The Hepworth Wakefield

The Hepworth Wakefield is one in May 2011 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England opened newly built art museum. The building was designed by the English architect David Chipperfield. The construction costs were approximately £ 35 million sterling and were applied by means of the Heritage Lottery Fund, from state and municipal grants, the European Regional Development Fund and from private donors.

Building

The museum consists of ten trapezoidal blocks that were closely placed to each other and lie directly on the water. The blocks are provided with a brownish silvery concrete lining, which seems to reproduce the gray of the old industrial and commercial city. The location on the old inland port points to the previous grain mills of the industrial age in Wakefield.

Inside, the floor is illuminated by recesses in the roof which allow indirect lighting of the rooms. When looped walk through the gallery windows overlooking the countryside and the hills of Yorkshire. The coordinates of the museum are: NS 53 876 ° N and 1.491 ° W.

Collection

In the museum are 1,600 cubic meters of exhibition space. It will be shown there among other 44 models of plastic and aluminum, the eponymous originating from Wakefield sculptor Barbara Hepworth.

From the art collection of the city, which includes works from the period since the 16th century, are works by Henry Moore, who was born nearby in Castleford, is shown. Further works by Ben Nicholson, Graham Sutherland, Paul Nash, Jacob Epstein, Walter Sickert, Anthony Caro, Ivon Hitchens, LS Lowry and David Hockney to be exhibited. There are planned exhibitions of contemporary art and ancient art. In partnership with Tate Plus an exchange of works held by other museums and collections is provided.