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Our galleries at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds are currently closed while we’re installing Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir. Join us for the opening night celebrations on Tuesday 29 September.

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

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

View of an art gallery, with four framed photos on a wall and two sculptures in a display case; one is spiral-shaped, the other bottle-shaped.

Opening soon

Our galleries are currently closed while we’re installing new exhibitions.

Our research library and archive are open as normal during this changeover, as are exhibitions in Leeds Art Gallery.

Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir opening celebrations
An abstract sculpture made of white wool and wire on top of a pale pink plinth.
Part of Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir
Part of Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir

Opening night

Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir opening celebrations

16:00–20:00

RSVP via Eventbrite

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir
Artwork made of layered fabric, mounted on a white gallery wall. The topmost layer is yellow with white hand-stitched lines; underneath are layers of red and white fabric. They are opened and folded back at the top, similar to a layered shirt collar.

Exhibition

Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Ebb & Flow: Bookworks by Yoko Terauchi from the Research Library
An artist book work. The pages are painted blue on one side, with three tears on the page showing the red-painted reverse side.

Exhibition

Ebb & Flow: Bookworks by Yoko Terauchi from the Research Library

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Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

What you can see while we’re installing

Sophie Taeuber-Arp: A Legacy in Print
Black-and-white photo of a woman wearing a hat, her face half obscured by a lightbulb-shaped sculpture which has been painted in geometrically divided sections. The words '1920' and 'Dada' can be seen on its surface.

Library display

Sophie Taeuber-Arp: A Legacy in Print

Sculpture Research Library
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Some Steel: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90
A model poses with their face poking through a large steel sculpture - a big circle of white metal with a smaller oval hole in the middle.

Exhibition

Some Steel: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90

Give What You Can

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.

Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir opening celebrations
An abstract sculpture made of white wool and wire on top of a pale pink plinth.
Part of Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir
Part of Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir

Opening night

Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir opening celebrations

16:00–20:00

RSVP via Eventbrite

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Sculptural Values: Carving, Modelling, Making
Vintage black and white photo of impressive buildings in Italy, with columns, sculptural decorations and walls painted with religious scenes.
Part of Adrian Stokes, Inside Out
Part of Adrian Stokes, Inside Out

Early career research symposium

Sculptural Values: Carving, Modelling, Making

13:30–18:00

Book your free ticket

The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Stone-carving demonstration with Alan Micklethwaite
Sculptor Alan Micklethwaite crouched next to a series of tables supporting a decorative sculpture.
Part of Adrian Stokes, Inside Out
Part of Adrian Stokes, Inside Out

Sculpture demonstration and hands-on lecture

Stone-carving demonstration with Alan Micklethwaite

14:00–17:00

Book your free ticket

The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

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