Looking Ahead

Jyll Bradley: Running and Returning
5 April-2 November 2025
Running and Returning is a major survey of the work of English artist and writer Jyll Bradley whose pioneering approach and creativity have resulted in an incredibly broad-ranging practice.

The exhibition will include early photographic self-portraits and lightbox works, a selection of drawings and maquettes from major public artworks, The Hop (2022) - a vibrant interactive sculpture originally commissioned by the Hayward Gallery, London, Flower Train (2010) which makes personal, geographic and economic connections through the framework of the flower trade in the South West, and a highly personal series of films that explore Bradley's search for her birth mother and experience as an adoptee.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a major new publication spanning Bradley's career to date.

Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes
23 May-7 September 2025
Forbidden Territories marks 100 years of ‘Surrealism’, since its origins in 1924 with the publication of the ‘Surrealist Manifesto’ by the poet and critic André Breton, exploring its influence and the way it continues to inspire today.

The exhibition, which is organised by The Hepworth Wakefield, brings together an array of British and international artists, taking you on a journey through the imagined universes, dreamlike scenes and bizarre features of Surrealism over the last century.

Read the full press release about our 2025 programme.

Image credit
Jyll Bradley, The Hop (detail). Image Thierry Bal. Courtesy of the artist.