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The School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies is one of the largest and most exciting centres in the UK for aspiring cultural practitioners to hone their creative and critical skills, and broaden their intellectual horizons.

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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
𝙍𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙔 is a new duo show by @leedsalumni.bsky.social #GeorgeStormFletcher & #ConnorShields 📅 Opening night: Friday 18 September, 6-9pm #exhibition continues to 27 September 📍 #Serf Studios, 23-25 Wharf Street, #Leeds LS2 7EQ Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
Artwork copyright George Storm Fletcher and Connor Shields
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This year's FUAM Graduate Art Prize exhibition @lulgalleries.bsky.social opens today with an event from 5.30 to 7.30pm! Find out more 👇
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Enfolded Journeys – Venice edition 📅 8-20 September 📍 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice Curated by Chris Taylor & John McDowall, Enfolded Journeys is an open call touring exhibition of 28 new artists’ books made in response to themes suggested by the title: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
Deirdre Kelly, Tracing Ruskin’s Steps: Landward View from Venice, 2025.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
From Arcadia to Heterotopia: Reimagining the work of May Morris and Mary Seton Watts through Surface Pattern Design 📅 15 September, 12.30-1.30 Online talk with artist, alumna & researcher Dr Louise Atkinson 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co. exhibition at Watts Gallery in Compton, Surrey, featuring Louise Atkinson's commissioned design 'Heterotopia'. Photo by Libby Whyte. Image © Watts Gallery Trust.
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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Enjoy the last of the Summer in Leeds and join us for a special walk and draw tour around campus. Tuesday 8 September, 13:00 - 14:30 Free. Book: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event... As you walk round you will be guided through a series of quick, fun drawing activities inspired by the art you see.
A grassed outdoor space with two large rocks in the foreground and a bench set further back. A woman is sitting on the nearest rock, looking up at another woman who is standing.
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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Celebrate the opening of FUAM 2026: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize with us! Tuesday 15 September, 17:30 - 19:30 The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery Free. RSVP: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event... Be the first to see the show, and vote for your favourite artist! 🏆
People gathered in a white walled gallery looking at the artworks. In the centre is a person with glasses wearing a green jacket looking up at a textile sculpture.
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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Not long left until FUAM 2026: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize 🥳 This annual showcase of work by BA Fine Art and BA Art & Design graduates @universityofleeds.bsky.social gives emerging student artists a chance to exhibit in our Galleries Get to know our four finalists...
White and pink text over four photographs of people reads "Meet our FUAM 2026 finalists"
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Fly on the Wall–MA Fine Art Degree Show 📅 Opens 3 Sept, 5-8pm; RSVP fincomms@leeds.ac.uk Continues to 8 Sept 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies A varied & expansive MA degree show exhibition spanning painting, installation, ceramic sculpture & film: flyonthewall.leeds.ac.uk
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
In Conversation – Sold! Year of the Dealer 📅 6 August, 5.30-6.30pm 📍 Online This in conversation event will explore Sold! Year of the Dealer – a research project exploring the role of dealers in the biographies of museum objects 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
C. Charles' antique shop, Brook Street, London, c.1900. Image courtesy of Antique Dealer Research Project, University of Leeds.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Headingley’s fancy-dress pub crawl & its impacts on residents will be performed through song this weekend by The Otley Run Complaints Choir Listen or take part in this unique performance on Saturday 25 July next to The Skyrack pub Headingley Lane at 2, 2.45 & 3.30pm ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
*Visiting Research Fellow & @leedsalumni.bsky.social Dr Louise Atkinson commissioned to create new artwork for a major exhibition celebrating designer William Morris* The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co. runs to 10 January 2027 at Watts Gallery in Surrey. Full story 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...
Louise Atkinson, Heterotopia, 2026. Image courtesy of the artist.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Visiting Research Fellow & art history @leedsalumni.bsky.social Dr Fiona Sit was recently awarded a Paul Mellon Fellowship. This is the second major fellowship Fiona has received in connection with her research on seventeenth-century Rome. Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...
Via Gulia, Rome. Photo by Fiona Sit.
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Dibyadyuti Roy @dibyaroy86.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Thank you @lulgalleries.bsky.social for the shout out and @fahacs.bsky.social @joannecrawford.bsky.social for the encouragement and support. Such a pleasure to be in this conversation with Katie and Omar that was facilitated by the amazing Cultural Institute @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
So we had to talk about it eventually - are you going all in on AI 🤖 or avoiding the robots at all costs 💀? Hear what industry professionals think in the latest episode in our Contemporary Conversations podcast series. Listen here: glovesoffleeds.podbean.com
Four people sat on chairs behind podcast recording microphones smiling at the camera. Behind them is a dark camera and in front of them are two circular coffee tables.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
*The Sustainable Darkroom* 📅 13 July 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies The Sustainable Darkroom will explore low-toxicity chemistries in film & photography practice in two workshops organised by the Environmental Humanities Research Group👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
Muddy darkroom image copyright The Sustainable Darkroom.
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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Making Space is officially open! 🎉🎊 Be inspired by the energy of our student community. 💛 Explore and discover works covering a range of themes including nature, identity, activism, and movement. Open now until Saturday 29 August 2026 at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery.👇️ buff.ly/m0GOK6F
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Excited to see so many of our students represented at this new exhibition at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery! Find out more & book your place for the opening night 👇
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This year's BA Fine Art Degree Show - HOLD - opens this evening with a private view from 5.30 to 8pm. You are welcome to join us! Find out more including how to RSVP: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
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Private View – HOLD – BA Fine Art Degree Show 2026
Join us for a private view of HOLD, this year's BA Fine Art Degree Show at the University of Leeds
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
De- and/or Re-classifying Art History? 📅 3 June, 1-2.30pm 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies Join us for a work in progress seminar with speaker Dr Rebecca Starr, Lecturer in History of Art 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
Graffiti 'Working Class Unite' Whitehall, London by Paul Farmer. Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Material Response: Shaping Sustainable Practices from Clay & Waste 📅 5 June 1-6pm 📍 Sunken Studio, Butterley Street, LS10 1AW Join us for a programme of talks, exhibition & networking exploring circular economy, sustainable materials & cross-disciplinary practice👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
Demolition waste recycling, Mone Brothers Blackhill Quarry Waste Wash plant, Bramhope, Leeds. Photo by Chris Crawford.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
‘Realist practices of portraiture’: methodology and theory within contemporary art history 📅 20 May, 3-4.30pm 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies Join us for a work in progress seminar with Postgraduate Researcher Owen Atkinson 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
'Allan Sekula - Salty Dog Bites the Hand'. Photo by AGCC Studio Artist Slobodan Dimitrov. Licensed under Creative Commons licence.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Announcing this year's BA Fine Art Degree Show! 📅 12 to 21 June 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies HOLD brings together 34 undergraduate fine art students graduating from the University of Leeds this summer Full details 👇 hold.leeds.ac.uk/about/
Orange poster with the word HOLD written in white tape. Text describes details of a degree show exhibition at the University of Leeds from 12 to 21 June 2026.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
‘Flea Circus’ features works by a group of our 2nd year #fineart students. The #exhibition explores themes of cycle, culture, play & hidden labour. 29 April to 6 May at Northlight Arts Centre Launch party: 1 May, 6pm to 8pm 7 to 16 May at North Bar Full info 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
You have 2 days before the #IMC2026 Standard Registration Deadline closes on Friday 01 May 2026 at 23:59 (BST) GMT+1 🫨 If you are in the IMC Programme, or want to attend, make sure you register here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/register/ Any problems email imc@leeds.ac.uk #MedievalSky
A medieval knight in armour smiling and chatting to another knight who is also in full armour.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
*Artists' Publishing Practices – Then & Now* 📅 2 May, 1-3pm To round off Words Worth Watching: The Writers' Room, artists' publishing platform COPY will host a panel discussion, asking how artists' publishing practices have changed in the past three decades 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
Wild Pansy Press reading space. Photo by Lu Rose Cunningham.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
* 'Words to speak/Words to read’ * 📅 Friday 1 May, 1-3pm 📍 Project Space In this workshop led by Leeds based artist, writer and co-founder of COPY, Joanna Jowett, we’ll address the conundrum of which words to speak and which to leave well alone. Full info👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Words Worth Watching: The Writers’ Room is a new exhibition bringing together the Wild Pansy Press (celebrating its 30th year) & an array of London & Northern-based artists who have undertaken its London residency. 📅 28 April to 2 May 📍 Project Space Full info👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
* pitch: Fine Art Festival of Art 2026 * Our second year #FineArt students are showcasing their work in April and May, through a series of #projects and #exhibitions in a range of venues on campus and across #Leeds See the full programme of projects & exhibitions: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
‘Lunar Mirror’ is a temporary site-specific installation by second year fine art student Laura Green, taking place in the stairwell of the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies On view until 4 May. Full details: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Find out more about a PhD opportunity @universityofleeds.bsky.social to research how museum collections help us understand domestic energy pasts and futures 👇 Closing date for applications: 1 May
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Find out more about a PhD opportunity to research heritage and health @universityofleeds.bsky.social 👇 Closing date for applications: 1 May
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
*PhD studentship available to research heritage and health* Applications are open for a fully funded studentship from October 2026 @universityofleeds.bsky.social under AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) scheme. Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...
A view of a ward at High Wood hospital taken in 1941 (detail). Image reference: MED01/01/1974. Source: Historic England Archive.
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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Our latest podcast on the Cultural Collections & Galleries' Gloves Off platform has just dropped! 🎧️ Catch up on our February panel discussion, In Conversation: ‘Cultures of Memory’ - A Response to the Turner Prize 2025. glovesoffleeds.podbean.com/e/contempora...
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Contemporary Conversations: Cultures of Memory | Gloves Off: Stories from Cultural Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds
How can art resist forgetting, or question state-endorsed histories? Can memories articulated through art enable us to think about and create possible futures? How does art enable us to understand…
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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
We’re revising our strategy for Public Art on campus, and we want to hear from you! We’ll be running focus groups between 27 April - 6 May 2026. Join us online or in person to have your say. All participants will receive a £15 Love2Shop voucher. Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Colleagues from the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies are participating in panels and receiving fellowships at this year’s Association for Art History Annual Conference (taking place from 8-10 April). Find out more in this news story: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...
Professor Abigail Harrison Moore leads art and art history teachers in a Discovery Day on the University of Leeds campus as part of Art Teachers Connect 2025. Photo by Andy Lord. Image © University of Leeds.https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/news/article/3075/leeds-academics-to-take-part-in-association-for-art-history-annual-conference-in-cambridge
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
*PhD studentship available to research how museum collections help us understand domestic energy pasts and futures* Applications are open for a fully funded studentship from October 2026 under AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) scheme. Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...
A display of vacuum cleaners, Museum of the Home. Image © Museum of the Home.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
* BIG LOVE COFFEE MORNING and BOOK SIGNING * 📅 Saturday 21 March, 10-11am Join artist & @leedsalumni.bsky.social George Storm Fletcher this weekend at a book signing & coffee morning at Hyde Park Book Club 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
BIG LOVE book and exhibition at Hyde Park Book Club. Photo by Hannah Guy.Background image: DO THAT AGAIN!! by Astrid Butt, on view in BIG LOVE at HPBC
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Leftovers – Lucy Crouch 📅 Friday 20 & Saturday 21 March, 11am-5pm #Leftovers is a new exhibition of work by Postgraduate Researcher Lucy Crouch in our #ProjectSpace Join us for a private view on Thursday 19 March, 5-8pm. All welcome! Full details 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
Exhibition poster for Leftovers exhibition at the University of Leeds, March 2026. Image shows 'to agitate' (2025) by Lucy Crouch. Image courtesy of the artist.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
‘Mothering Beyond the Flesh’ – talk and film screening 📅 Wednesday 18 March, 1-2pm 📍 Student Common Room Postgraduate Researcher Clare Carter Osborne will introduce her PhD project ‘Mothering Beyond the Flesh’ and her research on the island of Lanzarote 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
Still from Clare Carter Osborne’s film, ‘Unimagined: mothering beyond the flesh’ (2026).
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Alumni Exhibition – Here, Elsewhere 慢漫曼幔 New solo exhibition by MA Fine Art alumna Tien Hsin, curated by MA Art Gallery & Museum Studies graduate Poe Liu The show runs from 7 March to 5 April at CirCurate Space, an art space in Keelung, Taiwan, founded by Poe 👇 www.circurate.co/event/here-e...
Artwork by Tien Hsin
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Participation Right Now: an interdisciplinary in-conversation 📅 16 March, 3-4.30pm Hosted by Postgraduate Researcher Yang Feng, this in-conversation activity brings together Dr Helen Graham, Dr Emily Gray & Siyuan Zhao to reflect on today’s participatory culture 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
*What's in an art collective? How artists work together* Join us at this symposium where final year undergraduate fine art students will share their research into regional art collectives. 📅 Monday 9 March, 3-5pm 📍 @universityofleeds.bsky.social Full info👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
Scherzo di Follia: The Countess of Castiglione (detail). Photographed by Pierre-Louis Pierson circa 1861–67, (printed ca. 1930). Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005. Reproduced under The Met’s open access policy.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
MA Fine Art student Bethany Wilson is 1 of 3 Ones to Watch 2026 artists taking part at a performance night this weekend at Sunny Bank Mills! 📅 Saturday 7 March, 18:30 – 21:00 📍 @sunnybankmills.bsky.social 83-85 Town Street Farsley Pudsey LS28 5UJ Info 👇 www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
A Space Already Full at The Painted Church, Cambridge, opens this Saturday 7 March at 2pm. This new exhibition showcases work by Working Spaces – a collective of five UK artists including Moyra Derby and Jo McGonigal from @universityofleeds.bsky.social 👇 www.thepaintedchurch.co.uk/events.html
Jo McGonigal, work in progress, A Space Already Full, 2026.
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Join us for a visiting artist talk with Jasleen Kaur, winner of the Turner Prize 2024. 📅 Wednesday 4 March, 14:00 – 15:00 📍 Online (MS Teams) The talk will reflect on recent work and ongoing research on the theme of ‘geography’. Full details & book your place 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
Jasleen Kaur, Keystone II. Photography by Eva Herzog.
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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Discover your next steps to postgraduate study at our Masters Discovery Fair on Wednesday 11 March: 🧑‍💼 Explore career support and opportunities 💰 Get funding advice 💬 Speak to academic staff 🏙️ Learn about life as a postgraduate student at Leeds Find out more 👇 bit.ly/4s6w5GX
Students walk down the steps by the Edward Boyle Library on the University of Leeds campus
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
As the Mill Rests by Ella Brereton 📅 20 February, 12-5pm 📍 @sunnybankmills.bsky.social A site-responsive installation in Sunny Bank Mills' Spinning Loft, created by final year BA Fine Art with Contemporary Cultural Theory student #EllaBrereton 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This year's MA Fine Art Interim Show - Bend and Break - opens today in our #ProjectSpace Join the artists this evening from 5-7pm for a private view 👇
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Private View – Bend and Break – MA Fine Art Interim Show 📅 20 February, 5-7pm 📍 Project Space @universityofleeds.bsky.social Join us for a private view of this year's MA #FineArt Interim Show, Bend and Break. All welcome! ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
Design by AJ Turner
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School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Film screening – Mycelium (dir. Jacob Whiting, 2025) 📅 25 February, 1.30pm 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies Join us for a screening of local filmmaker Jacob Whiting’s recently released short Mycelium (2025), followed by an artist Q&A 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...
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