Walking in nature and looking round art galleries are two of the activities that bring me the most joy. It's well over a year since I last went to The Hepworth Wakefield so a visit (a couple of weeks ago) was long overdue. The gallery itself is a brutalist concrete structure that (to me) has a kind of fierce beauty, with wonderful light and shadow both outside and in. The windows frame their views like artworks in themselves. Set in a garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith, it's somewhere I always delight in exploring... and that's even before you get to their world-class exhibitions.
It is, of course, named after the sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), who was born in Wakefield, and it holds a permanent collection of her sculptures, drawings and maquettes. It also houses Wakefield's art collection and hosts significant exhibitions, art fairs and markets. It's a wonderful place that I feel privileged to live near enough to visit.
You are very lucky to be so near to it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, we were supposed to go last summer but never made it.
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