LeedsArtFund

Founded in 1912, Leeds Art Fund is one of the oldest supporting ‘friends’ organisations for the visual arts in Great Britain.

[Leeds Art Gallery @LeedsArtGallery]

We hope you will be able to join us on Saturday 15 October at 1.30pm for a talk by Valerie Waterhouse 'Out of the Shadows: Malachi Whitaker and a Portrait by Jacob Kramer'. This event is in partnership with @LeedsArtFund tickets £10 booking via Eventbrite https://t.co/MafGCcu8MY

[Leeds Art Gallery @LeedsArtGallery]

📣 Calling artists living or working in Leeds...we are very excited to announce that the call for entries for Leeds Artists Show 2023 is now open! Click on the link to find out more https://t.co/Hrz5OHgDxO - the closing date for entries is 16 October👍 @ace_national @LEEDS_2023

[Leeds Art Gallery @LeedsArtGallery]

📢 Our partners @chapeltownarts will be staging a 1 day takeover of the galleries on Saturday 24 Sept called #ChapeltownWordJunction with a host of local talent- writers, poets & artists performing in response to the exhibition #ShiftingPerspectives It’s going to be a corker!

[David Hopes @HopesDavid]

Beautiful day for the @LeedsArtFund AGM at @TempleNewsam and a timely reminder of LAF's continuing support, financial and otherwise, for @LeedsMuseums and the city's appreciation of art

[Leeds Art Gallery @LeedsArtGallery]

Join us for a free online conversation event with Leeds-based artist Jill McKnight, discussing her exhibition Desire Lines at Leeds Art Gallery with art historian Professor Griselda Pollock & Dr Alison Rowley. 14 July 6.30-7.30. Book your free place here: https://t.co/OnssN0bn5q

[Yorkshire Sculpture International @YSI_sculpture]

Please note the new date for this in person talk by Whitechapel Gallery curator Laura Smith about #EileenAgar @LeedsArtGallery now taking place Wednesday 13 April at 6pm and generously supported by @LeedsArtFund

[David Hopes @HopesDavid]

Please share: we're forming a new commercial strategy for Leeds Museums & Galleries and we'd love to work with an enterprising, experienced consultant to make great things happen🙌 @lisabroadest @ACEnterprises @LeedsMuseums https://t.co/KyBqhPosLV

[LeedsArtFund @LeedsArtFund]

We are delighted to have purchased this important acquisition through the Patricia Hurst bequest. By joining Leeds Art Fund, you support @LeedsMuseums alongside free entry to Temple Newsam, Lotherton, Abbey House, Leeds Industrial Museum & Thwaite Mills:

https://t.co/mMUAUbrNeV

[Leeds Art Gallery @LeedsArtGallery]

Some wonderful news for John Atkinson Grimshaw fans 🎉

We’ve been able to acquire another of John Atkinson Grimshaw’s signature moonlit paintings, ‘Reflections on the Aire – on strike’ 🎨🌙

[Leeds inspired @LeedsInspired]

Get ready for The Fig Reveal this Thursday 😳 and uncover the history of modesty coverings in art 🍀. A @LeedsArtFund / @CrawfordArtGall talk with @michaeljwaldron https://t.co/wD7JRDrsG7

[David Hopes @HopesDavid]

We're looking for someone special to lead one of the country's best art galleries @LeedsArtGallery https://t.co/GL0TU1rArq

[Leeds Lib Galleries @LULGalleries]

We've been setting up our projection of Melvin Moti's film 'The Eightfold Dot' ready for @LightNightLeeds

See it on the Sir William Henry Bragg Building this Thursday & Friday, 19:00-22:30

More info: https://t.co/Xhx4kOPnuY

#lightnightleeds2021 #artinthedark
#InspiredByBragg

[LeedsArtFund @LeedsArtFund]

We have just 6 places left on our exclusive tour of the exhibition 'Below the Salt' @TempleNewsam led by the artist Catherine Bertola and introduced by curator Adam Toole.

Monday 11 October from 11am to 1pm. Tickets are £15 through Eventbrite:

https://t.co/TU0cQbz1nG

[LeedsArtFund @LeedsArtFund]

Since the cat is out of the bag, Leeds Art Fund are pleased to have been able to support @LeedsMuseums and @TempleNewsam with this incredible acquisition.

https://t.co/JIQ1c4DjVp

[LeedsArtFund @LeedsArtFund]

We were pleased to catch a glimpse of Frampton's 'Industry' from Leeds' Victoria Memorial in Rupert Harris's studio on #FakeOrFortune last night. Look out for an update on the restoration in the forthcoming LAF newsletter and catch up on iPlayer here:

https://t.co/CnVAZSM1va

[Leeds Lib Galleries @LULGalleries]

Got that #FridayFeeling

'Three Piece Reclining Figure No.2: Bridge Prop' by #HenryMoore features 3 bronze segments positioned to represent a human figure having a well deserved lie-down. The sculpture is on long term loan from @LeedsArtFund via @LeedsArtGallery

#FridayFavourite

[LeedsArtFund @LeedsArtFund]

Please do join us for the penultimate online talk of this series 👇

[LeedsArtFund @LeedsArtFund]

We've corrected the date to Thursday 17 June!

[Leeds inspired @LeedsInspired]

An online talk tomorrow (Thurs 3rd) brought to us by @LeedsArtFund explores how museums in the US are making their collections more diverse and inclusive with @pavelpys. https://t.co/ZrK2HQKnXY

[LeedsArtFund @LeedsArtFund]

@lynn_somers @DrRebeccaWade @MarinRSullivan I'm afraid not routinely, though if the speaker agrees we could come to an arrangement. It gets complicated with copyright of images etc.

[LeedsArtFund @LeedsArtFund]

A lovely article on an acquisition supported by Leeds Art Fund: https://t.co/V4wmEaf0XH

[LeedsArtFund @LeedsArtFund]

We're very much looking forward to Dr Pereira's talk next week. Booking open until 24 hours before the talk. See you there!