Image
An open portfolio containing several prints, with a hand leafing through them. The top-most print is of a hammer, which has been burnt into the thick watercolour paper using a heated steel stencil.
Keir Smith, 'Ceres (fifteen burnt images)' 1980
Wed 19 Aug 2026
Reading the Book as Object: Exploring Artists’ Books in the Sculpture Research Library
Creative Workshop
Guided Tour
Visual Arts

Join our Librarians for an informal session devoted to reading and careful handling of artists’ books.

The Sculpture Research Library on the first floor of Henry Moore Institute has a growing collection of bookworks.

You’re invited to slow the pace and engage with the book as a material object, considering how its physical presence relates to its meaning. We’ll explore the diverse ways sculptors extend their practice through making books.

Our collection includes land and environmental works documenting ephemeral interventions; tactile works that evoke mass, void and texture; as well as books that unfold, expand, or incorporate pop‑up structures to occupy space.

74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom

53.8000775, -1.5475421

    Date
    Wed 19 Aug 2026
    17:00 - 18:00

    Ticket price

    Accessibility
    Accessible toilet
    Baby changing facilities
    Guide dogs welcome
    Hearing aid loop
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