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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.

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

For Students

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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.

A black and grey graphite artwork of an abstract undulating zig zag lined pattern.

Mary Griffiths: Everything and All of Us

Everything and All of Us brings together drawings and prints by Mary Griffiths spanning the last ten years.

A textile pattern in pink on white graph paper, over a blue and white patterned fabric of birds

Tuesday Treasure: Weaving histories – 150 years of textile education

Our popular lunchtime Tuesday Treasure returns with a special show and tell in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the School of Design.