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Ceramics Fair 2026 Shop traditional and contemporary ceramics, homeware, jewellery and more from 65 of the UK’s best independent ceramicists and potters.

IF YOU ARE VISITING OUR EXHIBITIONS ON SAT 21 OR SUN 22 MARCH PLEASE BOOK TICKETS ON THIS EVENT. Dates: Sat 21, Sun 22 Booking and More Information

Curator’s Tour: Playing with Fire Join Dr Abi Shapiro, curator at The Hepworth Wakefield, for a walking tour of our new exhibition Playing with Fire.

The artist and author Edmund de Waal has curated, Playing with Fire, the first major exhibition of acclaimed Danish ceramicist Axel Salto (1889 – 1961), considered one of the greatest masters of 20th-century ceramic art. Salto was a radical polymathic figure who crossed boundaries from one discipline to another, producing an extraordinary body of ceramic work alongside paintings, wood- cuts, drawings, book illustration and textiles. Dates: Sat 21 Booking and More Information

Exhibition Admission CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:

A Living Collection
Hepworth at Work
The Hepworth Family Gift
Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto (until 4 May)
Kira Freije: Unspeak the Chorus (until 4 May)

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS

Hepworth and Contemporaries (from 21 March)
Rhythm, Dance and Everything (from 21 March)
Mrinalini Mukherjee (from 23 May)
Lewis Hammond (from 23 May)

IF YOU ARE VISITING OUR EXHIBITIONS ON SAT 21 OR SUN 22 MARCH PLEASE BOOK TICKETS ON THIS EVENT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TIMED ENTRY AT THE HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD SO YOUR TICKET IS VALID FOR THE WHOLE DAY OF YOUR VISIT & FOR ALL OF THE EXHIBITIONS LISTED ABOVE. Dates: Tue 17, Wed 18, Thu 19, Fri 20, Tue 24, Wed 25, Thu 26, Fri 27, Sat 28, Sun 29, Mon 30, Tue 31 Booking and More Information

Highlights Tour FREE at 11:15 am on every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Highlights tours are a great starting point for your visit to The Hepworth Wakefield if you are a first-time visitor. Tours last approx. 30 minutes and include an introduction to our art collection, temporary exhibitions, and the Barbara Hepworth collection.

Also available in FRENCH (booking only)

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST ALSO BOOK AN 'EXHIBITION ADMISSION' TICKET AS PART OF THE TOUR.
Dates: Wed 18, Sat 21, Sun 22, Wed 25, Sat 28, Sun 29 Booking and More Information