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!

The exhibition, which is CNN's Top 10 Most Unmissable Exhibitions and features over 70 sculptures, including reinterpretations of world-famous artworks such as Van Gogh's Starry Night, will open at Broadgate on 8 August
Sat 9 Aug 2025 - Fri 6 Feb 2026
The Art of the Brick
Broadgate
Exhibitions , Visual Art
A jigsaw puzzle with an anthropomorphic family of cats. The mother cat is reading to three kittens in their bedroom.
Tue 12 Aug 2025 - Wed 31 Dec 2025
Story Time: Children's Books Then and Now
Abbey House Museum
Exhibitions
Display case featuring Leeds United Football Club memorabilia, including two figurines—one seated holding a bottle, the other standing beside a large "LOCO" can—set against a backdrop of celebratory fan photos, a "HERE WE GO WITH LEEDS UTD" sign, and club-themed magazines.
Tue 12 Aug 2025 - Sat 30 Aug 2025
Marching on Together: Leeds United and Football Fan Culture
Leeds Central Library
Exhibitions
a digital eye
Fri 15 Aug 2025 - Wed 17 Sep 2025
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats - A Virtual Reality Adventure
Testbed
Exhibitions , Gig , Music , Visual Art
A couple wearing VR headsets gazes at a virtual recreation of the Titanic
Fri 15 Aug 2025 - Fri 31 Oct 2025
Titanic: A Voyage Through Time
Broadgate
Exhibitions , Visual Art
Person holding banner outside
Fri 15 Aug 2025 - Fri 5 Sep 2025
Protest & Pride – Art as Resistance
The Mill Gallery
Exhibitions , LGBT+
Painting of a woman sitting cross legged
Fri 15 Aug 2025 - Fri 5 Sep 2025
Gesture: A Radical First Look from the Resilient Artist Cohort
The Mill Gallery
Exhibitions , Visual Art
Photo shows two Artists, Mel Davies and Kim Coley, Wearing paint stained aprons, seated in front of large scale and colourful art works.
Sat 30 Aug 2025 - Sun 21 Sep 2025
Joint & Several
Sunny Bank Mills
Exhibitions , Visual Art
Northern Soul male and female dancers, wearing 1970s clothing. The colors are blues and purples.
Wed 3 Sep 2025 - Wed 8 Oct 2025
Northern Soul Exhibition and Workshops
Left Bank Leeds
Exhibitions , Visual Art
A black and white image of a banshee figure draped in dark fabric on a misty moor
Thu 11 Sep 2025 - Sun 14 Sep 2025
Aíslíng by Megan McClean
Assembly House
Exhibitions , Visual Art
Image of one of the many paintings at Temple Newsam
Thu 11 Sep 2025
Temple Newsam Tour: Temple Newsam the Art Gallery
Temple Newsam
Exhibitions , Guided Tours , Visual Art
Hand coloured image of peonies. From The ladies' flower-garden of ornamental perennials by Mrs Jane Loudon
Thu 11 Sep 2025 - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Unearthed: The Power of Gardening Exhibition
Leeds Central Library
Exhibitions , Visual Art