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Photograph installation view of ten colorful, cocoon-like hanging sculptures suspended from the ceiling of an industrial space with concrete pillars and unfinished walls. The sculptures are wrapped in layers of vibrant fabric, tape, and mixed media.

Turner Prize 2025

27 Sept 2025 – 22 Feb 2026 Free, booking required
Benaiah Matheson: Town Island

Benaiah Matheson: Town Island

25 Jan – 22 Mar 2025 Free
Coral walls feature comic book strips on large posters, showing the drawings submitted by Leeds locals for our Superheroes of Leeds exhibition

Superheroes of Leeds

18 Aug – 12 Dec 2021 Free, no booking required
Tinted Pinc

Tinted Pinc

23 Mar – 30 Jul 2023 Free entry
afrah shafiq: st.itch

afrah shafiq: st.itch

16 – 26 November 2023 Free display
Samra Mayanja: The Living and the Stale

Samra Mayanja: The Living and the Stale

10 Feb – 4 Jun 2023 Free entry
Tai Shani: Semiramis

Tai Shani: Semiramis

20 Jul – 14 Oct 2018 Free, no booking required
A colourful drawing of Leeds landmarks

Leeds-List: Summer of Colour

16 Sep – 17 Dec 2023 Free entry
Installation view of gallery with tufted tapestries

Afra Eisma: splashdown tender

23 Jun – 22 Oct 2023 Free entry
A purple lit gallery with chairs and speakers distributed across it

Richy Carey: {stereo – type – music}

14 Jul – 22 Oct 2023 Free entry
Three white sculptures of dogs in upright positions

Lauren Gault: Cithra

17 Sep 2021 – 3 Jan 2022 Free, no booking required
Andrew Black: On Clogger Lane

Andrew Black: On Clogger Lane

20 Jan – 2 Jul 2023 Free entry
The Tetley x Tower Works: Public Art Proposals for Leeds’ South Bank

The Tetley x Tower Works: Public Art Proposals for Leeds’ South Bank

3 Mar – 7 May 2023 Free entry
ROOT-ed Zine: Retrospect, Reality, Reform

ROOT-ed Zine: Retrospect, Reality, Reform

7 Oct 2022 – 22 Jan 2023 Free entry
Beth Shapeero: The Shape of Things

Beth Shapeero: The Shape of Things

19 Nov 2021 – 6 Mar 2022 Free, no booking required
A model of a patterned hibiscus flower with framed photos behind on the wall

Hibiscus Rising: Creating a memorial for David Oluwale with Yinka Shonibare CBE

11 Sep 2022 – 8 Jan 2023 Free entry