Study for Leeds painting in upcoming auction
Interesting study for Cayley Robinson's Outward Bound provides an insight into the development of the composition.
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Introducing regional artists
Online talk for LAF members by artist Ellie Way
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Leeds Art Calendar - New and Latest Issues
New issues of the Leeds Art Fund Newsletter are available!
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Leeds Arts Calendar - Issue 14
The latest issue of the Leeds Arts Calendar newsletter is now available!
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Foyle Foundation
As part of Leeds Art Gallery’s refurbishment Leeds Art Fund was granted an award of £20,000
towards refitting and refurbishment of the Henry Moore Lecture Theatre (HMLT) by The Foyle
Foundation.
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Visit to Bramham 24 May 2017
We enjoyed a delightful day at Bramham exploring the House and landscape.
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Leeds Art Gallery Revealed
LAF members were the first to see the recently refurbished upper galleries following the extensive re-glazing of the original Victorian 1888 roof.
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LAF visit to Ireland
LAF / Chippendale Society Visit to Ireland
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Centre of Ceramic Art, York Art Gallery, 7 December
LAF members visit the new Centre of Ceramic Art for the final event of 2015.
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British Art Show 8 tour, 21 November
This wide-ranging exhibition provides a vital overview of some of the most exciting contemporary art produced in the UK.
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Auckland Castle and Bowes Museum 7 October
Auckland Castle and Bowes Museum
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West Sussex: Artists and Collectors May 2015
An artistically diverse and action-packed three days.
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Cornelia Parker at the Whitworth, March 2015
LAF members and friends enjoyed a memorable day at the stunningly refurbished Whitworth Gallery
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Treasures of the Princely Courts of Germany
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Visit to Wentworth Castle
Wentworth Castle tells a story of fierce family rivalry, Victorian ingenuity and 21st century tenacity.
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Visit to East Sussex
20th century British art in East Sussex
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The Ashmolean Museum and Compton Verney, October 2013
From British folk art to giants of 20th century western art
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LAF visit to the Netherlands September 2013
Museums, Galleries and Palaces of the Netherlands
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Visit to Wentworth Woodhouse
Politics, history and magnificent architecture made for a great day out at Wentworth Woodhouse...
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Clive Head studio visit
It was a day of revelations when Leeds Art Fund visited Clive Head...
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Visit to the Hepworth Wakefield, 23 January
Following several days of snow, and doubts about the possibility of even reaching the rendezvous points, our group of fourteen intrepid travellers assembled for the short journey to this latest addition to the 'Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle'...
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Rococo Bavaria 9 - 20 Sept
Strictly Rococo: the LAF visit some of the most beautful palaces, churches and works of art in the world.
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Grayson Perry 'Taste, Class and Art'
Turner Prize winning artist supports Leeds Art Fund
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Ben Read, 'My Life in Art'
Retiring Chariman Ben Read gave autobiographical lecture at his last AGM
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Visit to Abbot Hall and Blackwell
On 29 March 25 LAF members plus Leeds Art Gallery curator, Ted Wilkins, travelled to Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal to view the exhibition Turner and his Contemporaries: The Hickman Bacon Watercolour Collection. The pictures had been acquired by Sir Hickman Bacon more than 100 years ago, and included some rarely-seen examples by Turner, Girtin and Cotman.
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Preview evening
Anticipation mixed with excitement when over 300 invitees - far more than expected - turned up at Leeds Art Gallery on 22 March for the opening of ART IN OUR TIME, a unique exhibition which showcases 80 works (from over 400) which the Fund has purchased outright, or made valid contributions to, on behalf of the City over the last 100 years.
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