How can we unlock arts and culture for all? 🗝️ Leeds academics Beth Johnson, Abigail Harrison Moore and Nick Barley, Director of the National Poetry Centre, are searching for answers on our latest How To Fix… podcast. Listen here ⬇️ linktr.ee/howtofixpod

Postgraduate Researcher Paul Grist is exhibiting a selection of new paintings at Assembly House Studios on Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 October. The exhibition will be complimented by a performance by Racket Ball from 8.30pm on the Saturday. Find out more 👇

School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies@fahacs.bsky.social · 2w ago

"I just don't know what it is... is this the future... or is it now?" A ‘pop-up’ exhibition of new paintings by artist & Postgraduate Researcher #PaulGrist with an audio-visual performance by Racket Ball 📅 24 & 25 October 📍 Assembly House, Leeds Full info 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Are you an ambitious researcher interested in exploring and showcasing world-leading cultural collections? Then you're in luck! We are recruiting our 2026-27 postdoctoral fellows with @lahri.bsky.social right now! We've got two Fellowships to choose from. Let us tell you a bit about them 👇

Theorizing the Anti-Facial Image – hybrid seminar Join us for a work in process seminar with speaker Mani Sharpe, Lecturer in Film in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies 📅 Wednesday 28 October, 3-4.30pm 📍University of Leeds Full details 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Thanks to everyone who visited our Open Days in October, we hope you enjoyed getting a feel for life at Leeds 🙌 Don't worry if you couldn't make it, you can still book a campus tour 🏫 They’re a great way to explore our campus and talk with our student ambassadors ⬇️ www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduat...

Join staff and students from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures & the Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group for an autumn fungi foray on campus 📅 Wednesday 28 October, 1-3pm 📍University of Leeds Find out more & book your place 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

ARTFUL talk #3 – What’s Chinese about Chinese export wallpaper? 📅 26 October 1-2.30pm 📍 LG.06, Liberty Building With speakers Dr Rob Knifton & Dr Louise Atkinson, this talk introduces the participatory art & research project 'If Walls Could Talk'. Find out more👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

"I just don't know what it is... is this the future... or is it now?" A ‘pop-up’ exhibition of new paintings by artist & Postgraduate Researcher #PaulGrist with an audio-visual performance by Racket Ball 📅 24 & 25 October 📍 Assembly House, Leeds Full info 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

ARTFUL talk #2 – 'B Civil' Speaker: John Mowitt, Professor Emeritus in the School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies 📅 19 October 1pm 📍 LT 1.28, Liberty Building This talk derives from John's current book project Tunings: Essays, Instruments, Worlds 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

ARTFUL lunchtime talks series #1 – The School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies: past, present & future 📅 12 October, 1-2.30pm 📍 LT LG.06, Liberty Building Professor Abigail Harrison Moore will locate us in the spaces where we work, make & think 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Long Time No See – exhibition 14 artists, just back from their years in industry or studying abroad, display the work that made it home in one piece 📅 15 & 16 October, 9am-6pm Private view: 14 October, 4-7pm 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

𝙍𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙔 is a new duo show by @leedsalumni.bsky.social #GeorgeStormFletcher & #ConnorShields 📅 Opening night: Friday 18 September, 6-9pm #exhibition continues to 27 September 📍 #Serf Studios, 23-25 Wharf Street, #Leeds LS2 7EQ Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

This year's FUAM Graduate Art Prize exhibition @lulgalleries.bsky.social opens today with an event from 5.30 to 7.30pm! Find out more 👇

Leeds University Library Galleries@lulgalleries.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Celebrate the opening of FUAM 2026: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize with us! Tuesday 15 September, 17:30 - 19:30 The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery Free. RSVP: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event... Be the first to see the show, and vote for your favourite artist! 🏆

Enfolded Journeys – Venice edition 📅 8-20 September 📍 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice Curated by Chris Taylor & John McDowall, Enfolded Journeys is an open call touring exhibition of 28 new artists’ books made in response to themes suggested by the title: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

From Arcadia to Heterotopia: Reimagining the work of May Morris and Mary Seton Watts through Surface Pattern Design 📅 15 September, 12.30-1.30 Online talk with artist, alumna & researcher Dr Louise Atkinson 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Enjoy the last of the Summer in Leeds and join us for a special walk and draw tour around campus. Tuesday 8 September, 13:00 - 14:30 Free. Book: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event... As you walk round you will be guided through a series of quick, fun drawing activities inspired by the art you see.

Celebrate the opening of FUAM 2026: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize with us! Tuesday 15 September, 17:30 - 19:30 The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery Free. RSVP: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event... Be the first to see the show, and vote for your favourite artist! 🏆

Not long left until FUAM 2026: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize 🥳 This annual showcase of work by BA Fine Art and BA Art & Design graduates @universityofleeds.bsky.social gives emerging student artists a chance to exhibit in our Galleries Get to know our four finalists...

Fly on the Wall–MA Fine Art Degree Show 📅 Opens 3 Sept, 5-8pm; RSVP fincomms@leeds.ac.uk Continues to 8 Sept 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies A varied & expansive MA degree show exhibition spanning painting, installation, ceramic sculpture & film: flyonthewall.leeds.ac.uk

In Conversation – Sold! Year of the Dealer 📅 6 August, 5.30-6.30pm 📍 Online This in conversation event will explore Sold! Year of the Dealer – a research project exploring the role of dealers in the biographies of museum objects 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Headingley’s fancy-dress pub crawl & its impacts on residents will be performed through song this weekend by The Otley Run Complaints Choir Listen or take part in this unique performance on Saturday 25 July next to The Skyrack pub Headingley Lane at 2, 2.45 & 3.30pm ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

*Visiting Research Fellow & @leedsalumni.bsky.social Dr Louise Atkinson commissioned to create new artwork for a major exhibition celebrating designer William Morris* The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co. runs to 10 January 2027 at Watts Gallery in Surrey. Full story 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...

Visiting Research Fellow & art history @leedsalumni.bsky.social Dr Fiona Sit was recently awarded a Paul Mellon Fellowship. This is the second major fellowship Fiona has received in connection with her research on seventeenth-century Rome. Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...

Thank you @lulgalleries.bsky.social for the shout out and @fahacs.bsky.social @joannecrawford.bsky.social for the encouragement and support. Such a pleasure to be in this conversation with Katie and Omar that was facilitated by the amazing Cultural Institute @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Leeds University Library Galleries@lulgalleries.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Produced in partnership with the Cultural Institute, writer and broadcaster Nick Ahad hears from AI Creative Director and filmmaker Omar Karim, Digital Strategist Katie Moffat, and @fahacs.bsky.social's own @dibyaroy86.bsky.social about the implications of AI for skills, ethics, and creativity.

So we had to talk about it eventually - are you going all in on AI 🤖 or avoiding the robots at all costs 💀? Hear what industry professionals think in the latest episode in our Contemporary Conversations podcast series. Listen here: glovesoffleeds.podbean.com

*The Sustainable Darkroom* 📅 13 July 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies The Sustainable Darkroom will explore low-toxicity chemistries in film & photography practice in two workshops organised by the Environmental Humanities Research Group👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Making Space is officially open! 🎉🎊 Be inspired by the energy of our student community. 💛 Explore and discover works covering a range of themes including nature, identity, activism, and movement. Open now until Saturday 29 August 2026 at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery.👇️ buff.ly/m0GOK6F

Excited to see so many of our students represented at this new exhibition at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery! Find out more & book your place for the opening night 👇

Leeds University Library Galleries@lulgalleries.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Plans Monday evening? Now you do! Join us to celebrate the opening of our first ever student takeover exhibition, Making Space, at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery from 5.30pm. It's free. There will be wine. RSVP here: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

This year's BA Fine Art Degree Show - HOLD - opens this evening with a private view from 5.30 to 8pm. You are welcome to join us! Find out more including how to RSVP: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Private View – HOLD – BA Fine Art Degree Show 2026

Join us for a private view of HOLD, this year's BA Fine Art Degree Show at the University of Leeds

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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies@fahacs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Announcing this year's BA Fine Art Degree Show! 📅 12 to 21 June 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies HOLD brings together 34 undergraduate fine art students graduating from the University of Leeds this summer Full details 👇 hold.leeds.ac.uk/about/

De- and/or Re-classifying Art History? 📅 3 June, 1-2.30pm 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies Join us for a work in progress seminar with speaker Dr Rebecca Starr, Lecturer in History of Art 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...