Leeds Art Gallery
The Headrow
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 3AA
England
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At Leeds Art Gallery you can find some of the most outstanding works of British Art outside of London.
Venue Type:
Gallery, Museum
Leeds City Art Gallery has a Designated Collection of national importance.
An outstanding collection of English watercolours; fine Victorian academic and Pre-Raphaelite painting; late 19th century French pictures and "probably the best collection of 20th century British art outside London" (The Times) Extensive collection of modern sculpture.
Collection details
Fine Art
Key artists and exhibits
- Atkinson Grimshaw
- L.S. Lowry
- Stanley Spencer
- Andre Derain
- Henry Moore
- John Sell Cotman
- J. M. W. Turner
- Cozens
- Girtin
- Paula Rego
- Gillian Ayres
- Damien Hirst
- Alison Wilding
- Mark Wallinger
- Annelies Strba
- Tacita Dean
- Designated Collection
Northern Art Prize
Featuring work by Rosalind Nashashibi, Margaret Harrison, Emily Speed, Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan. For the latest news visit www.northernartprize.org.uk
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free.
Website
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Pages/Leeds-Art-Gallery.aspx
Polychromies: Surface, Light and Colour
In newly refurbished sculpture galleries Polychromies: Surface, Light and Colour looks at qualities of surface in bronze, marble and stone sculpture, highlighting embedded, applied and reflected colour in work that ranges from Antonio Canova to Rebecca Warren.
Following a substantial Arts Council Renaissance National Programme grant, this display celebrates and showcases the excellence of the Leeds Museums and Galleries sculpture collection. The display unfolds across all of the Sculpture Galleries over the next year.
Sculpture has often been considered in opposition to painting, as concerned with form and not with tone and colour. However, all sculpture is coloured in some way, whether it is inherent to the material or applied over the top and has surface effects, revealed by light, which are integral to the perception of the work.
The Henry Moore Institute curates the Leeds Museums and Galleries’ sculpture collection in partnership with
Leeds Art Gallery. For more information about the exhibition, visit http://www.henry-moore.org.
Admission
Free
Polychromies: Surface, Light and Colour
In newly refurbished sculpture galleries Polychromies: Surface, Light and Colour looks at qualities of surface in bronze, marble and stone sculpture, highlighting embedded, applied and reflected colour in work that ranges from Antonio Canova to Rebecca Warren.
Following a substantial Arts Council Renaissance National Programme grant, this display celebrates and showcases the excellence of the Leeds Museums and Galleries sculpture collection. The display unfolds across all of the Sculpture Galleries over the next year.
Sculpture has often been considered in opposition to painting, as concerned with form and not with tone and colour. However, all sculpture is coloured in some way, whether it is inherent to the material or applied over the top and has surface effects, revealed by light, which are integral to the perception of the work.
The Henry Moore Institute curates the Leeds Museums and Galleries’ sculpture collection in partnership with
Leeds Art Gallery. For more information about the exhibition, visit http://www.henry-moore.org.
Suitable for
Admission
Free
Playground: multi sensory
Inspired by a different Gallery artwork each month, exciting multisensory events for very young people and their carers to gain confidence in themselves as learners, explorers, discoverers and thinkers. Please wear suitable clothes
Suitable for
Admission
Free
Talk Art
Gallery staff introduce a different artwork each month to stimulate discussion about artworks in our collections. Everyone welcome. The Leeds Art Gallery collection includes paintings featured on the Your Paintings website.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
1:10-2pm
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