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Free exhibition tours

14:00–14:30

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

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Part of The Traumatic Surreal
Three women looking at a large sculpture of an open cabinet filled with drawings, feathers and fur.

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A group of people standing in an art gallery, looking at sculptures and chatting.
A man looks at a sculpture in a gallery full of people.
Three women looking at a large sculpture of an open cabinet filled with drawings, feathers and fur.
A woman with blond hair and glasses looks into a display case containing a sculpture.

Join us for a 30 minute introduction to our exhibitions from one of our friendly Information Assistants.

Tours take place every Saturday and Sunday, 14:00–14:30, from 4 January to 16 March.

They’re free and there’s no need to book, just drop in and join our tour guide at the welcome desk.

 

Exhibitions

The Traumatic Surreal
A ceramic sculpture of a brown dog standing upright and staring to the right. Soft cream gauze bandage spills from its stomach and back.

The Traumatic Surreal

22 November 2024 – 16 March 2025
Sculpture Galleries

Marking the centenary of surrealism, this exhibition brings together work made after 1960 through to the present day to explore the radical appropriation and development of surrealist sculptural traditions by post-war women artists in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

John Hoyland: Imaginary Beings

John Hoyland: Imaginary Beings

22 November 2024 – 16 March 2025
Study Gallery

Brightly coloured and loaded with creatureliness, this exhibition features British artist John Hoyland’s only mature group of sculptures.

More events at the Henry Moore Institute

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
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

Getting here

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