Exhibitions in Leeds this week

12 events from Friday, October 16 to Thursday, October 22, 2026. Free: 7. Busiest venues: Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds City Museum, Henry Moore Institute.

Friday, October 16, 2026

Visual arts
until Jan 3

Mike Nelson: M62 (East, West)

Leeds Art Gallery · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 10

‘Some Steel’: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90

Leeds Art Gallery · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 11

Lines of Enquiry: Drawings from the collection

Leeds Art Gallery · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 12

Peat. Plants. People.

Leeds City Museum · Millennium Square
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Aug 29

Dinner Party: With Matthew Smith, Jacob Epstein, Olivia Bax

Leeds Art Gallery · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 1

Genghis Khan: How the Mongols Changed the World

Royal Armouries Museum · Leeds Dock
- Visual arts
£9 Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 16

Our Memories of Leeds Banner

Leeds City Museum · Millennium Square
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 24

Sophie Taeuber-Arp: A Legacy in Print

Henry Moore Institute · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 25

Now We Breathe Free

Leeds City Museum · Millennium Square
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Ebb & Flow: Bookworks by Yoko Terauchi from the Research Library

Henry Moore Institute · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir

Henry Moore Institute · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jun 20

It Takes a Community

Leeds City Museum · Millennium Square
- Visual arts
Free

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