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| Established | 3 October 1888 |
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| Location | The Headrow Leeds, LS1 3AA |
| Type | art gallery |
| Key holdings | 20th-century British art |
| Visitors | 453,088 (2013)[1] |
| Website | Leeds Art Gallery |
Leeds Art Gallery in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a gallery, part of the Leeds Museums & Galleries group, whose collection of 20th-century British Art was designated by the British government in 1997 as a collection "of national importance".[2] Its collection also includes 19th-century and earlier art works. It is a grade II listed building[3] owned and administered by Leeds City Council, linked on the West to Leeds Central Library and on the East via a bridge to the Henry Moore Institute with which it shares some sculptures. A Henry Moore sculpture, Reclining Woman: Elbow (1981), stands in front of the entrance.[4] The entrance hall contains Leeds' oldest civic sculpture, a 1712 marble statue of Queen Anne.[3][4]
In front of the gallery is Victoria Square, at the eastern end of which is the city's war memorial. This square is often used for rallies and demonstrations because of the speakers' dais provided by the raised entrance to the gallery.
- ^ Dickinson, Colin (4 October 2014). "Visitors flocking to Leeds Museums and Galleries". news.leeds.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Leeds Art Gallery Collections". museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-art-gallery/. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ a b Historic England. "City Art Gallery and Henry Moore Centre (1255865)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ a b Wrathmell, Susan; Minnis, John (2005). Leeds. Pevsner architectural guides. Yale U.P. pp. 74–79. ISBN 0-300-10736-6.