Chiharu Shiota –Uncertain Journey, 2016, Blainsouthern Berlin, Germany. Installation metal frames red wool. Photo Christian Gglaaser. Copyright Vgbildkunstbonn 2017 and the artist. Yorkshire Sculpture Park — © VG Bild Kunst and the artist

Yorkshire Sculpture Park 2018 Guide

Sara Jaspan, Exhibitions Editor

Last Updated 21 August 2018

Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s 2018 programme of international contemporary art has left us itching to get out of the city and back to one of our all-time-favourite places. Experience one of Chiharu Shiota’s mind-blowing web installations, hanging like a ‘painting in mid-air’ within the Bretton Estate’s serene 18th-century chapel. Or the deeply poetic work of the eminent Italian sculptor Giuseppe Penone, whose monumental firs and marble canvases tap into a more ‘geological’ sense of time. Be inspired by the radical politics at the heart of Revolt and Revolutions, and the vital environmental projects carried out by the grassroots arts charity Common Ground. Or step inside an immersive game environment to gain new insights into the rapidly developing world of today. As the UK’s leading open-air gallery (with a brand-new new visitor centre opening later this year), there seems no better place to spend your spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Here are our picks

1. Chiharu Shiota: Beyond Time at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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Chiharu Shiota: Beyond Time at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 30 March–4 November 2018, free entry - Visit now

Legendary for her giant, labyrinthine webs, Japanese-born artist Chiharu Shiota prepares to take over Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s serene 18th-century chapel as part of her new exhibition: Beyond Time.

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2. Giuseppe Penone at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Giuseppe Penone at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 26 May 2018–28 April 2019, free entry - Visit now

Grounded in a more poetic, ‘geological’ sense of time, the eminent Italian sculptor Giuseppe Penone stands apart from the everyday concerns of the modern world.

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3. Mister Finch: The Wish Post at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Mr Finch: The Wish Post at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 23 June–23 September 2018, free entry - Visit now

Don’t worry, you haven’t OD’ed on contemporary art. The dapperly dressed mole and skittish prickle of hedgehogs playing brass bells are part of YSP’s new exhibition; The Wishing Post by Etsy-celeb, Mister Finch.

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4. Norman Ackroyd at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Norman Ackroyd at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 17 November 2018–24 February 2019, free entry - Find Out More

Be transported back in time to an older, wilder England, full of drama and ancient poetry, through the enigmatic work of Norman Ackroyd at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

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