Barbara Hepworth

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Artist Mary Griffiths and her crew will be working on a wall drawing in The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery at Leeds University, ahead of her major retrospective exhibition. Assistants working on the wall drawing are Ella Georgiou (right) and Fionnuala Kennedy Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

First major retrospective exhibition of artist Mary Griffiths opening in Leeds

Grace Barker takes a look at Ronald Moody's 'Johanaan' part of a new exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield. Picture Bruce Rollinson

The less well-known contemporary of Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Mais lecture. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Yorkshire is still plagued by low productivity - Anthony Painter

The Hepworth Wakefield

Wakefield aiming to become the UK's 'sculpture capital'

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park invites Barnsley to a free weekend of art and nature

Exhibition An Axis of Abstraction Art in Cornwall and Yorkshire, Leeds Art Gallery. Dr Clare Nadal, Assistant Curator, Sculpture, Leeds Museums and Galleries with Barbara Hepworth sculpture Hieroglyph 1953. Picture: Simon Hulme

New exhibition explores creative connections between Yorkshire and Cornwall

Undated handout photo issued by Christie's of golden sculpture entitled Three Curves With Strings (Gold Mincarlo) by artist Dame Barbara Hepworth which has been auctioned for almost half a million pounds. The art piece, a golden shape that sits atop a black polished plinth, comes from the Wakefield-born sculptor behind stone carving Mother And Child. The piece led the sale and achieved £478,800 plus buyer's premium against an estimate of £80,000 to £120,000. Christie's/PA Wire

Sculpture from Wakefield-born artist auctioned for almost half a million pounds

A sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, estimate £2,200,00-3,200,000, during a preview for the forthcoming Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale, at Christie's in London. Photo credit: James Manning/PA Wire

Barbara Hepworth sculpture up for auction at Christie's could sell for up to £6m

Ronald Moody working on Johanaan, 1963. Photo: Val Wilmer

The former dentist who became a renowned self-taught wood carver

A Henry Moore sculpture at YSP. Photo: Jonty Wilde

YSP has ambition to play a bigger role in region's tourism economy: Clare Lilley

The Man behind the Moderns an exhibition on Yorkshireman Herbert Read through his art collection, personal library and archival material., in the Treasures of the Brotherton at Leeds University. Curatorial Researcher Rebecca Higgins looks at photograph of Herbert Read dated 1915 Picture by Simon Hulme 28th February 2023

The hidden Yorkshire champion of modern art back in the spotlight

New acquisitions go on display at The Hepworth Wakefield marking 100 years since Wakefield's art collection was established.. Alex Guy is pictured with some of the artwork on display Picture by Simon Hulme

Celebrating 100 years of art in Wakefield

Jason Wilsher-Mills

Bronze ‘Amazon love god’ to go on display at Yorkshire sculpture trail

Part of the Light Up event at The Hepworth Wakefield last year.

First big event for Wakefield's new Tileyard North

Henry Moore's Two Large Forms at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Art and walking combines in one of Yorkshire's best tourist attractions

Hannah Peel. Picture: Phil Sharpe

Hannah Peel: ‘It’s been a journey, and a beautiful one at that’

Author of Art That Made Us Brilliant Isles James Hawes
Picture: BBC

Britain's turbulent history retold through art

The University of York's new art curator, Helena Cox, in front of Concrete reliefs by Fred Millett, 1965. Picture : Jonathan Gawthorpe

Hidden treasures to be brought to life as university art curator is appointed

Pioneering aviator Amy Johnson seen here in 1939. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images).

1921 census: Amy Johnson, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore's lives revealed
They’re now names that strike pride into the heart of many a Yorkshireman and woman.
Victoria Finan

The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield

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Yorkshire Day will be celebrated on August 1 2021.

Yorkshire Day 2021: Nine fun activities to enjoy on August 1

Breaking the Mould: Sculpture By Women Since 1945 in the Longside Gallery situated in Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Natalie Rudd, Senior Curator for the Arts Council Collections, looking at work by Rachel Whiteread. Picture: James Hardisty.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park celebrates work of pioneering female sculptors

Sophie Bowness, Granddaughter of Barbara Hepworth looks at one of her favourite sculptures, Curved Form, at The Hepworth in Wakefield. Picture: Tony Johnson

Barbara Hepworth's stunning legacy celebrated in museum that bears her name

Sophie Bowness, Granddaughter of Barbara Hepworth looks at one of her favourite sculptures, Curved Form, at The Hepworth in Wakefield. Picture: Tony Johnson

Major Barbara Hepworth exhibition to celebrate pioneer of modern sculpture

Should Wakefield be the HQ for the new West Yorkshire Combined Authority?

Make Wakefield the capital of Yorkshire devolution – Michael McGowan

Sir Alan Bowness

Obituary: Sir Alan Bowness, former Tate Gallery director

Tom Allen revisited Wakefield for his Channel 4 show Tom Allen Goes to Town. (Picture: Edward Moore)..

Tom Allen on comedy, why he loves touring the country and pie-eating in Wakefiel...

circa 1955: British figurative sculptor, draughtsman, and printmaker Henry Moore (1898 - 1986). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

How Yorkshire was the making of Henry Moore

An archive photo of Dame Barbara Hepworth.

Celebrating Barbara Hepworth, a Yorkshire original – The Yorkshire Post says

Stephanie Edwards, development assistant, looking at some of the Barbara Hepworth collection at The Hepworth Wakefield which will celebrate is 10th anniversary next May witha new exhibition of the artist's work.
Picture: Bruce Rollinson

Barbara Hepworth’s legacy beyond Google’s doodle
At the cutting edge of creativity, Barbara Hepworth was once again the name on everyone’s lips yesterday. It had been on the same date in 1939 that she arrived at St Ives in Cornwall to establish the studio that would be her lifelong home.
David Behrens

Barbara Hepworth pictured with her work in 1967 (Photo: Potter/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Today's Google Doodle celebrates artist and sculptor Barbara Hepworth - here's w...

Dame Barbara Hepworth's studio and workshop in St Ives, Cornwall, which has received Grade II listing by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Picture: PA

Barbara Hepworth's former studio given Grade II listed status

Sculptor Barbara Hepworth Picture: Getty

Up the wall... Omission of blue plaque for Barbara Hepworth is finally rectified

Buddy Brook says he never changes the original shape of the piece of wood he is carving with. (Bruce Rollinson)

Buddy Brook - the Yorkshire artist carving sustainable works out of wood

Canal procession from Castleford to Knottingley will celebrate Wakefield's water...

Sydney Thornbury, the CEO of The Art House, on her boat with friend Tony Wade.

Canal procession from Castleford to Knottingley will celebrate Wakefield's water...

Mary Fedden (1915-2012) Orange and Green Still Life, 1957. Oil on canvas.

Major exhibition at Yorkshire gallery features some of the greatest artists of t...

Morgan Sindall Groupsaid itdelivered strong profit growth in the first halfof 2019

Barbara Hepworth building a key milestone for Morgan Sindall

Sir Henry Moore as work began on a gallery in Leeds to celebrate his work.

Godfrey Worsdale: Henry Moore believed art is for everyone – this is how we will...

Picture by Simon Hulme

Exhibition highlights both the fragility and strength of sculpture

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Simon Wallis is director of The Hepworth Wakefield.

Simon Wallis: Art and creativity show us how to sculpt the future, writes The He...

The celebrated Yorkshire artist Ashley Jackson.

The Yorkshire Post says: Celebrating Yorkshire’s finest in the name of art

Artist's impression of the Hepworth Wakefield Riverside Garden.Picture: Tom Stuart Smith and The Hepworth

Queen's garden designers tackle old industrial plot outside Hepworth Wakefield

The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture - Composition for 37 flutes (in two parts) by Cerith Wyn Evans. Picture by Simon Hulme

Opinion: Recognising value of creativity

Tom Stuart-Smith

Tom Stuart-Smith plots grand design for The Hepworth's riverside gallery garden

Professor Simone Wonnacott, Vice-Chancellor at Leeds Arts University.

Deadline looms in search for sculptor to create tribute to Leeds women

Louisa Fennell, picture supplied by Forgotten Women of Wakefield project

Wakefield artist to get blue plaque

The large-scale instalation by artist Chiharu Shiota, Beyond Time, in the 18th century chapel at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Picture by Simon Hulme

500 acres in former Wakefield mining region named among locations that define En...

Second year BA Honours fine arts students from Leeds Arts University showcased their work at the TWO exhibition at the Wharf Chambers gallery space in Leeds city centre. Dionne Towey views the work of fellow student Isabella Adam Beirne.
3rd May 2018.
Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Leeds Art University students showcased work at exhibition

Today marks the centenary of the Representation of People Act.

The Yorkshire Post says: A nation's debt to suffragettes. Fight for true equalit...

PIC: Scott Merrylees

Review: Cafe at the Hepworth, Wakefield

OBJECTS OF DESIRE: Curator Sebastiano Barassi surrounded by works in the Becoming Henry Moore exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute, in Leeds. PIC: Simon Hulme

Leeds's own Henry Moore is coming home in new exhibition

Henry Moore with Reclining Figure and Mask. Picture: Henry Moore Foundation Archive

On show after 100 years: The roll of honour carved by Henry Moore for his old sc...

The Hepworth Wakefield Riverside Gallery Garden

Ground view in summer of The Hepworth Riverside Gallery Garden.

PIC:Tom Stuart Smith and The Hepworth

Why The Hepworth Wakefield wants to take its work outdoors

Zak Ove's Black and Blue:The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness, 2016-17. Photo: Jonty Wilde

VIDEO: New sculptures to celebrate Yorkshire Sculpture Park's 40th anniversary

Peter Murray CBE who founded the Sculpture Park in 1977. Photo: Marc Atkins

Yorkshire Sculpture Park celebrates 40th anniversary

Art collector Tim Sayer, who has curated a new exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield. Picture by James Hardisty.

Collector becomes curator to show off treasures

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