat 07 Mar 2026
Clock icon09:30 - 16:00
Map pinThe Art House
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Marshmallow Laser Feast: Of the Oak

Art Exhibition

Marshmallow Laser Feast: Of the Oak

Calendar Now - Sun 15 Mar 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Damien Hirst, The Virgin Mother

Art Exhibition

Damien Hirst

Calendar Now - Tue 01 Sep 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 17:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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A close up image of a map, part of Ebb and Flow by Annie Harrison at Castleford Museum

Free event

Art Exhibition Heritage

Ebb and Flow by Annie Harrison at Castleford Museum

Calendar Now - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Clock icon09:30 - 16:00
Map pinCastleford Museum
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William Kentridge, YSP

Art Exhibition

William Kentridge: The Pull of Gravity

Calendar Now - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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A watercolour painting of Wakefield by Cynthia Kenny

Free event

Art Exhibition Heritage

Cynthia Kenny: A City Framed

Calendar Now - Sat 20 Jun 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 16:00
Map pinWakefield Museum
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Jordy Kerwick - One To Give, One To Take Away

Exhibition

Jordy Kerwick: One to Give. One to Take Away

Calendar Now - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Clock icon00:00 - 00:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Artwalk Wakefield

Free event

Exhibition Literature Music Performance Talk Walk

Artwalk Wakefield

Calendar Wed 28 Jan - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Clock icon17:00 - 21:00
Map pinWakefield City Centre
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Aladdin’s Cave: The Cliffe Collection

Free event

Exhibition

Aladdin’s Cave: The Cliffe Collection

Calendar Now - Tue 23 Dec 2025
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinFeatherstone Museum Hub
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Nour Jaouda's Dust that Never Settles - part of The Hepworth Wakefield's exhibition,

Art Exhibition

A Living Collection

Calendar Now - Sun 01 Mar 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Art Exhibition

Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels

Calendar Now - Sat 28 Feb 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Kira Freije, The Throat is a Threaded Melody

Art Exhibition

Kira Freije: Unspeak the Chorus

Calendar Now - Mon 04 May 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Playing With Fire

Art Exhibition

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto

Calendar Now - Mon 04 May 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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The Cat That Slept For A Thousand Years

Free event

Art Exhibition

The Cat That Slept for a Thousand Years

Calendar Sat 21 Mar - Sun 12 Apr 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinWX Wakefield Exchange
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Pantomime

Free event

Exhibition Families Heritage

Oh Yes It Is! 75 years of the St Giles with St Mary’s Pantomime Society

Calendar Now - Wed 24 Dec 2025
Clock icon10:00 - 16:30
Map pinPontefract Museum
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A bronze sculpture inlaid with a multitude of strings. It is Barbara Hepworth: Spring, at The Hepworth Wakefield, part of

Art Exhibition

Resonant Forms

Calendar Now - Thu 01 Jan 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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A painting of a bird, with a cloudy night sky behind, part of Betwixt and Between at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Art Exhibition

Andrew Waddington: Betwixt and Between – The Poetry of Landscape

Calendar Now - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 17:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Rhubarb Supper Club
Part of Rhubarb Festival

Exhibition Food and Drink

Rhubarb Supper Club

Calendar Fri 20 Feb - Fri 20 Feb 2026
Clock icon17:30 - 20:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield Gallery Café
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Production Park: Where Live Industry Lives

Free event

Exhibition

Production Park: Where Live Industry Lives

Calendar Now - Wed 29 Apr 2026
Clock icon09:30 - 13:00
Map pinMuseum Hub at South Elmsall Library
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The Hepworth Family Gift / Hepworth At Work

Exhibition

The Hepworth Family Gift / Hepworth At Work – on permanent display

Calendar Now - Fri 01 Jan 2027
Clock icon12:00 - 12:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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