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The Hepworth Wakefield is working with Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and his wife, creative consultant Kim Sion, on ‘The Hodge Podge’, an exhibition scheduled to open in May 2027.
Cocker and Sion will present a personal selection of artworks that brings together “both the familiar and strange.” Members will have priority booking for the exhibition and exclusive access to an opening party in May. Membership tickets will go on sale this November.
‘Mrinalini Mukherjee: Unbound Forms – Women Sculptors of India and Bangladesh’ is on display at The Hepworth Wakefield from 23 May to 1 November 2026. The exhibition is described as a major retrospective of Mrinalini Mukherjee and women sculptors of India and Bangladesh. It presents Mukherjee alongside Leela Mukherjee, Meera Mukherjee, Novera Ahmed and Pilloo Pochkhanawala.
A curators’ talk on 5 September at 12pm brings together the gallery’s Artistic Director Laura Smith and the exhibition’s co-curator Tarini Malik. Their discussion will address Mukherjee’s practice, as well as themes and ideas connected to the exhibition and wider histories of modern South Asian art.
‘Lewis Hammond: Crystal in the Shade’ is also on display from 23 May to 1 November 2026. The presentation is Hammond’s first museum presentation in the UK and features new paintings made specifically for The Hepworth Wakefield.
‘Modern Art and Modern Life: Highlights from Wakefield’s 20th Century Collection’ is on display from 21 March 2026 to March 2027. It features works from Wakefield’s collection of modern British art, including Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.
‘Rhythm, Dance and Everything: The Body and Performance from Hepworth to Now’ runs from 21 March 2026 to March 2027. The exhibition brings together Hepworth sculptures and works by artists working in her legacy, with a focus on the body, movement and performance.
‘A Living Collection’ runs from 14 March 2026 to March 2027 and showcases artworks that have been donated or fundraised for Wakefield’s art collection. ‘The Hepworth Family Gift / Hepworth at Work’ remains on permanent display, including 44 full-size working models in plaster and aluminium made in preparation for bronze works Hepworth executed from the mid-1950s to the end of her career.
