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Henry Moore Studios & Gardens in Hertfordshire is currently closed for winter, reopening in April 2025.

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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.

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Current exhibitions

Free entry, open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–17:00.

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.

Exhibition

The Traumatic Surreal

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
John Hoyland: Imaginary Beings

Exhibition

John Hoyland: Imaginary Beings

Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Joe Gilmore: Bookwork
Black and white collaged artwork made up of printed material that has been cut up, overlaid and printed on top of.

Library display

Joe Gilmore: Bookwork

Sculpture Research Library
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Sculpture Photographed: A View from the Archive of Sculptors’ Papers

Exhibition

Sculpture Photographed: A View from the Archive of Sculptors’ Papers

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.

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Free exhibition tours
A group of people looking at a sculpture of a dog.
Part of The Traumatic Surreal
Part of The Traumatic Surreal

Guided tour

Free exhibition tours

14:00–14:30

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Tongueomania 2: Words, Beasts and Surreal Bodies
Part of The Traumatic Surreal
Part of The Traumatic Surreal

Drop-in activity

Tongueomania 2: Words, Beasts and Surreal Bodies

Drop in any time between 10:30–12:30 and 13:30–15:30

The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Curator's Tour of The Traumatic Surreal
Part of The Traumatic Surreal
Part of The Traumatic Surreal

Guided tour

Curator's Tour of The Traumatic Surreal

13:00–14:00 & 18:00–19:00

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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Surrealism in Yorkshire
Part of The Traumatic Surreal
Part of The Traumatic Surreal

Conference

Surrealism in Yorkshire

10:00–17:00

The Hepworth Wakefield
Processing Emotion Through Nature and Surrealism
A person kneeling on the floor to work on a charcoal drawing, blurred through motion.
Part of The Traumatic Surreal
Part of The Traumatic Surreal

Workshop

Processing Emotion Through Nature and Surrealism

13:00–15:30

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The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Blindness and Expanded Sculpture
A ring of metal, roughly 30cm in diameter, hanging on a loop of string. A hand is steadying the ring, while a second hand is poised to strike it with a small, square hammer.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Conference

Blindness and Expanded Sculpture

10:00–19:30

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Leeds Art Gallery, UK
Collaborative Audio Description
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

Future exhibitions

SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

Exhibition

SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Sarah Casey: Negative Mass Balance

Exhibition

Sarah Casey: Negative Mass Balance

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Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
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

See previous exhibitions held at the Henry Moore Institute

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Henry Moore Institute

74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom

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

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