Huddersfield Art Gallery

Creative Tourist Last Updated 11 September 2023

The Huddersfield Art Gallery permanent collection includes paintings, works on paper and sculptures by internationally renowned artists such as Francis Bacon, L.S. Lowry and Henry Moore. Although the permanent collection is not currently on display, many of these works can be seen in galleries across the UK.

Huddersfield Art Gallery has temporarily relocated to Unit 7 in the Piazza Shopping Centre whilst significant building works take place on the current Library and Art Gallery building. Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 continues to deliver an acclaimed and vibrant temporary exhibitions programme, featuring established and emerging artists.

Unit 7, Huddersfield Piazza Centre, Princess Alexandra WalkHuddersfieldHD1 2RS View map

Email: info.galleries@kirklees.gov.uk Telephone: 01484 221964 Visit Now

What's on near Huddersfield Art Gallery

Black and white drawing of a sycamore tree

Until 13 Jul

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Tony Wade: Keepers of Time at YSP

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from £0.00

Laura Ellen Bacon, Into Being, 2025. Photo © India Hobson, courtesy Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Until 7 Sep

ExhibitionsWakefield

Laura Ellen Bacon: Into Being at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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from £0.00

Woman looking and touching large ceramic vessels

Until 14 Sep

ExhibitionsWakefield

Felicity Aylieff: Expressions of Blue at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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ExhibitionsWakefield

Bharti Kher: Alchemies at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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from £0.00

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ExhibitionsBradford

David Hockney: Pieced Together at the National Science and Media Museum

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Tom Branfoot. Photo Eleanor Hall, Museum of the Home

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Helen Chadwick posing with a sculpture called Piss Flowers taken during the exhibition Helen Chadwick: Effluvia, held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, in 1994

17 May – 27 Oct

ExhibitionsWakefield

Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures at the Hepworth Wakefield

The Hepworth Wakefield presents a retrospective from iconic artist Helen Chadwick, charting her artistic development and key works.

from £0.00

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