INTRODUCTION TO THE GALLERY AND ARTWORKS Introduction Gallery 6, which is one of the city’s landmarks depicted in many of these works of art. The Hepworth Wakefield opened in 2011 and celebrates the region’s heritage as the birthplace of modern British Temporary Exhibitions sculpture. Paticularly the achievements of Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) and Henry Moore (1898–1986) The Hepworth Wakefield features a changing programme – two of the most important artists of the 20th century, of world-class exhibitions by leading UK and international who were born and grew up in the Wakefield district. artists. We present 3 – 5 exhibitions per year. You can view details of all our current and forthcoming exhibitions The Hepworth Wakefield has ten gallery spaces. on the website – www.hepworthwakefield.org Galleries 1 – 6 contain Wakefield Art Collection displays and Galleries 7 – 10 contain temporary exhibitions. The Gallery Building Wakefield Art Collection The Hepworth Wakefield has been designed by David Chipperfield Architects, winners of over 40 international This collection consists of over 5,000 works. At the core design competitions. The gallery’s façade is constructed of this is a significant group of work by modern British of pigmented concrete giving the building a highly artists. sculptural appearance that echoes the clarity and power of form in Barbara Hepworth’s work. From its foundation in 1934, the original Wakefield Art Gallery, located on Wentworth Terrace, adopted Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle (YST) an ambitious collecting policy and acquired works by the leading artists of the time. Wakefield Art Gallery The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, closed in 2009 and the collection is now held at The Henry Moore Institute and Leeds Art Gallery are four of Hepworth Wakefield. It includes works by Ben Nicholson, the UK’s leading visual art organisations, situated within Jacob Epstein, Victor Pasmore, Ivon Hitchens, Graham 30 minutes drive from one another. They build on West Sutherland, John Piper, Paul Nash, Patrick Heron, Yorkshire’s unique artistic legacy. Bernard Meadows and L.S. Lowry among many others. The Henry Moore Institute (HMI) is a world–recognised The Hepworth Family Gift centre for the study of sculpture in the heart of Leeds. The Hepworth Family Gift includes 44 full-size working Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is an international centre models, drawings, and prints by Barbara Hepworth. for modern and contemporary art, set within 500 acres The Hepworth at Work display in Gallery 4 explores of 18th century parkland, woods and lakes. Hepworth’s studio environment and her artistic process. Leeds Art Gallery has been described as ‘probably the It includes Hepworth’s own tools and materials, a step– best collection of twentieth century British art outside by–step of the bronze–casting process and photographs London’ (The Times). of her works in progress. Many of Hepworth’s plaster and aluminium prototypes are on permanent display in Gallery Contact Us 5. These works, created between the 1950s – 1970s, were made in preparation for sculptures Hepworth later cast For bookings and general enquiries, please contact in bronze. The purpose–built gallery spaces offer a full the Learning Administrator on 01924 247398 or exploration of the prototypes for the first time. [email protected]. The Gott Collection If you wish to discuss longer–term projects or working in partnership with the gallery, please contact Natalie This unique resource, given to the gallery in 1930, Duffield–Moore, Formal Learning Manager on includes 1,200 works on paper from the 18th and 19th [email protected] or 01924 centuries. It includes maps, topographical drawings and 247374. watercolours, depicting over 200 Yorkshire towns and villages. The medieval Chantry Chapel can be seen from Why not Tweet about your visit? Contact us at @HepworthGallery and use the hashtag #THWCreates..