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!

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
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
Abstract plaster sculpture on a white backdrop
Until Sun 4 Oct 2026
Arp: The Plasters
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition Visual Arts
Under £10
Photograph of a woman and child looking at a woven tapestry
Until Sun 6 Jun 2027
Untangled
Leeds Industrial Museum
Exhibition Visual Arts Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A watercolour painting of a ruined abbey or castle, surrounded by loosely painted trees and foliage
Until Sat 31 Oct 2026
Leeds 400: Places
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Exhibition Heritage Leeds 400 Visual Arts
a black and white photograph of a woman in front of a fence, with an ornate black and white striped dress on and large hat with feathers
Until Sun 4 Oct 2026
Cecil Beaton: Staging Icons
Harewood House
Exhibition
Free
Oval portrait of a young girl
Until Tue 1 Jun 2027
Pocket-Sized Power: A Feminist History of Portrait Miniatures
Exhibition Online