What's on
What's on at our venues
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.
Edward Allington: Things Unsaid
25 Oct 2019 – 19 Jan 2020
Exhibition in Galleries 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the Upper Sculpture Study Gallery, Leeds Art Gallery
Seeking new ways of 'moving and ...
Guided tours of Edward Allington: Things Unsaid
25 Oct 2019 – 19 Jan 2020
Book a free visit for school or community groups
Sense - Perception: Sculpture, Drawing and the Influence of Classicism
Friday, 29 November 2019
Two part conference at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire and the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Fruit Sculptures
Saturday, 7 December 2019
Drop in family event in the Institute's seminar room, 11am - 4pm
Woodwork: A Family Tree of Sculpture
29 Mar 2019 – 29 Mar 2020
Exhibition in the Sculpture Galleries, Leeds Art Gallery
This display looks at how the us...
ARTiculation Discovery Day
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Co-hosted with Leeds Art Gallery for Key Stage 5 students
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. Currently closed for winter, we will reopen in April 2020.
This Living Hand: Edmund de Waal presents Henry Moore
3 April – 25 October 2020
Exhibition opening in 2020
News from the Foundation
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.
Sense-Perception: artist talk by Tania Kovats
Friday, 6 December 2019
Lecture at 6pm, Royal Society of Sculptors, Dora House, South Kensington, London
