Leeds City Square to be transformed into magical ancient 'sculpture forest' for remainder of 2023

Work is set to begin to further transform Leeds’s landmark City Square into a striking sculptural forest as part of a new large-scale public artwork entitled ‘Making A Stand’.
Alex Grant
By Alex Grant
Published 24th May 2023, 04:45 GMT
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‘Making A Stand’, one of 12 signature projects commissioned as part of LEEDS 2023 and set open to the public on June 15, is co-created by world-renowned visual artist Michael Pinsky, whose work challenges the status quo on climate change and urban design, and award-winning environmental architects Studio Bark.

The artwork takes inspiration from the ancient ‘Forest of Leodis’ on which Leeds is built, and aims to bring the magic of the ancient forest back into the city and over the next three weeks around 120 giant timber fins each up to 7 metres tall will be craned in and erected on site.

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