Top Picks
Guides
What’s on
Where to go
See all

Boris Maas: You have seen nothing yet at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery

Maja Lorkowska, Exhibitions Editor

Visit now

Boris Maas: You have seen nothing yet

The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds
19 September 2024-22 February 2025

Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.

Free
Coloured glass circle hang from the arms of a silver metal mobile reflecting pastel colours onto the white wall behind
Image supplied by Leeds Inspired
Book now

Dutch artist Boris Maas responds to the work of Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw in a new exhibition of light installations and photographs.

Atkinson Grimshaw is known for moody landscapes and cityscapes, often with moonlight or the light of the dawn giving the scenes an eerie atmosphere. Boris Maas uses a contemporary approach to recreate this feeling in the space of The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery.

The exhibition consists of two ‘Acts’ by Maas, before which visitors can encounter two original paintings by Atkinson Grimshaw. Act I is The nightlife series which includes nocturnal photographs of the painted locations. Act II, You Have seen nothing yet is a glass mobile in which coloured lenses are suspended, inspired by the painter’s colour palette.

Part of the Smeaton300 festival, this commission has been supported by LEEDS 2023 (Leeds Culture Trust) and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UK.

Where to go near Boris Maas: You have seen nothing yet at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery

Image of exterior of Stage@Leeds Theatre
Leeds
Theatre
Stage@Leeds

Stage@Leeds is a public theatre situated at the heart of the University of Leeds campus, programming a wealth of contemporary performance both on and offline.

Leeds
Bar or Pub
Northern Monk Refectory LDS

Northern Monk brewery opens its doors to guests at The Old Flax Store, where a mighty range of their beers are available to try.

Woodhouse Moor
Leeds
Park
Woodhouse Moor

Woodhouse Moor is a popular park in Leeds near the universities district of the city and the Hyde Park area of Headingley.

Leeds Beckett SU
Leeds
Restaurant
Leeds Beckett Student Union

Leeds Beckett Student Union hosts big-name artists and supports students through events, live music, and a vibrant campus venue.

Church congregation at St George's Church in Leeds
Leeds
Place of worship
St George’s Church

St George’s is a lively city centre church in Leeds with three services every Sunday and a midweek programme that includes groups, courses and events. We’re here to help people

Fettle Cafe Leeds
Leeds
Restaurant
Fettle Cafe

Fettle Cafe is a forward-thinking café on Great George Street, near Leeds General Infirmary. Its main attractions are the great coffee and its fresh, locally-sourced food.

Leeds Central Library Literary Places in Leeds.
Leeds
Library
Leeds Central Library

Leeds’ main municipal library, housed in a Grade II-listed late 19th-century building on Headrow, next to the Art Gallery (which you can access via the rather lovely tiled cafe).

Leeds City Museum
Leeds
Museum
Leeds City Museum

Leeds City Museum is home to six galleries and collections including the 3,000 year old Ancient Egyptian Mummy Nesaymun, and the Leeds Tiger.

See all places

What's on: Exhibitions

Until
Exhibitions
The Vessel at PINK

Chris Thompson transforms PINK into an uncanny, interactive cabinet of obsessions, inviting visitors to uncover its shifting, unstable narratives.

Free entry
Until
ExhibitionsCity Centre
Just Browsing at the Bluecoat

Please DO touch – Bluecoat’s new exhibition ‘Just Browsing’ allows audiences to get closer to the artworks and engage beyond looking.

Free entry

Culture Guides

A doll with makeup peeks out of a hanging wall of butter yellow fabric. Red and black threads descend and cascade around the doll.
Exhibitions in the North

This season, exhibitions across the North West feel attuned to the world beneath the world – the forces and stories shaping how we see, feel and imagine.

Music in the North

Manchester’s starting the new year with a run of gigs from some of the country’s best underground exports.

A performer in a bright red costume sits on a snowy stage set, holding a large snowball between their legs with a surprised expression. The colourful winter backdrop features snowflakes, hills, a snowman, and a traffic light with glowing lights.
Family things to do in the North

Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.

Textured portrait image of Jarman
Theatre in the North

Theatre across the North West splits between festive escape and sharp, urgent work exploring politics, power and resistance.

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Cinema in the North

There's no shortage of great films out at the moment, whether you're looking for the latest blockbuster, that hot arthouse flick fresh from Cannes or a cosy classic.

Food and Drink in the North

Hear ye, hear ye. Take some eating-out tips from our wintertime guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.

See all guides