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‘The installation (at The Hepworth Wakefield) is a room lined with photographs of these postcards – using film, of course, printed up large on seven different types of paper. It is a piece of visual poetry and connection, where dolmens and stalactites and frozen fountains and pot-bellied men form a story of metamorphosing forms that’s both recognisably a homage to Hepworth’s enthusiasms, and typically Deanian.'—Charlotte Higgins, writing in today’s @guardian, on Tacita Dean: Significant Form at The Hepworth Wakefield.

Tacita Dean was introduced to the work of Barbara Hepworth and the St Ives School of artists while studying at Falmouth School of Art. She found a particular affinity with Hepworth’s interest in Cornish landscapes, the natural rock formations, the coastal paths and the ancient standing stones.

For her new commission—part of Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life—Dean has selected 130 postcards from her found postcard collection, which she has gathered at flea markets over many decades. The images have been re-photographed and photochemically hand-printed at various scales and on a variety of papers. Inspired by her shared interests with Hepworth, Dean selected images that depicted a representation of, or potential for, sculptural form, creating an intuitive journey through objects and formations found in the natural world, to others made by artists across time. Presented without attribution or explanation, Dean’s free-flowing constellation of images encourages the viewer to follow their own readings and associations.

Tacita Dean: Significant Form is display now at The Hepworth Wakefield as part of Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life. Book online via the link in our bio.

Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life is kindly supported by lead sponsors @offerwaterman and @newartcentre. With generous support from The Headley Trust, Henry Moore Foundation, David Herro & Jay Franke, The Porthmeor Fund & THW 10th Anniversary Circle.

Portrait of Tacita Dean by @joannecrawford_

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‘The inaugural one-woman show is apt, since Eva Rothschild is always taking sidelong glances at modernist sculpture with her own cool and quirky works.’ @guardian

A #TBT to May 2011 and our very first temporary exhibition, Eva Rothschild: Hot Touch.

Hot Touch presented a group of new and recent sculptures and photographs by Irish artist @evarothschild. The sculptures were made from a range of materials including fabric, leather and wood, bringing together the hand-made and the industrially produced.

The exhibition was curated by @ivy_may_lackey and supported by Henry Moore Foundation and @cultureireland.

Eva Rothschild’s Wandering Palm, 2011 was the first work purchased for Wakefield’s collection and was specially created for the gallery’s inaugural exhibition. Purchased with aid from @artfund and @contemporaryartsociety.

Photos: Stuart Whipps

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New and exclusive to The Hepworth Wakefield’s shop, Sculpture Plæy sets handmade by Yorkshire-based @plaey_workshop.

Inspired by the work of Barbara Hepworth, and echoing Plæy’s simple, playful and modular design aesthetic, each set contains 4 plywood and 3 valchromat blocks for you to make, stack, build, balance and play. Head over to Plæy’s Instagram @plaey_workshop to see the blocks in action!

Available in person from The Hepworth Wakefield’s shop (open Wed-Sun, 10am-4pm) or online at hepworthwakefield.org/shop. £16.95 / Members get 10% off. Suitable for ages 3+. Only available to purchase in the UK.

Photo: @joannecrawford_

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Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life—the largest exhibition of Hepworth’s work since her death in 1975—is now open and taking place across all ten of our gallery spaces.

Open Wed-Sun, 10am-4pm, £12 / £10 / Free entry for Members, Wakefield residents & under 16s. Book online via the link in our bio.

The exhibition is kindly supported by lead sponsors @offerwaterman and @newartcentre. With generous support from The Headley Trust, Henry Moore Foundation, David Herro & Jay Franke, The Porthmeor Fund & THW 10th Anniversary Circle.

Photo: @joannecrawford_

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Now on display at The Hepworth Wakefield, Tacita Dean: Significant Form—a major new commission as part of Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life.

Tacita Dean was introduced to the work of Barbara Hepworth and the St Ives School of artists while studying at Falmouth School of Art. She found a particular affinity with Hepworth’s interest in Cornish landscapes, the natural rock formations, the coastal paths and the ancient standing stones. Like Hepworth, Dean is also drawn to the notion of ‘truth to materials’, observing: ‘The medium itself will give you something entirely unexpected, and something far better than you intended.’ By using analogue materials and techniques, Dean is guided by the specific qualities of the mediums she works with, embracing the unpredictability of the making process.

For the new commission Significant Form, Dean has selected 130 postcards from her found postcard collection, which she has gathered at flea markets over many decades. The images have been re-photographed and photochemically hand-printed at various scales and on a variety of papers. Inspired by her shared interests with Hepworth, Dean selected images that depicted a representation of, or potential for, sculptural form, creating an intuitive journey through objects and formations found in the natural world, to others made by artists across time. Presented without attribution or explanation, Dean’s free-flowing constellation of images encourages the viewer to follow their own readings and associations.

Entry to Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life is £12 / £10 / Free for Members, Wakefield residents and under 16s. Open Wed-Sun, 10am-4pm (last entry 3.30pm). Book online via the link in our bio.

Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life is kindly supported by lead sponsors @offerwaterman and @newartcentre. With generous support from The Headley Trust, Henry Moore Foundation, David Herro & Jay Franke, The Porthmeor Fund & THW 10th Anniversary Circle.

Photo: @joannecrawford_

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Between 1998 and 2000 Veronica Ryan was the first artist to undertake a residency at Barbara Hepworth’s Palais de Dance studio in St Ives. At the time, Hepworth’s full-scale plaster prototypes, that are now permanently displayed at The Hepworth Wakefield, were still housed there. It therefore seemed appropriate to invite Ryan to create an intervention amongst the plasters that she knew so well.

Throughout Ryan’s career, she has revisited concepts that were also important to Hepworth. Both deeply attuned to the characteristics of specific materials, for Ryan this fascination stems from the inherent meanings that materials can convey. In her specially commissioned work for The Hepworth Wakefield, Ryan has suspended from the ceiling a monumental, hand-crocheted pocket – a technique she learned from her mother – using fishing line, inspired by Hepworth’s use of the same material to string her sculptures.

The investigation of human experience through abstract sculpture is central to both artists’ work. Hepworth spoke of ‘the figure in the landscape’, referring to a person’s relationship to their environment. Ryan explores this interaction through material encounters. The netted pocket holds sculptures evoking the fruits and flowers of a Magnolia tree that Ryan saw recently in Hepworth’s garden in St Ives. Magnolia pods she found there have been cast and suspended on the wall. These irregular, organic structures remind Ryan of soursop fruits found in Monserrat, memories that relate to her mother who migrated to the UK from the Caribbean and would travel across London to source familiar fruit and vegetables.

Ryan has also cast several small sculptures in plaster. The liquid form captures both the textures and details of the surface ‘skin’ when casting copies of organic forms, and the inner, negative form or man-made containers. This dual process offers a metaphorical reflection on what we hold, and what holds us.

Veronica Ryan: Magnolia/Magnoliaceae is on display as part of Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life—link in bio to book.

?: @joannecrawford_

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Happy #Caturday! Our exclusive @donnawilsonltd commission—Barbara Cat—is inspired by Hepworth’s love of cats.

Three of Hepworth’s cats—Nicholas, Mimi and Tobey—featured in the artist’s 1970 publication, A Pictorial Autobiography, and a copy of Charles Duffy’s Ordinary Cats took pride of place on Hepworth’s own bookshelf.

Barbara Cat by Donna Wilson is available from The Hepworth Wakefield’s shop (open Wed-Sun, 10am-4pm) or online at hepworthwakefield.org/shop. £65 / Members get 10% off.

Each Barbara Cat is lovingly hand-knitted in London from 100% soft lambswool with polyester stuffing ?

Photo: @joannecrawford_

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The Hepworth Wakefield is delighted to partner with @bloombergdotorg and join an incredible community of international museums and galleries on the Bloomberg Connects app. The launch of The Hepworth Wakefield guide on the app coincides with the gallery's major 10th anniversary exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life.

Olivia Colling, Director of Communications & Development at The Hepworth Wakefield said: ‘We are really excited to work with Bloomberg and benefit from their extensive digital innovations. Not only will it help more people around the world discover The Hepworth Wakefield, it will also allow us to bring more content to those who know us well. For the first time we are able to offer a free audio guide to enhance our visitors’ experience of our major exhibition, using Barbara Hepworth’s own words and writings read by the talented author and admirer of Hepworth’s work, Olivia Laing.’

On the app, users can discover more about the striking architecture of The Hepworth Wakefield; explore highlights from Wakefield’s art collection; look through the seasons at the new garden, designed by Tom Stuart-Smith; and be inspired to create their own art with family activity films devised by local artists.

The app also provides a gallery by gallery virtual tour of the new Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life exhibition – the largest exhibition of Hepworth’s work since the 1970s – which takes you from Hepworth’s early days growing up in Yorkshire, through to her varied personal interests, major public commissions and ongoing legacy. An accompanying audio guide narrated and produced by Yorkshire actor Leah Whitaker, with Barbara Hepworth’s own words and writings read by acclaimed author @olivialanguage, provides further insights into the artist’s life and work.

The Bloomberg Connects app is available to download via the link in our bio.

Photos: @photosbydavidlindsay / @joannecrawford_

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Do you want to work in The Hepworth Wakefield’s award-winning shop?

We are looking for a Shop Manager (37 hrs per week) and Shop Supervisor (21 hrs per week) to join the team. Find out more about both vacancies at hepworthwakefield.org/jobs

Photo: @joannecrawford_

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