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Next: Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Runs until Sunday, 5 October 2025 (See all dates)

Time
10:00 - 17:00
Venue
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DU
Price
Free

A joyous celebration of local hobbies, creativity and passion

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A joyous celebration of local hobbies, creativity and passion, conceived by award-winning artist Hetain Patel and commissioned by Artangel. Showcasing objects crafted, modified or collected by hobbyists based in the Midlands and beyond, with contributions from crocheters, needleworkers, knitters, wood turners, model makers, cosplay creators, collectors, potters, painters, and many more.

The exhibition is part of a nationwide project and includes a new film by Patel, featuring a selection of the hobbies on display, co-commissioned by Artangel and partners.

About  Hetain Patel

Hetain Patel is a London-based artist and filmmaker, whose work challenges reductive categorisations of identity and art. Often rooted in personal experience and that of his immigrant family, Patel’s work invites us to see identity as multidimensional and complex, linked as much to what we choose to do, as to that which is assigned by birth, heritage, social norms, and conventions.

Patel’s films, sculptures, live performances, paintings and photographs have been shown worldwide in galleries, theatres and on iconic public screens, including Piccadilly Circus, London, and Times Square, New York. His works have been presented at the Venice Biennale, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing and in London at institutions including Tate Modern and Sadler’s Wells.

Patel’s works are in public and private collections in the UK and internationally, including Tate, British Council, Arts Council England, Government Art Collection, Manchester Art Gallery, M+ Museum Hong Kong, KNMA New Delhi, and Fondazione In Between Art Film, Rome.

 About Artangel

Artangel produces and presents extraordinary art in unexpected places across London, the UK, and beyond. For over thirty years, Artangel has generated some of the most widely discussed art of recent times, including prominent large-scale projects with artists who have become household names in the UK, including the likes of Jeremy Deller, Roger Hiorns, Michael Landy, Steve McQueen and Rachel Whiteread.

Recent Artangel projects include Sarah Sze’s Metronome, Taryn Simon’s An Occupation of Loss, Evan Roth’s Red Lines, Jonathan Glazer’s short film STRASBOURG 1518, made for the BBC, Steve McQueen’s Year 3, in collaboration with Tate Britain and A New Direction, Elizabeth Price’s SLOW DANS, Oscar Murillo’s Frequencies. Marcus Coates’ The Directors and Afterness on Orford Ness, Suffolk. For more information on Artangel, please visit www.artangel.org.uk

       

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Venue

Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Lichfield Street
Wolverhampton
WV1 1DU

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