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See our current exhibitions and upcoming events at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.

We’re open year round, always free of charge.

A three-story building with a black granite facade and steps leading up. Vinyl lettering on the facade reads: SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling.

Current exhibitions

We’re open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–17:00.

Leeds Art Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00–17:00, and Sunday, 11:00–15:00.

SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Fourteen everyday wooden objects, including a plug, chip fork, lolly stick, and a peg, are arranged in a line on a wall. They have all been 'decorated' with different patterns of black lines, burnt by the sun using a magnifying glass.

Exhibition

SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Sarah Casey: Negative Mass Balance
A small circular glass disc etched with a drawing of a mountain on it in black and white. It is attached to a wall and gives a shadow underneath.

Exhibition

Sarah Casey: Negative Mass Balance

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Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
From Dawn to Dust
A woman with blonde hair is looking into a display cabinet, smiling.

Library display

From Dawn to Dust

Sculpture Research Library
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist
Black and white photo of a woman sat on the floor making a large-scale artwork, featuring drawings of a sheep and a many-armed figure.

Exhibition

Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist

Archive Gallery
Leeds Art Gallery, UK
A History of Sculpture in Leeds

Exhibition

A History of Sculpture in Leeds

The Mezzanine
Leeds Art Gallery, UK

Upcoming events

We hold talks, conferences and family-friendly workshops at our venue in Leeds, with partner organisations, and online.

Events respond to our exhibitions, or form part of our current research season.

Free exhibition tours: SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Two visitors looking at the work of Roger Ackling.
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

Guided tour

Free exhibition tours: SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

14:30–15:00

Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Collaborative Audio Description
Large green tinged bronze sculpture square shaped with a hole through the middle, placed on grass, with rolling hills and trees in the landscape beyond
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Workshop

Collaborative Audio Description

10:00–15:30

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Open Archive: Roger Ackling
A collection of wooden objects that have all been 'decorated' with different patterns of black lines, burnt by the sun.
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

Open archive session

Open Archive: Roger Ackling

17:30–18:30

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Sculpture Research Library
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Curator's Tour of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
A woman in a black dress stood in a gallery, with nine small wooden sculptures on wall-mounted plinths at various heights behind her.
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

Guided tour

Curator's Tour of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

13:00–14:00 & 18:00–19:00

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Forces of Nature: New Perspectives on Art and Changing Environments
Two planks of wood, joined together in a cross, with the silhouette of a hawk-like bird drawn on top in black marker pen.
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

Symposium

Forces of Nature: New Perspectives on Art and Changing Environments

10:00–19:00

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Future exhibitions

Fragment and Form: Emii Alrai, Mónica Mays, Dominique White

Exhibition

Fragment and Form: Emii Alrai, Mónica Mays, Dominique White

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Passing Strange: British Land Art Through Time
Several leaves artfully folded together to make a small box, supported by stems of the leaves.

Exhibition

Passing Strange: British Land Art Through Time

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Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Beyond the Visual
A splayed hand touching a bronze plate with lines of single black letters recessed into it. The letters are from a Snellen eye test chart and reduce in size from top to bottom.

Exhibition

Beyond the Visual

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Sculpture Galleries and Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Visit us

Please note that we’re closed on Mondays and bank holidays, including Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
The library will be closed on Saturday 19 April.

Henry Moore Institute

74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom

T:  01132 467 467
E:  institute@henry-moore.org

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