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This blue commemorative plaque records: The Leeds Arts Club. A highly influential forum for the avant-garde in politics, philosophy, art and literature met here from 1908. Ground-breaking exhibitions included the 1913 Post-Impressionist show and Cubist and Futurist Art in 1914. Famous Speakers included G. B. Shaw and W. B. Yeats. 1903-1923 Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.

The Leeds Arts Club, active from 1908 to 1923, was a significant forum for avant-garde discussions and exhibitions, hosting notable figures like William Butler Yeats, the renowned Irish poet and playwright, and George Bernard Shaw, an influential Irish dramatist and critic, both of whom contributed to its reputation as a hub for progressive thought and artistic innovation.

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