Art & Sculpture at The Hepworth Wakefield

Explore the art collection of LS Lowry, Henry Moore, and David Hockney. Discover temporary exhibitions, a sculpture yard, and the gallery's modern architecture. Easy access with parking and a cafe.

Art Collection and Exhibitions

The collection consists of work from a series of artists consisting of LS Lowry. Henry Moore, Ronald Moody and David Hockney. There is likewise much space for on a regular basis changing temporary events (consisting of turning of the City’s art collection) and a little sculpture yard exterior.

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The gallery called in her honour and containing an excellent offer of her work opened up in the town of her birth in 2011. Her most well-known job is located outside the United Nations building in New York which she created as a memorial to the previous Secretary General, Dag Hammarsskjöld who was additionally a close buddy of hers. She is best recognized as the artist who introduced the punctured kind to her abstract jobs, an attribute which was later on taken on by Henry Moore and that in some cases, wrongly, obtains the credit.

This gallery is well worth the see, specifically if you additionally absorb the Chantry Bridge. Some 7 miles to the southwest is the Yorkshire Sculpture park which is an exterior area with lots of, much bigger contemporary sculptures. , if you are travelling by cars and truck it is very easy to incorporate a see right here with a trip to the Hepworth.

The Hepworth Wakefield’s Architecture

The gallery named in her honour and having a fantastic offer of her job opened in the community of her birth in 2011. She is best recognized as the sculptor who presented the punctured type to her abstract jobs, an attribute which was later on taken on by Henry Moore and that occasionally, incorrectly, obtains the credit.

Visitor Information and Amenities

It is a fantastic example of modern style which comparison extremely well with a group of splendid previous industrial structures in brick (currently consisting of lots of job rooms for creatives) which are just at the southerly limit of the museum.

A devoted parking great deal is simply throughout the river and from there the museum is come close to by a footbridge. Parking is ₤ 5 for the full day for individuals participating in the gallery yet to get that cost you must go into the cars and truck registration on a touch display system in the gallery entrance hall. The museum has a great Café which does some really wonderful Portuguese custard tarts.

The structure was made by David Chipperfield. It is a fantastic example of modern architecture which contrast very well with a team of wonderful previous commercial buildings in brick (currently consisting of many work rooms for creatives) which are simply at the southern boundary of the gallery. The trapezoid types of the concrete framework which develops the gallery “dips its feet” on one side into the River Calder, straight alongside a really appealing weir and directly across the road from the renowned Chantry Church.