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Sculptor Michael Dean presents tactile exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds

The "touchable" Government display features a series of work which was produced on-site in response to the gallery space's architectural forms and dimensions.

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Pieces of Eight combines British heavy metal and Italian opera via Gothenburg and Finland

Abandoned houses in Sweden, heavy metal from Birmingham, condensed Titin comics and more as artists from Leeds and Scandinavia combine in a new show.

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The Culture24/7: All things Science and Nature for March

National Science and Engineering Week is the highlight of a month which also sees the Grant Museum unleash its animal side and Magna Science Centre take a splash.

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The FA Cup, Connect 4, Wombles and Bee Gees star in Silver 70s at Leeds City Museum

Travel back in time as Leeds celebrates the decade of the Raleigh Chopper, David Bowie, the Silver Jubilee and an FA Cup win for Leeds United.

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Wirral artist Leo Fitzmaurice wins Northern Art Prize 2012 and £16,500 at Leeds Art Gallery

Chosen from an exhibiting shortlist of four, the artist who presented a makeshift slideshow of shots taken on his mobile phone wins the annual Northern Art Prize.

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"Obsessive, mordant and morbid" Glamourie sends 26 artists to Project Space Leeds

Handmade hurdy-gurdy and giant cardboard heads as 26 contemporary British artists are brought together in a new exhibition at Project Space Leeds.

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Northern Art Prize 2011 exhibition rewards time and effort at Leeds City Art Gallery

Elizabeth Hughes finds a lesson in avoiding immediacy in Leeds, where work by the four finalists hoping to win the Northern Art Prize make for an intriguing exhibition.

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In Pictures: Leeds Art Gallery gets ready to host quartet of hopefuls in Northern Art Prize 2011

Finalists Liadin Cooke, Leo Fitzmaurice, James Hugonin and Richard Rigg will showcase work ranging from binary designs to towering sculpture at this year's Northern Art Prize.

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Leeds Art Gallery introduces Artineraries range of trails to help time-poor art lovers

Curators in Leeds devise timed trails in a bid to help visitors navigate a collection which includes the likes of Damien Hirst, Paula Rego, Atkinson Grimshaw and Bob & Roberta Smith.

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Jonathan Rhys-Myers and Joely Richardson's BBC Tudors outfits star at Royal Armouries in Leeds

The makers of BBC series The Tudors and designer Joan Bergin have lent a series of "sexy and foxy" outfits worn by stars to the Royal Armouries' Tournament Gallery.

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Tacita Dean presents a different side of Italian sculpture genius Mario Merz at Henry Moore

Mario Merz, the 2002 portrait of the camera-shy artist, joins mysterious drawings by Tacita Dean and her filmic views of other artists including Cy Twombly at the Institute.

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11,000 visitors for first week of Damien Hirst show at Leeds Art Gallery

More than 11,000 visitors passed throught the doors of Leeds Art Gallery during the first week of a major free show of Damien Hirst's work

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Art planners appeal for return of giant bobble hat stolen from Junction project in Leeds

Leaders are hoping CCTV footage of a giant bobble hat sculpture stolen from a Jamie's Italian will lead to its return.

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Junction project aims to stop the traffic as controller boxes in Leeds are turned on by art

A dozen artists have turned grey controller boxes into interventions certain to entertain across Leeds.

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Last Chance to see: Tate Britain Henry Moore given a northern outing at Leeds Art Gallery

The largest show at Leeds Art Gallery since the British Art Show of 1990 is a blockbuster one courtesy of Henry Moore.

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