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The Hepworth Wakefield

Gallery Walk, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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The gallery brings together work from Wakefield’s art collection, exhibitions by contemporary artists and rarely seen works by Barbara Hepworth Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017 / 'The most significant and exciting places for sculpture in Europe' Will Gompertz, Arts Editor, BBC / 'One of the finest contemporary art spaces not only in the region, but the whole of the UK' Yorkshire Post

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Sourcing 20th century design classics, pink-flamingos.co.uk specialise in American design by the likes of Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia and George Nelson. Find them at Midcentury Modern at The Hepworth Wakefield. Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 February, 10am – 4pm. Book tickets now: hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/mid-century-modern-at-the-hepworth-wakefield

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Welcome Retrouvius Architectural Reclamation & Design to Midcentury Modern® at The Hepworth Wakefield. Retrouvius have the belief that good materials and well-made things are precious, a salvage and reclamation team with a sister design studio. Their stock is ever-changing stock – determined by the serendipity of salvage, evolving fashion, tastes, and desires. See more at: www.retrouvius.com Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 February, 10am – 4pm. Book tickets in advance £3 / £5 on the day: hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/mid-century-modern-at-the-hepworth-wakefield

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Last chance to see Alina Szapocznikow: Human Landscapes - closes today! The gallery is open 10am - 5pm. 'This revelatory survey of a long-overlooked artist is full of wonders' 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 The Guardian. Read more about Szapocznikow: hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/alina-szapocznikow-human-landscapes

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Always wanted to write your own novel? Try our masterclass. You’ll learn useful skills in novel writing, including planning, editing and how to get published, while creating a novel plan, individual scenes and character sketches. Masterclass: Write Your Novel 24 Feb 2018, 10.30am - 4pm, £60 / £45 Members Book you place: hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/masterclass-write-your-novel

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It's your last day to see Alina Szapocznikow: Human Landscapes at The Hepworth Wakefield. If you can't make it, here's a quick tour of what you missed 👀 hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/alina-szapocznikow-human-landscapes

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Our FREE family activity today is Body-scapes, drop-in 11am – 4pm. Use your body to make abstract drawings and sculptures inspired by our exhibition Alina Szapocznikow: Human Landscapes which closes today.

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We welcome Studiotic to Midcentury Modern® at The Hepworth Wakefield. Selling original decorative design from the early 20th century including British Arts & Crafts movement, British & Continental Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Secessionist, Art Deco together with original artist prints and books. See more at: www.studiotic.com Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 February, 10am – 4pm. Book tickets in advance £3 / £5 on the day: hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/mid-century-modern-at-the-hepworth-wakefield

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Collection highlight: Anthea Hamilton, Leg Chair (SUSHI NORI), 2012. Acrylic, brass, plaster, wax, sushi nori, rice cakes, 81 x 92 x 46 cm. Hamilton’s ‘Leg Chairs’ are a series of sculptures based on the artist’s own legs. Each of them has the same pose, legs akimbo, but they are also unique. Some are themed on famous individuals or a common phrase, others on lifestyle cultures including, as here, ‘exotic’ foods. Sexualised and humorous, the ‘Leg Chairs’ toy with our experience of domestic furniture. This work is now back on view in Gallery 1, and was acquired shortly before the exhibition Anthea Hamilton Reimagines Kettle’s Yard in 2016–17, in which the 2016 Turner Prize nominee was invited to create an exhibition using works from the Cambridge collection. You can also see her print ‘Daydreamer’s wavy boot’ commissioned as part of School Prints on show until 3 June: shop.hepworthwakefield.org/collections/thw-school-prints/products/anthea-hamilton-daydreamers-wavy-boot Image: Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 2015 © Courtesy the artist. Photography Doug Atfield

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The Polish artist Alina Szapocznikow (1926–1973) produced a radical body of work in which she explored her own physicality during one of the most tumultuous periods in twentieth-century history. To coincide with our exhibition Alina Szapocznikow: Human Landscapes, this timeline traces the development of this ceaselessly inventive artist. Exhibition closes Sunday 28 January, open 10am - 5pm. FREE entry. www.hepworthwakefield.org/timeline/ Image: Szapocznikow with her installation work 'Envahissement de Tumeurs (Invasion of Tumours)' in the garden outside her Paris studio in 1970. She reproduces one of the photographs as a poster for an ‘Imaginary Exhibition’ © ADAGP, Paris. Courtesy The Estate of Alina Szapocznikow / Piotr Stanislawski / Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris

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We're having a party and we'd love for you to join us! Join us for the opening party and the first chance to see our new exhibition 'Anthony McCall: Solid Light Works'. There'll be delicious street food in The Hepworth Cafe and a North Brewing Co pop-up bar. Thursday 15 February, 7 – 10pm FREE ENTRY - No need to RSVP, just turn up! www.facebook.com/events/316319682209459

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We're eagerly awaiting Midcentury Modern® at The Hepworth Wakefield, featuring the best in British, Americana, European and Scandinavian design. Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 February 10am – 4pm Pre-book tickets in advance for £3 (£5 on the day) at hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/mid-century-modern-at-the-hepworth-wakefield

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The Polish artist Alina Szapocznikow (1926–1973) produced a radical body of work in which she explored her own physicality during one of the most tumultuous periods in twentieth-century history. To coincide with our exhibition Alina Szapocznikow: Human Landscapes, this timeline traces the development of this ceaselessly inventive artist. Exhibition closes Sunday 28 January, open 10am - 5pm. FREE entry. www.hepworthwakefield.org/timeline/

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