Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Winner of the Yorkshire Post Tourist Attraction of The Year 2023, Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the UK’s leading international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture. It is an independent charitable trust and registered museum situated in the 500-acre, 18th-century Bretton Hall estate in West and South Yorkshire.
YSP is the largest sculpture park of its kind in Europe. It is the only place in Europe to see Barbara Hepworth’s The Family of Man in its entirety, alongside a significant collection of sculpture, including bronzes by Henry Moore, important pieces by Phyllida Barlow, Roger Hiorns, Damien Hirst, Hemali Bhuta and Ai Weiwei, and site-specific works by Katrina Palmer, Andy Goldsworthy, Alfredo Jaar, David Nash, Sean Scully and James Turrell.
Across its 47-year history, YSP has worked with over 1,000 artists from more than 40 countries, on varied projects from short-term residencies to major surveys. Highlights include exhibitions by Fiona Banner, Anthony Caro, Tony Cragg, Leonardo Drew, Robert Indiana, Amar Kanwar, KAWS, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Lindsey Mendick, Annie Morris, Giuseppe Penone, Jaume Plensa, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Sean Scully, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Chiharu Shiota, David Smith, Joana Vasconcelos, Bill Viola and Erwin Wurm.
Tom Friedman, Hazmat Love, 2016. Courtesy of Tia Collection. Image © Jonty Wilde, courtesy of YSP
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield, WF4 4LG
Erwin Wurm, Big Hypnosis, 2008. Courtesy Studio Erwin Wurm and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery. Photo © Jonny Walton, courtesy of YSP
Erwin Wurm, Ship of Fools, 2017. Courtesy Studio Erwin Wurm and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery. Photo © David Lindsay, courtesy of YSP
Thomas J Price, Network, 2013. Courtesy of private collection. Photo courtesy of YSP
Henry Moore, Large Spindle Piece, 1968. Courtesy of the Henry Moore Foundation. Photo © David Lindsay, courtesy YSP