News

Museums in Leeds have secured almost a million pounds in funding to help safeguard their future and support a series of transformational projects at historic sites across the city.

Leeds Museums and Galleries have today been awarded a total of £952,000 following a successful bid for a share of the Museum Renewal Fund distributed by Arts Council England.

Leeds Art Gallery is giving the city’s young art lovers something to shout about this summer by joining a campaign encouraging kids to express themselves during special “shush-free” events.

The gallery will be taking part in Kids Aloud, a popular initiative from Art Fund, the national charity for museums and galleries, by inviting children to be lively and energetic in the gallery space.

Council-run museums and galleries in Leeds are launching a new donation scheme enabling visitors to support some of the city’s most popular cultural gems.

From June 17, four of the council’s eight sites will introduce “Give What You Can” donation points, where visitors can choose to make a contribution to boost the ongoing care and conservation of the city’s remarkable venues and collections.

A captivating new exhibition in Leeds has brought together work by generations of artists from around the world.

To Improvise A Mountain opens at Leeds Art Gallery this week and has been curated by leading contemporary artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

A curator’s dedication to helping young people in care play their part in ground-breaking events and exhibitions in Leeds has seen her scoop a top national award.

Angie Thompson, Leeds Art Gallery’s youth engagement curator, is the driving force behind Leeds Museums and Galleries’ innovative Care Creatives programme, which first launched in 2021.

Two artists – each with their own Leeds connection - will have their ground-breaking works displayed at the city’s art gallery this week.

November will see Leeds Art Gallery launch Stuart Croft: Eternal Return and Silent Echoes Spoken Truths: Curtis Holder, with the exhibitions opening jointly on November 8.

A daring depiction of the famous Thames waterside has travelled from Leeds to London for a new exhibition showcasing the capital’s unique influence on artists around the world.

Leeds Art Gallery’s bold and colourful Barges on the Thames shocked Edwardian art lovers when it was unveiled in 1906 by trailblazing Parisian artist André Derain.

Fascinating photographs capturing decades of life in Leeds will go on display in the first major retrospective exhibition to showcase the work of British documentary photographer Peter Mitchell.

Leeds Art Gallery is thrilled to present Nothing Lasts Forever, opening on May 17.

Art lovers in Leeds have the chance to step inside a groundbreaking urban light and sound installation thanks to the latest VR technology.

A Light and Sound Transit by Berlin-based artist, sound sculptor and composer Hans Peter Kuhn had transformed Neville Street in Leeds city centre, where it was installed as a temporary public artwork.

A new exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery curated by Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid explores cities and the urban environment through the eyes of women and gender non-conforming artists.

Found Cities, Lost Objects opens at the gallery on Friday (Jan 26).

Treasured favourites from the stunning Leeds Art Gallery collection are being unwrapped for a unique new “art advent” this month.

Members of the gallery’s team have selected their best-loved artworks and will be sharing their personal stories of why they love each one, with a different piece set to be unveiled each day throughout December.