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See our current exhibitions and upcoming events at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.

We’re open year round, always free of charge.

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Current exhibitions

We’re open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–17:00.

Leeds Art Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00–17:00, and Sunday, 11:00–15:00.

Fragment and Form: Emii Alrai, Mónica Mays, Dominique White
Detail of an abstract sculpture, with burned materials and rusty chicken wire at the centre, with rusted metal bars bent around it.

Exhibition

Fragment and Form: Emii Alrai, Mónica Mays, Dominique White

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Passing Strange: British Land Art Through Time
Several leaves artfully folded together to make a small box, with the leaves' stems splayed out like tendrils.

Exhibition

Passing Strange: British Land Art Through Time

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Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks)
An open book, displaying a quote by Joseph Beuys, a black and white photo of the artist planting a tree, and a giant number 8.

Library display

7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks)

Sculpture Research Library
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist
Black and white photo of a woman sat on the floor making a large-scale artwork, featuring drawings of a sheep and a many-armed figure.

Exhibition

Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist

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Archive Gallery
Leeds Art Gallery, UK
A History of Sculpture in Leeds

Exhibition

A History of Sculpture in Leeds

Leeds Art Gallery, UK

Upcoming events

We hold talks, conferences and family-friendly workshops at our venue in Leeds, with partner organisations, and online.

Events respond to our exhibitions, or form part of our current research season.

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Towering Textures: Playful Mixed Media Sculpture Making
Three children making a tower out of wooden crates.

Drop-in workshop

Towering Textures: Playful Mixed Media Sculpture Making

Drop in any time between 10:30–12:30 and 13:30–15:30

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Artist Workshop: Clay Sculptures with Amelia Frances Wood
Two young boys sat at a table sculpting with clay.

Summer families workshop

Artist Workshop: Clay Sculptures with Amelia Frances Wood

10:00–12:00 & 13:30–15:30

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Bend and Weave: Sculpting in Willow
A person making a sculpture from pieces of willow wood. The base is shaped like a five-pointed star, and raises up to a single point, not unlike a Christmas tree.

Drop-in workshop

Bend and Weave: Sculpting in Willow

Drop in any time between 10:30–12:30 and 13:30–15:30

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
European Sculpture in the Royal Collection

Lecture & in conversation

European Sculpture in the Royal Collection

18:00–19:30

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Embodied Ideals: The Representation of Women in European Public Sculpture (1836-1937)
Group sculpture in white plaster or stone of five life-sized, partially nude women. Three are seated on a bench, and below two are standing, one holding a wreath above her head, the other reading from a scroll.

Symposium

Embodied Ideals: The Representation of Women in European Public Sculpture (1836-1937)

10:00–18:30

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Curator's Tour of Fragment and Form
A white relief sculpture on board, in two parts.

Guided tour

Curator's Tour of Fragment and Form

18:00–19:00

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Anti-Monumentality and the Afterlives of ‘Land Art’ in Britain
A small black box containing two sticks of colouring pastel, one red and the other green. The artwork is signed by artist Anya Gallaccio and numbered 2/10.

Symposium

Anti-Monumentality and the Afterlives of ‘Land Art’ in Britain

10:30–17:00

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Photographic Objecthood: Construction, Presence, and the Sculptural Encounter
Two large-format black and white photos are hung on a white gallery wall, with a blurred figure walking between them. The photos show car interiors, seen from the back passenger seat.

Symposium

Photographic Objecthood: Construction, Presence, and the Sculptural Encounter

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Future exhibitions

Beyond the Visual
A splayed hand touching a bronze plate with lines of single black letters recessed into it. The letters are from a Snellen eye test chart and reduce in size from top to bottom.

Exhibition

Beyond the Visual

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Sculpture Galleries and Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

See previous exhibitions held at Henry Moore Institute

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Henry Moore Institute

74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom

T:  01132 467 467
E:  institute@henry-moore.org

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A three-story building with a black granite facade and steps leading up, with a leafy green tree to the left. Vinyl lettering on the building reads: Fragment and Form: Emii Alrai, Mónica Mays, Dominique White.