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.
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