Events
Interpretations 2025 – online exhibitions
MA students from the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies are curating eight new online exhibitions using a range of open access collections.
The Big Love Show
Featuring our alumni, students & staff, the BIG LOVE SHOW is an exhibition of 30 artists curated by artist, writer & Menace George Storm Fletcher, working with the team at Hyde Park Hyde Park Art Club
Trace and Tendril – exhibition
Five of our fine art alumni join up with three other graduate artists to present this group show at HEART in Headingley, Leeds.
Selig Brodetsky Memorial Lecture 2026
For this year's Selig Brodetsky Memorial Lecture, we welcome Dr Ben Gidley who will ask the question 'Is antisemitism rising in the UK?'.
Whose Power? Participatory Approaches to Energy Pasts, Presents and Futures
Join us for a work in progress seminar, with speaker Abigail Harrison Moore, Professor of Professor of Art History and Museum Studies in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies.
Private view – Words Worth Watching: The Writers' Room
Join us for a private view (with readings) of Words Worth Watching: The Writers’ Room, a new exhibition in our Project Space.
Words Worth Watching: The Writers' Room
Words Worth Watching: The Writers’ Room brings together the Wild Pansy Press (celebrating its 30th year) and an array of London and Northern-based artists who have undertaken its London residency.
Leaflet making workshop with Emily Fielding
Join us for a drop-in workshop with artist Emily Fielding, as part of the exhibition Words Worth Watching: The Writers’ Room.
Roda Gigante: Carmela Gross, Lina Bo Bardi, and Objective Form in Brazil
This year's Pilkington Lecture is presented by Gail Day, Professor of Art History and Critical Theory at the University of Leeds, and 2025/6 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History.
Words to Speak/Words to Read
In this workshop led by Leeds based artist and writer, Joanna Jowett, we’ll address the conundrum of which words to speak and which to leave well alone.
Artists' Publishing Practices – Then & Now
Join us for a panel discussion and Q&A, to round off the Words Worth Watching: The Writers' Room exhibition.
A heavy load: reading domestic work in Ghana through contemporary art and infrastructural critique
Join us for a seminar hosted by the Feminisms Research Group, with speaker Dr Gill Park (Lecturer in Curating and Contemporary Art in the School of Fine Art History of Art and Cultural Studies).
- One day event
- Reoccuring events









