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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Please do touch: sculpture exhibition curated by blind people to feature tactile works

A man touches a glowing pink flower sculpture.
Artist Carmen Papalia touches Dahlia Firework Tactile Panel, Project Fire Flower 2021, which will be part of the exhibition. Photograph: Dennis Ha

Tactile artwork should be commonplace in UK galleries to make sure art is accessible to blind people, while more needs to be done to counter “ocularcentric bias”, according to the creative team behind a significant new exhibition.

In November, the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds will host Beyond the Visual, the first sculpture exhibition curated by and created with the input of blind and partially sighted artists.

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