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A finely ornamented design in the form of an arch, painted and detailed in maroon, blue and gold

Books and Benefactors

Uncover unexpected stories among the pages of precious books and manuscripts spanning a millennium, newly acquired through the UK Acceptance in Lieu scheme.

A Victorian furniture catalogue with colourful sofas laid out in a grid design

Part of the Furniture: The Library of John Bedford

Rare and beautiful books chart the evolution of furniture design over the centuries and the journey from drawing board, to workshop, to home.

Hands placing a vinyl on a turntable; traditional South Asian clothing hung up inside an ornately decorated structure; a green interwoven ceramic sculpture on a wooden plinth; a digital drawing of a cartoon black person in a pink dress beside a building

FUAM 2024: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize

Discover the freshest talent from Leeds’ art scene!

Cartoon people looking at artworks and sculptures, listening to talks, and creating art on easels, on a pink and purple backgroung

For Students

Want to know what's happening for students? From events and exhibitions to work experience and wellbeing, here's everything you need to know about your Galleries on campus:

A head of a man in off-white plaster, with various chips, cracks and wear, lit from below and looking out of the right of the frame, against a black background

Poetry or Bust: Tony Harrison on the Trail of 'The Bingley Byron'

An oboe buried on a moor; a lichen-encrusted name carved into a rock; a lost grave; an empty plinth in a Bingley park; a chipped Burmantofts ceramic plaque...

A mobile hangs in the foreground, consisting of a metal frame with coloured lenses suspended from it. Behind it, the shadow of the mobile and coloured circles and ellipses are projected onto a wall.

Boris Maas: You have seen nothing yet

In a new commission, Dutch artist Boris Maas responds to the mystery and atmosphere of the moonlit paintings of Victorian artist John Atkinson Grimshaw with his own light installation and photographs.