Featured Events in Leeds in March 2025 (August Updated)

As miffy turns 70, we look back at the well-loved character's rise to popularity through the charming books and simple illustrative style which made has made her famous across the world. The interactive exhibition will bring miffy to life through creative displays and activities which will offer an immersive and playful experience to enjoy. It will also explore aspects of Dick Bruna’s design philosophy and artwork through his 124 picture books, posters, book covers, logos and house styles for charities and worthy causes. The exhibition is curated in partnership with Mercis and will tour to Norfolks' Time and Tide museum after Leeds City Museum.

Sculpture and photography have existed in close proximity ever since the birth of photography in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Sculpture was one of the first subjects to be photographed, in part on account of its immobility which proved ideal for the long exposure times required for the early photographic processes and the suitability of white plaster and marble for a black and white medium. It has remained an important subject throughout photographic history, utilised by some of the most well-known photographers over the past 150 years, from William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) to Walker Evans (1903-75). Throughout this time photography has continued to influence the conception, process, documentation, marketing, display and reception of sculpture. Sculptors have not only collaborated with photographers but have themselves experimented with photographic techniques in the creation and documentation of artworks, including the use of cameraless photography, polaroids, collage and montage. This display explores the role played by photography across the history and practice of sculpture from the late-nineteenth century to the present day. From offering an insight into the largely unseen processes of bronze casting in foundries, to charting the journey of monuments from foundry to public siting, photography has been used to document the lives of sculptures in their circulation across the globe. The archiving function of photography now also provides a record of what no longer survives, as in the case of sculptures commissioned for temporary events, exhibitions or site-specific installations.Sculpture Photographedpresents photographs, posters and printed material alongside maquettes, medallic portraits and objects from installations. It reveals the varying ways that sculptors have harnessed photography in the production and dissemination of their works, while photography has in turn re-examined and provided new interpretations of sculptures, both old and new. This display is located in our new Archive Gallery (formerly known as the Lower Sculpture Study Gallery), which sits between Leeds Art Gallery and theHenry Moore Institute.

Leeds Tykes vs Lymm Join us for an epic clash between Leeds Tykes and Lymm! This highly anticipated rugby event promises an afternoon of thrilling action and fierce competition, this game is not to be missed. Under 16s can attend the match for free. 16 - 18 year olds and students can purchase tickets for £5 at the gate with ID. Information Source: Leeds Tykes | eventbrite

Leeds Tykes vs Fylde Join us for an epic clash between Leeds Tykes and Fylde! This highly anticipated rugby event promises an afternoon of thrilling action and fierce competition, this game is not to be missed. Under 16s can attend the match for free. 16 - 18 year olds and students can purchase tickets for £5 at the gate with ID. Information Source: Leeds Tykes | eventbrite