Leeds University Library Galleries

We hope you are enjoying a lovely Bank Holiday weekend!

What better way to spend your afternoon than doing a on your day off? Find some peace in this Yorkshire Farm🌻 https://www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries

📷️ Percy Hague Jowett, A Yorkshire Farm, c.1925. LEEUA 2008.003

How can curating become class-conscious?

In the latest podcast in our Curating Class series, Beth Hughes, curator, researcher and founder of the Working Class British Art Network, shares her experiences of institutional and curatorial class bias, and her own sense of responsibility for changing how class is represented in collections and exhibitions.

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts, or via Gloves Off at the link in bio.

And stay tuned for more episodes to coincide with the final weeks of [uz], [uz], [uz]: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds in The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery.

Co-produced by University of Leeds Cultural Collections & Galleries and the Working Class British Art Network.

📷 Beth Hughes in Conversation with Joe Tucker, Manchester International Festival, 2025
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