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Sculpture research programme

The Henry Moore Institute’s sculpture research programme places sculpture at the centre of current art historical scholarship and actively encourages new research.

Two visitors, a man and a woman, interact with Robert Filliou's 'Collective Dance Poem by Chance', a sculpture comprised of two bicycle wheels.

Sculpture research at the Henry Moore Institute operates across disciplines and art forms, engaging with performance, drawing, photography or architecture, or with wider fields such as politics or anthropology.

We pride ourselves on being a hub of contact and exchange, generating and supporting research networks that extend beyond the confines of academia.

Research seasons

Each year our research programme is organised into specific areas of enquiry, explored through themed Research Seasons. Each season includes a range of research events, conferences, lectures, film screenings and discussions, designed to showcase new thinking on different aspects of sculpture.

Explore our previous research seasons, and watch recordings of talks, conferences and performances.

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Upcoming conferences and events

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The Weight of Words free guided tours
A group of around a dozen people of all ages are being given a guided tour of an exhibition.
Part of The Weight of Words
Part of The Weight of Words

Guided tour

The Weight of Words free guided tours

15:00–15:30

Main Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Bradford’s Civic Future: the Art of Kirkgate Market
Digital collage combining a black and white photo of Kirkgate Market, a brutalist concrete building, against a bright green and yellow background.

Guided tour and talk

Bradford’s Civic Future: the Art of Kirkgate Market

14:00–16:00

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Kirkgate Shopping Centre, Bradford
Caroline Bergvall & Vidyan Ravinthiran
Part of The Weight of Words
Part of The Weight of Words

Poetry reading and discussion

Caroline Bergvall & Vidyan Ravinthiran

18:00–19:00

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Sculpture Research Library
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Lucy Alford & John Douglas Millar
Part of The Weight of Words
Part of The Weight of Words

Discussion

Lucy Alford & John Douglas Millar

18:00–19:00

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Opportunities

Our research facilities

We encourage researchers at all levels to seek our advice and make use of our world-class archive, library and sculpture collections in Leeds.

Leeds sculpture collection

We oversee the development of Leeds Museums and Galleries’ sculpture collections, a partnership that has built one of the strongest collections of British sculpture in the country.

Online research resources

Collaboration is at the heart of our research programme.

We have jointly funded and collaborated in a number of initiatives intended to consolidate primary resources for the study of sculpture.

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Essays on Sculpture

Essays on Sculpture is the journal of the Henry Moore Institute, tacking a diverse range of subjects, disciplines and styles to investigate the important role that sculpture plays in the world at large.

 

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Henry Moore Institute

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