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Bradford 2025: The Power of Public Sculpture

Bradford 2025: The Power of Public Sculpture

Bradford and Leeds share many complicated and fascinating histories as well as retaining their own distinct stories and identities. This research season seeks to make sense of our shared concerns while examining the way we shape our cultural and sculptural environments.

Black-and-white photo of a stone sculpture by Henry Moore. It depicts a mother, father and child seated together on a bench.

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Saad Qureshi in conversation with Sarah Victoria Turner
An elaborately carved tower incorporating many different architectural styles from different cultures. It looks to be around four or five storeys tall.
Part of Bradford 2025: The Power of Public Sculpture
Part of Bradford 2025: The Power of Public Sculpture

Artist in conversation

Saad Qureshi in conversation with Sarah Victoria Turner

18:00–19:30

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Bradford Playhouse
Placemaking: The Past, Present, and Future of Public Sculpture and Urban Regeneration
A sculpture made from steel pipes arranged horizontally in all different directions, so that wind passes through them. The sculpture is narrow at the base and fans out much more widely at the top, not unlike a tree.
Part of Bradford 2025: The Power of Public Sculpture
Part of Bradford 2025: The Power of Public Sculpture

Symposium

Placemaking: The Past, Present, and Future of Public Sculpture and Urban Regeneration

10:00–18:00

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University of Bradford
Power for the People: Art, Protest, and the Archives of Activism
A street scene with a bridge above the road filled with coloured posters with slogans on them - 'PRIMAL ENERGY', 'MATTER', 'YOUTH', 'CHEMICAL RESEARCH' among others and a person standing on the street below with a poster on a stick coming from a backpack with 'MATERNITY' written on it and an arrow pointing to the right
Part of Bradford 2025: The Power of Public Sculpture
Part of Bradford 2025: The Power of Public Sculpture

Symposium

Power for the People: Art, Protest, and the Archives of Activism

10:00–18:00

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Victoria Hall, Saltaire