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AT National Coal Mining Museum
Now - Sun 02 Oct 2022
Coal has been powering Britain in one form or another since 1200 BC. Follow the rise and fall of this energy source as we delve into the nation’s evo...
Now - Sun 01 Jan 2023
This exhibition is drawn from the Sherwin Collection, arguably the most important privately-owned collection of British Surrealism. The collection ha...
Now - Sun 04 Sep 2022
Emii Alrai (b.1993), will present a new commission at The Hepworth Wakefield this spring.
Alrai, who lives in Leeds and has a studio in Wakefi...
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AT Queen's Mill
ON Sat 18 Jun 2022 - Sun 19 Jun 2022
Step back in time and discover the fascinating history of Castleford RLFC in book, film, photos a...
Now - Wed 31 May 2023
Charity (2002-2003), Myth (2010), The Hat Makes the Man (2004-2007) and The Virgin Mother (2005-2006) came to YSP as part of Yorkshire Sculpture Inte...
Now - Sun 05 Jun 2022
David Nash has dedicated his artistic life to an evolving study of trees and wood. This exhibition in The Weston Gallery is dedicated to his drawings...
AT Yorkshire Sculpture Park Shop
Now - Sun 29 May 2022
Working from a furniture maker’s workshop in Huddersfield where he is surrounded by the natural world, Yukihiro Akama creates beautifully intricate m...
Now - Sun 04 Sep 2022
This exhibition will explore how, after initially finding success with figurative carvings in the 1920s and early 1930s, Barbara Hepworth developed a...
Now - Sun 08 Jan 2023
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is pleased to announce the first major UK exhibition of sculpture by American artist Robert Indiana (1928-2018). Spann...
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Now - Fri 23 Sep 2022
Two years on from the first Covid-19 lockdown, explore the lockdown artwork of Pontefract-based artist Rachel List.
The Covid-19 lockdowns mea...
Now - Sun 25 Sep 2022
Sheila Hicks (b.USA, 1934) is one of the world’s foremost artists and sculptors working with textiles, fibre, colour and form.
Drawing together...
ON Sat 18 Jun 2022 - Sun 30 Oct 2022
In collaboration with the Picasso Museum, Antibes, YSP presents two complementary installations of drawing by Jaume Plensa. They highlight the artist...
ON Thu 20 Oct 2022 - Mon 01 May 2023
The Hepworth Wakefield will present the first major survey of British photographer Hannah Starkey, tracing the development of her work across two dec...
Now - Mon 05 Jun 2023
This spring, the Oak Project launches its first artist commission, Silence – Alone in a World of Wounds, hosted at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), by...
Free event
Now - Sat 09 Jul 2022
A World of Good is a new exhibition based around the work of pioneering 19th century environmentalist Charles Waterton, who built the world’s f...
Free event
Now - Tue 31 May 2022
When Anne Hurst inherited The Wakefield and Halifax Journal she set about changing the political landscape of Wakefield.
Visit the Breaking Th...
Free event
Now - Sun 05 Jun 2022
Mohammad Barrangi presents his most comprehensive solo exhibition featuring his large-scale murals as well as revealing his first-ever sculptural wor...
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AT Queen's Mill
Now - Sun 29 May 2022
The installation of photography, sound and sculpture are all born through experimentation of the material process, which uniquely contradicts and abs...
AT Yorkshire Sculpture Park Shop
ON Sat 11 Jun 2022 - Sun 23 Oct 2022
Janine Burrows is a designer, painter and illustrator based in West Yorkshire. She applies her background in surface pattern and printed textile to c...
ON Fri 16 Sep 2022 - Sun 19 Mar 2023
The Hepworth Wakefield will present an exhibition of new work by British artist Jadé Fadojutimi (b. 1993).
Fadojutimi’s large-scale paintings ...
AT Yorkshire Sculpture Park Shop
ON Sat 17 Sep 2022 - Sun 23 Oct 2022
Working from her garden studio in West Yorkshire, the designer, maker and illustrator Samantha Bryan creates a delicate, humorous yet industrious spe...
AT Yorkshire Sculpture Park Shop
ON Sat 05 Nov 2022 - Sun 26 Feb 2023
The theme of Annie Montgomerie’s work relates to childhood and the emotions intertwined in that precious stage of life. Combining this with a love of...
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AT Museum Hub at South Elmsall Library
Now - Sat 31 Dec 2022
Visit Wakefield Museums & Castles’ museum hub located in South Elmsall library to meet the Faces of South Elmsall.
Faces of South Elmsall ...