Articles relating to: Wakefield
Exhibition: Robert Broad – My North, The Art House, Wakefield
The Art House in Wakefield has announced its 2022 artistic programme featuring a range of exhibitions that will explore important social issues alongside major residencies, artist support programmes, and new site-specific commissions.
Read the full story..What’s On: The Hepworth Wakefield
Since opening its magnificent doors to the public in 2011, The Hepworth Wakefield has been at the forefront of supporting artists, as was its predecessor, The Wakefield Art Gallery.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Modern Nature: British Photographs from the Hyman Collection, The Hepworth, Wakefield
For the first time in human history, more people are living in urban environments than in the countryside, yet the impulse to seek out nature remains as strong as ever. This new exhibition of photographs – by leading British photographers such as Shirley Baker, Bill Brandt, Anna Fox, Chris Killip, Peter Mitchell, Martin Parr and Tony Ray-Jones – explores our evolving relationship with the natural world and how this shapes individuals and communities.
Read the full story..Getting away with it: Northern Soul takes a trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park
I’m of the opinion that, on admission, art gallery attendants should inconspicuously hand over matchbox-sized flyers which say ‘don’t worry if you don’t like all (or indeed any) of it’.
Read the full story..Mark Thomas talks class, comedy and The Red Shed with Northern Soul
Wakefield Labour Club is a 47-foot long wooden hut near the city centre which was formerly an army barracks.
Read the full story..Franz West at The Hepworth in Wakefield
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to The Hepworth Wakefield curator Dr Sam Lackey about a major exhibition of works by Franz West, initiated and co-developed with the artist before his death in July 2012.
Read the full story..The Ultimate Form at The Hepworth, Wakefield
I couldn’t make the actual performance of Linder Sterling’s The Ultimate Form at The Hepworth in Wakefield last Saturday as my daughter was making her debut at a professional theatre in our home town, some distance away.
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