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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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Walk and Write: Poetry Workshop
Part of Cynthia Kenny: A City Framed

Free event

Activity Art Heritage Walk Workshop

Walk and Write: Poetry Workshop

Calendar Sat 21 Mar - Sat 21 Mar 2026
Clock icon11:00 - 15:00
Map pinWakefield Museum
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PRINTED

Free event

Activity Art Fair Market Workshop

Printed

Calendar Sat 11 Jul - Sat 11 Jul 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinThe Art House
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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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A painting picturing pontefract's Buttercross, by William Shone.

Free event

Art Exhibition Heritage

Picturing Pontefract

Calendar Now - Sat 03 Oct 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:30
Map pinPontefract Museum
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Doodle Lounge

Free event

Activity Art Craft Families

The Doodle Lounge

Calendar Mon 25 May - Sat 30 May 2026
Clock icon09:30 - 16:00
Map pinThe Art House
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The Rhubarb Lounge
Part of Rhubarb Festival

Free event

Activity Art Craft Families Food and Drink Workshop

The Rhubarb Lounge

Calendar Mon 16 Feb - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Clock icon09:30 - 16:00
Map pinThe Art House
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Louise Lockhart, Seaside Collage Screen Print 2025. Image © the artist courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Art Exhibition

Louise Lockhart: Cake Crumbs and Lemonade

Calendar Sat 07 Mar - Sun 28 Jun 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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LR Vandy: Rise

Art Exhibition

LR Vandy: Rise

Calendar Sat 14 Mar - Sun 13 Sep 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Nicola Turner: Time's Scythe

Art Exhibition

Nicola Turner: Time’s Scythe

Calendar Sat 28 Mar - Sun 27 Sep 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Hold to this Earth

Art Exhibition

Hold to this Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia Collection

Calendar Sat 13 Jun - Sun 18 Apr 2027
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Annie Montgomerie

Art Exhibition

Annie Montgomerie: Missies and Nippers

Calendar Sat 11 Jul - Sun 01 Nov 2026
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Angela Harding, Blossomise. Image © the artist

Art Exhibition

Angela Harding: A Chronicle of Birds and Beasts

Calendar Sat 14 Nov - Sun 28 Feb 2027
Clock icon09:00 - 18:00
Map pinYorkshire Sculpture Park
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Two children taking part in a craft workshop at WX - Wakefield exchange.
Part of Rhubarb Festival

Free event

Activity Art Families Festival Food and Drink Market Workshop

Rhubarb Festival at WX

Calendar Fri 20 Feb - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinWX Wakefield Exchange
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Frame It

Free event

Activity Art Craft Families Heritage

Frame It

Calendar Wed 01 Apr - Wed 01 Apr 2026
Clock icon10:30 - 15:00
Map pinPontefract Museum
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1 / 2 Lewis Hammond, Untitled, 2025

Art Exhibition

Lewis Hammond

Calendar Sat 23 May - Sun 01 Nov 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949-2015), Experiments in Khirki Studio, 1985. Photo Ranjit Singh. Digitised by Asia Art Archive, India. Copyright Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation

Art Exhibition

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Calendar Sat 23 May - Sun 01 Nov 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Ida Ekblad, SEPTIC SUN, 2025. Hand-enamelled copper tiles, custom sand-cast bronze, fused glass, wood, LED light, 90 x 270 x 30 cm. Photography: Flavio Karrer

Art Exhibition

Ida Ekblad: WORLD’S LARGEST METAPHOR

Calendar Sat 21 Nov - Thu 01 Apr 2027
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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Marc Chagall, Le Cirque, 1967, Lithograph. Collec- tion of Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, Münster. © 2025 ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London.

Art Exhibition

Marc Chagall: The Circus

Calendar Sat 21 Nov - Thu 01 Apr 2027
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinThe Hepworth Wakefield
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