Lecture
Dr Patrick Eyres: The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Others
18:00–19:00
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
About this event
Dr Patrick Eyres will discuss the range of lost landscapes retrieved by the artist-illustrated New Arcadian Journal.
The talk will include the unrealised landscape installations of the ‘avant-gardener’, Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006), that are featured in the current library display at the Henry Moore Institute. It will also include other artists’ gardens, lost following the death of their creators, as well as the NAJ’s retrieval of the presence and histories of 18th-century landscape gardens.
This event has been programmed alongside our current library display, The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay.
About the speaker
Patrick Eyres has, since 1981, created 56 editions of the unique fine press New Arcadian Journal. There is a full set in the library of the Henry Moore Institute. He has also published extensively elsewhere, including Sculpture and The Garden (Ashgate/Henry Moore Foundation 2006, 2nd edn 2017).
Eyres has been involved in the restoration and interpretation of historical landscape gardens, and continues to advise on the conservation of Ian Hamilton Finlay’s internationally renowned garden at Little Sparta. He has served on the boards of numerous charitable trusts, including the Little Sparta Trust.
Main image: Detail from the cover of New Arcadian Journal 81/21: Virtuous Landscapes. Illustration by Catherine Aldred.
Tickets
Tickets to this event are free, and can be booked online via Eventbrite.
If you’d prefer to book over the phone, please call us on +44 (0)1132 467 467.
Library display
Library display
The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay
Accessibility
If you would like to talk to us about any access concerns before the event, you can email us at institute@henry-moore.org, or call us on 01132 467 467.
Step-free entrance
Our accessible entrance is on Cookridge Street, with a lift (doors 100cm wide) bringing you onto the ground floor of the building.
Internal lift
There is an internal passenger lift (doors 72cm wide) to all floors of the building.
Induction loops
There are induction loops at the welcome desk on the ground floor, library reception and in the seminar room.
There is a portable induction loop available for visitors to use in the galleries (please ask at the welcome desk).
Toilets
Outside the seminar room on the basement level we have three gender-neutral superloos (self-contained cubicles with a toilet and sink).
Additionally, we have one gender-neutral, accessible superloo, and one superloo with baby changing facilities.
Changing Places toilet
The closest Changing Places toilet is located in Leeds City Museum (approximately 350m away from us over a mostly flat route).
Leeds City Museum opening times and contact details.
Guide dogs
Guide dogs, hearing dogs and other badged assistance dogs are welcome in our galleries and at this event.
The nearest green space is Park Square.
Getting here
Find us next door to Leeds Art Gallery on Victoria Gardens, in the centre of Leeds. Our step-free entrance is on Cookridge Street.
Henry Moore Institute
74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom
T: 01132 467 467
E: institute@henry-moore.org
