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Henry Moore Institute’s galleries are currently closed while we install Beyond the Visual, opening on 27 November.

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens is now closed for winter.

See & Do

Guided tour

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

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

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Victoria Hall, Saltaire
Beyond the Visual opening celebrations
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Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Opening night

Beyond the Visual opening celebrations

13:00–16:00 & 17:00–20:00

Sculpture Galleries, Study Gallery and Seminar Room
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Photographic Objecthood: Construction, Presence, and the Sculptural Encounter
Two large-format black and white photos are hung on a white gallery wall, with a blurred figure walking between them. The photos show car interiors, seen from the back passenger seat.

Symposium

Photographic Objecthood: Construction, Presence, and the Sculptural Encounter

10:00–18:00

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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 autumnal tree to the left. Vinyl lettering on the building reads: Fragment and Form: Emii Alrai, Mónica Mays, Dominique White.