Interpretations

A new postgraduate course has opened up opportunities for students to explore debates at the intersection of contemporary art, museum practice and science communication.

A new exhibition opening at the University of Leeds this month will explore the impact of race relations legislation in the UK.

A temporary display at ULITA ― an Archive of International Textiles marks the last in a series celebrating the 150th year anniversary of Professor Aldred Barker. Open to the public until 13 December 2018, it explores the handcrafted textiles and craftmanship of India based on Barker’s travels to Kashmir in 1931.

Can you imagine being the only woman or man on your university course? A new temporary exhibition exploring the life and work of Mary Barker, the first woman to be accepted onto the textile industries course at the University of Leeds, is currently on show at ULITA – an Archive of International Textiles.

MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students will be working with the museum, galleries and archives across the University of Leeds campus as part of one their core modules, Interpreting Cultures.

A brooch crafted from a piece of human thigh bone is among the items selected for an exhibition about the First World War, curated by MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students at the University of Leeds.

The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery hosts a new display organised in honour of the Centenary of WW1, curated by students from the MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies programme at the University of Leeds.