Search our collection of articles on art and artists
To search our collection for articles of interest, use the search window on this page or browse the entries below. These may be write-ups of Artwork of the Month talks or occasional essays written by members of the Friends. There are also a number of Q&A’s with curators and artists which can be found by searching for ‘Q&A’.
Artwork of the Month: September
This month's artwork is Albert Moore’s A Venus (1869). Marte Stinis, a PhD student at the University of York, writes about one of the most important paintings in York Art Gallery, by the York-born Victorian artist Albert Moore, a pioneering figure in the aesthetic...
The Friends in Lockdown
In this piece written earlier in lockdown, Charles Martindale, Interim Chair, reflects on the importance of the Friends for the past and future of York Art Gallery.