- Wikidata identifier:
- Q1567478
- Also known as:
- The Hepworth Wakefield
- Instance of:
- art museum; charitable organization; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1218
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q1567478/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Wikipedia)
The Hepworth Wakefield’s 1,600 square metres (17,000sq ft) of purpose-built gallery space houses 44 plaster and aluminum working models donated by Dame Barbara Hepworth’s family and temporary exhibitions of contemporary art. Items from Wakefield’s art collection which spans the 16th century to the present day are on display, including works by Henry Moore, who was born in Castleford in the Wakefield district, Ben Nicholson, Graham Sutherland, Paul Nash, Jacob Epstein, Walter Sickert, Anthony Caro, Ivon Hitchens, LS Lowry, and David Hockney.
In 2016 former BBC news writer and art collector Tim Sayer gave his collection of more than 400 works of art to the Hepworth as a bequest in his will. The “Tim Sayer Bequest” includes pieces by David Hockney, Gerhard Richter, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder and Bridget Riley, and has been hailed as one of the most generous of its kind.
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Source: Wikipedia
Date: 2025
Licence: CC-BY-SA