YP Comment: Art of Yorkshire
Not any more. Less than 24 hours after The Hepworth Wakefield was named Art Fund Museum of the Year, further cementing its reputation as a gallery of national importance, the long-awaited celebration of David Hockney finally opened in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall.
Some might wonder why it has taken until the artist’s 80th year for the city to unveil a permanent tribute to its most famous son, but that’s a question for another time.
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Hide AdBoth The Hepworth, founded to house the work of Wakefield-born sculptor Barbara Hepworth and many others, and Cartwright Hall, are fitting tributes to two home-grown artists who took a little bit of Yorkshire to the rest of the world. And, right now, that feels like something worth celebrating.