Last chance to book for tonight! @soniaboyceartist in conversation with jazz vocalist @JacquiDankworth and chaired by Rommi Smith followed with a performance by Jacqui and her trio and the celebrated @carducciquartet 🎤 🎹 🎷 🎻 buff.ly/3LO6fVA 7.30pm @HowardAssembly

Thank you ⁦Nick Ahad⁩ for inviting me to be on your ⁦⁦BBC Leeds⁩ show this morning, lovely to meet you in person and talk about our city’s wonderful ⁦Leeds Art Gallery⁩ and the post bag wasn’t too stressful! ☺️

Wise words from #YinkaShonibare today “Public Art is the most democratic form of art - it is for everyone”. Heartwarming to hear him speak of enjoying seeing people stopping + smiling, he thanked the people of Leeds for making it happen #HibiscusRising #collaboration LEEDS 2023

Brilliant news!! Huge congratulations to Amy Letman and the extraordinary team 🤩 thanks to funders #ACEsupported LEEDS 2023

An enchanting evening to welcome the Winter Solstice ❄️ with Baluji Shrivastav OBE and his talented ensemble. Thank you ⁦South Asian Arts-uk⁩ ⁦Opera North⁩ #HowardAssemblyRoom

Congratulations ⁦Leeds Playhouse⁩ James Brining on this thrilling production of #Oliver in the round, a spectacular evening with a standing ovation from the full house to honour the brilliant actors and musicians 🌟

🍿 Watch our Transform 23 highlights film – capturing the festival's thrilling, daring magic! 💥 We’re taking this energy into the year ahead, as we: 🔗 support new work 🌎 scour the globe for the most exciting new international performance ➡️ fundraise for our 2025 festival.

👀 Artists in Leeds, last chance to apply deadline 7 March at 5pm 🕔

Really looking forward to this explosion of movement and dance outdoors on Saturday night. Everyone is welcome to take part, it’s free and celebrates Leeds as a city of dancers coming together to share space 💃🕺🩰🪩 🥰

‘Peter Mitchell’s vision of a Lost Leeds’ Thank you ⁦Kadish⁩ The Telegraph for this excellent coverage of the forthcoming exhibition ⁦Leeds Art Gallery⁩ and the new publication by ⁦RRB Photobooks⁩ 🤩 ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ #PeterMitchell 17 May - 6 October

Many congratulations @OlderEnsemble on an exceptional performance tonight, I loved it, personal stories beautifully told with wonderful music #community ❤️ Sinfonia is on tomorrow at 2pm, do catch it if you can Leeds Playhouse

Tony Cragg ⁦Castle Howard⁩ curated by Jon Wood + Greville Worthington is magical. Thrilling to see contemporary sculpture so thoughtfully placed throughout the grounds and in the house featuring different materials. Exciting new addition to #sculpture in #yorkshire 🌟

It doesn’t matter if you’re from Leeds or not. The ghosts of your past home town are all here. Awesome Peter Mitchell retrospective Leeds Art Gallery

Launching NikNak’s new work tomorrow at 1pm in Central Court Leeds Art Gallery as part of Leeds Jazz Festival 🎤🎧📀

Lovely to see this painting ‘Barges on the Thames’ (1906) by Andre Derain at ⁦Sotheby's⁩ in London on loan from ⁦Leeds Art Gallery⁩ as part of the exhibition of masterpieces from public galleries across the UK ‘London - An Artistic Crossroads’ ⁦Art UK⁩ 🖼️

Lovely news, looking forward to this new commission by artist Karanjit Panesar who is based in Leeds, and follows on from our partnership with British Library in 2022 when we jointly commissioned artist Jill McKnight #sculpture #collections #Leeds

NEW: Our Chair Sir Nick Serota writes in today’s Observer - “I want to propose a set of missions for the future of the arts: five areas in which I believe the cultural sector could collaborate with government to achieve genuine renewal” #LetsCreate theguardian.com/culture/articl…

Beautiful encounter between these two wonderful artists at the Gallery today 😊