Summer

Take a tour of the artwork on being shown across Leeds in art galleries, cafes, museums, shops, community centres and outdoor spaces.

We've found beautiful ceramics, mind-blowing video installations, fine art shows, photography exhibitions, student showcases and sculpture work.

Take a look and see what's out there!

Free
Newspaper image of a cinema audience wearing 3D glasses
Until Thu 16 Jul 2026
Reel-ise
Leeds Industrial Museum
Exhibition Heritage LGBT+
Digital illustration of cogs
Until Sun 1 Nov 2026
Engineery
Leeds Industrial Museum
Exhibition Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Models posing with Neville Boden Sculpture
Until Sun 10 Jan 2027
‘Some Steel’: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition Visual Arts
Free
A person with short brown hair and wearing a black shirt looks at a bronze bust of a man with a moustache on a wooden plinth. They are in a wood-panelled room.
Until Sat 3 Oct 2026
Who am I to you?
Treasures of the Brotherton
Exhibition Visual Arts
Free
A young child standing outside a colourful room
Until Sat 29 Aug 2026
Story Explorers
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events Exhibition Family Friendly School Holidays
An old dress on a mannequin next to an old photograph of a woman wearing the same dress.
Until Thu 31 Dec 2026
In The Picture: Objects in Focus
Abbey House Museum
Exhibition Leeds Museums & Galleries
A ceramic artwork, depicting a bowl-shaped vased filled with white, purple, orange and red ceramic flowers.
Until Sun 18 Oct 2026
Botanically Beautiful: Art and design inspired by nature
Lotherton
Exhibition Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A selection of pots on a stall, made by members of sunken studio.
Until Sun 6 Sep 2026
Leeds Ceramics Market at Sunken Studio
Sunken Studio
Exhibition Market
Free
Pencil sketch on paper of various female figures, with written notes
Until Sun 11 Apr 2027
Lines of Enquiry: Drawings from the Collection
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition Visual Arts Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A triptych of three drawings that combine machine and organic elements.
Until Sun 30 Aug 2026
Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Henry Moore Institute
Exhibition Visual Arts
Free
Room with wooden chairs and colorful abstract paintings. Peeling ceiling and walls suggest an aged interior.
Until Sat 1 Aug 2026
Parham Ghalamdar: Aerotheology
Leeds Arts University Blenheim Walk
Exhibition
Free
An artist book work. The pages are painted blue on one side, with three tears on the page showing the red-painted reverse side.
Until Sun 30 Aug 2026
Ebb & Flow: Bookworks by Yoko Terauchi from the Research Library
Henry Moore Institute
Exhibition Visual Arts