Veronica Ryan and Alberta Whittle are among the more than 50 artists who will work with Hospital Rooms on the three-year ...

Simon Wallis, the director of the Hepworth Wakefield, has been appointed as the new secretary and chief executive of the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) in London. He replaces Axel Rüger, who stepped ...

Sculpture With Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue And Red by Dame Barbara Hepworth was sold for more than £3.5m in 2024 A West Yorkshire art gallery is attempting to raise sufficient funds to purchase ...

The U.K. is launching a campaign to purchase a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, to stop its export from the country. Contemporary ...

Jenny Eclair backs £3.8m fundraiser to ‘save Hepworth artwork for the nation’ A museum and national charity wants to raise enough money to secure it for permanent public display in Wakefield ...

At The Hepworth Wakefield, her chocolate fountain, Cacao (1994), fills the space with a scent so overpowering it tips over into nauseating for many viewers. Smith notes that the piece requires a ...

The Hepworth Wakefield wants to buy Sculpture With Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue And Red, created in the 1940s, in order for it to go on permanent public display. The oval-shaped piece, which sold for ...

Over the years The Hepworth Wakefield has championed a number of artists who have for whatever reason been overlooked or undervalued. A good example was last year’s Ronald Moody exhibition which ...

June 05, 2025 at 0:01am BST. Comedian Jenny Eclair and sculptor Sir Antony Gormley are among the backers of a £3.8 million fundraiser to save a Dame Barbara Hepworth artwork “for the nation”.