25 - 31 May 2025
RedBall Project
Kurt Perschke
The longest-running street art project in the world came to the UK City of Culture.
RedBall is a public artwork that's travelled the world for more than 20 years – and for seven days only in May, it took a tour around seven locations around Bradford, from Haworth to Saltaire.
RedBall is just that – a massive red ball, 15 feet high and wide. Created by American artist Kurt Perschke, this iconic art project has brought joy and wonder to Barcelona, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, Sydney and cities worldwide since it first popped up in St Louis back in 2001. And we were delighted to roll out the red carpet for it here in Bradford.
RedBall was in each location for one day only from 10am – 5pm every day.
Sunday 25 May
Cliffe Castle Museum entrance
Spring Gardens Lane
Keighley
BD20 6LH
Monday 26 May
Bowling Park Lodge (next to the Lodge Café)
Bowling Hall Road
Bradford
BD4 7TL
Tuesday 27 May
Bradford Industrial Museum
235 Moorside Road
Bradford
BD2 3HP
Wednesday 28 May
Lister Horsfall Jewellers
2 The Grove
Ilkley
LS29 9EG
Thursday 29 May
Queensbury snicket
27-33 A647 (note: this location is an alleyway off the main road)
Queensbury
Bradford
BD13 2PE
Friday 30 May
Haworth Central Park
Central Park (bandstand)
Haworth
Keighley
BD22 8QE
Saturday 31 May
Roberts Park
Opposite Roberts Park bandstand
Higher Coach Road
Saltaire
BD17 7LU
See the locations
About the artist
Kurt Perschke is an artist who works in sculpture, collage and public space. RedBall is a travelling public art project that has taken place in around 50 cities, including Abu Dhabi, Antwerp, Chicago, Galway, London, Marseille, Perth, Taipei and Toronto, and has received a National Award from Americans for the Arts’ Public Art Network.
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