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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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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
Jeremy Deller’s The Battle of Orgreave
Re-enactment of police in riot gear clashing with striking miners, shot in a field by red-brick terraced houses.
Part of Bradford 2025: The Power of Public Sculpture
Part of Bradford 2025: The Power of Public Sculpture

Film screening

Jeremy Deller’s The Battle of Orgreave

18:00–19:00

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Power for the People: Art, Protest, and the Archives of Activism
A crumpled paper poster, reading 'Protest - As Good As It Gets' in white text on a red background.
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

Book your free ticket

Victoria Hall, Saltaire