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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.

Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
A futuristic or alien room, featuring wall-mounted display screens showing images of human and alien faces. The walls and other surfaces look to be made of a dark metal, lit by neon greens and reds.

Exhibition

Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Ebb & Flow: Bookworks by Yoko Terauchi from the Research Library
An artist book work. The pages are painted blue on one side, with three tears on the page showing the red-painted reverse side.

Exhibition

Ebb & Flow: Bookworks by Yoko Terauchi from the Research Library

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Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
The Autobiography of a Nation: Celebrating 75 Years since the Festival of Britain
Black and white photo of a large outdoor exhibition space filled with people.

Library display

The Autobiography of a Nation: Celebrating 75 Years since the Festival of Britain

Sculpture Research Library
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Some Steel: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90
A model poses with their face poking through a large steel sculpture - a big circle of white metal with a smaller oval hole in the middle.

Exhibition

Some Steel: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90

Give What You Can

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

Exhibition

A History of Sculpture in Leeds

The Mezzanine
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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Free exhibition tours: Phantasmagoria
Four hoodies mounted on a white wall, with illegible AI-generated slogans and digitally generated 'faces' projected onto spinning fans under the hood. Wires trail down the wall from inside the garments.
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

Guided tour

Free exhibition tours: Phantasmagoria

11:00 & 14:30

Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Gallery Babies: Phantasmagoria
A baby lying down by a lightbox covered in colourful, transparent shapes to play with.
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

Parent and baby session

Gallery Babies: Phantasmagoria

11:00–12:30 & 14:00–15:30

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
SculptED: How do we experience sculpture? Session for children educated outside of school
An adult and child in an art gallery. The adult is pointing at a sculpture and talking, while the child looks and listens.

Family-friendly workshop

SculptED: How do we experience sculpture? Session for children educated outside of school

10:30–12:00

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Leeds Art Gallery, UK
British Sign Language tours of Phantasmagoria
A man wearing a yellow jumper communicating through sign language to a group of people gathered around him.
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

Guided tour

British Sign Language tours of Phantasmagoria

11:00–12:00 & 13:00–14:00

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Leeds Tarot Social reads Phantasmagoria
Tarot cards laid out on a table.
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

Adult workshop

Leeds Tarot Social reads Phantasmagoria

17:30–20:00

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Sculpture Galleries and The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Folkless Lore and Scraper: Dane Sutherland and Jamie Sutcliffe
A dark, unsettling photo of an abandoned indoor space that has become completely overgrown.
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

Artist in conversation

Folkless Lore and Scraper: Dane Sutherland and Jamie Sutcliffe

14:00–16:00

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Family Workshop: Folkloric Sculptures
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

Family-friendly workshop

Family Workshop: Folkloric Sculptures

10:30–12:30 & 14:00–16:00

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Local Legends: Gargoyle Casting with Liv Preston
A family working together to make plaster casts of objects.
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

Family-friendly workshop

Local Legends: Gargoyle Casting with Liv Preston

10:30–12:30 & 13:30–15:30

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Reading the Book as Object: Exploring Artists’ Books in the Sculpture Research Library
An open portfolio containing several prints, with a hand leafing through them. The top-most print is of a hammer, which has been burnt into the thick watercolour paper using a heated steel stencil.

Special collections handling session

Reading the Book as Object: Exploring Artists’ Books in the Sculpture Research Library

17:00–18:00

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Sculpture Research Library
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Family Workshop: The Minecraft Sculpture Park
Minecraft screenshot showing a character in a library.
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

Family-friendly workshop

Family Workshop: The Minecraft Sculpture Park

10:30–12:30 & 14:00–16:00

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Sculpture Galleries and The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Pro-TECH-tion Charms 2: Creative Drop-In Workshop
Two adults and a child working together to make a collage artwork on the floor.
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Part of Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age

Family-friendly workshop

Pro-TECH-tion Charms 2: Creative Drop-In Workshop

10:30–13:00 & 13:30–16:00

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Sculptural Values: Carving, Modelling, Making
Vintage black and white photo of impressive buildings in Italy, with columns, sculptural decorations and walls painted with religious scenes.
Part of Adrian Stokes, Inside Out
Part of Adrian Stokes, Inside Out

Early career research symposium

Sculptural Values: Carving, Modelling, Making

13:00–18:00

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Future exhibitions

Sagarika Sundaram
Artwork made of layered fabric, mounted on a white gallery wall. The topmost layer is yellow with white hand-stitched lines; underneath are layers of red and white fabric. They are opened and folded back at the top, similar to a layered shirt collar.

Exhibition

Sagarika Sundaram

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Sculpture Galleries
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

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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 tree to the left. Vinyl lettering on the building reads: 'Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age'.