What's on
What's on at our venues
Following Government advice about Coronavirus (Covid-19), our venues are closed until further notice.
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What's on
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Our central Leeds venue is a world recognised centre for the study and enjoyment of sculpture. Hosting a varied programme of exhibitions and events, the Henry Moore Institute is also home to an invaluable sculpture research library and archive.
Following government advice regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) the Henry Moore Institute is currently closed. The affects all exhibitions, events, the library and archive.
Paloma Varga Weisz in Conversation with Laurence Sillars
Listen to Paloma Varga Weisz and Laurence Sillars, Head of the Henry Moore Institute, in a series of video conversations about the exhibition Bumped Body.
Wild Bunch printed collage activity
Explore printing and patterns to create a collage of characters, inspired by Paloma Varga Weisz's Wild Bunch sculptures.
Bumpman drawing competition online gallery
Online exhibition of entries to our #BumpmanPortrait challenge.
Paloma Varga Weisz: Bumped Body
This exhibition is postponed until further notice
Exhibition in Galleries 1, 2, 3 and 4
Paloma Varga Weisz's sculptures ...
Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Experience Henry Moore's iconic work against the backdrop of the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside with a visit to the artist's former home, studios and sculpture garden.
Following the latest government advice about Coronavirus, we are sorry to announce that the opening of the exhibition This Living Hand: Edmund de Waal presents Henry Moore has been postponed until further notice. Henry Moore Studios & Gardens will not reopen on 3 April as originally planned.
Sculpture in Focus: Draped Reclining Figure
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
The second in our series, lookin...
Virtual Workshop Wednesdays: Toilet Roll Totems
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Join us for a sculpture challeng...
Virtual Workshop Wednesdays: Soap Sculptures
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Making sculptures using soap fla...
News from the Foundation
Black Lives Matter
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
In response to recent, historic and ongoing injustice, we would like to express our solidarity with the Black community. At the Henry Moore Foundation, we will stand against oppression and inequality. We are committed to contributing to a sector and a society that must become inclusive, anti-racist and free of prejudice.
Dr. Hannah Higham joins judging panel for Royal Academy of Sculptors residency award
Friday, 22 May 2020
Our Curator will help judge a new residency based at Benjamin Britten's former home.
A message from our Director
Thursday, 21 May 2020
An update on Henry Moore Foundation venues and Covid-19
Celebrating 800 Years of Spirit and Endeavour
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Watch a virtual tour of a contemporary art exhibition at Salisbury Cathedral, featuring Henry Moore's 'Large Reclining Figure'
A new opening date for 'This Living Hand' at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
We are pleased to confirm that This Living Hand will now open at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens on 31 March 2021 and will run, as intended, for the full visitor season.
Archive Story: Erasmus Prize 1968
Friday, 28 February 2020
Grayson Perry CBE RA is the first British visual artist to win the Erasmus Prize since Henry Moore won in 1968
Paloma Varga Weisz: Bumped Body
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
New exhibition announced to open at the Henry Moore Institute in March, in the artist's first public solo exhibition in England.
Henry Moore in Welwyn Garden City for centenary celebrations
Friday, 17 January 2020
Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge goes on display in Welwyn Garden City
Weddings at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
Friday, 20 March 2020
A special offer on weddings in 2020 and 2021 at our unique Hertfordshire venue
Henry Moore Drawing Competition: Announcing our 2019 winners
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
With almost 500 works submitted, we were blown away by the quality of entries to our 2019 Drawing Competition.
This Living Hand: Edmund de Waal presents Henry Moore
Monday, 30 September 2019
Announcing our next exhibition at Henry Moore's former home in Hertfordshire. Opening in April 2020
In memory of Sir Rex Richards (1922-2019)
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
A scientist who pioneered research into nuclear magnetic resonance, Sir Rex Richards also had an enduring interest in the arts, serving as a Trustee at Tate and the National Gallery, and as our Chairman at The Henry Moore Foundation (1994-2001).
Henry Moore Foundation Post-doctoral Fellows 2019-21
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
The Institute announces the appointment of two new Post-doctoral Fellows for 2019-21, Dr Rebecca Senior and Dr Elizabeth Johnson.
Visiting Researcher Report: Catherine Spencer
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Dr Catherine Spencer spent a month at the Institute investigating how artists used abstraction to navigate the complex, shifting politics of the 1970s and 1980s in Britain.
Visiting Researcher Report: Jennifer Sarathy
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Jennifer Sarathy examined how radical artistic interventions in the landscape related to negotiations of new borders, citizenship and belonging that defined a crisis of British identity in the postwar years.
Henry Moore Worldwide
Hundreds of Henry Moore's works can be seen on permanent display in galleries and public spaces across the world. We also help to curate numerous touring exhibitions each year to help bring Moore's work to as wide an audience as possible.
