Exhibition Opening: Alfred Drury & the New Sculpture

Join us in the gallery for the opening of our new exhibition: a review of the life and work of Alfred Drury.

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The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery will be greeting the New Year with an exhibition dedicated to the art of Alfred Drury, one of the leading sculptors of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, and creator of the much-talked-about bronze nude light standards in City Square, Leeds. The exhibition, curated by University of Kent art historian Dr. Ben Thomas, tours to Leeds from The University of Kent's Studio 3 Gallery, and will open to the public on Wednesday, 15 January 2014.

Join us in the gallery for the special opening of our first show of 2014. Meet the curators behind the exhibition and enjoy refreshments alongside fellow friends and art enthusiasts.

The opening event will be preceded by a talk from gallery curator Layla Bloom at 5.30pm. This is open to FUAM (Friends of University Art and Music) members only. To find out more about joining FUAM visit their website

This event is open to all. No booking necessary. Refreshments will be served from 6pm.

This exhibition has been made possible with the kind support of grants from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art , the Henry Moore Foundation and the Leeds Art Fund.