Artwork of the Month October 2023 Click on the button below to access the article about Patricia Ramsay's painting, In the Tropics, by Peter Gibbard, formerley Chair of the Friends.
In the Tropics by Patricia Ramsay
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e-Bulletin no 8
e-Bulletin no. 8 A miscellany of articles by members of the Friends, all with relevance to the Gallery's collection or activities of the Friends. Click the button below to open the bulletin.
The Flagellation of Saint Barbara by Hans Siebenbürger
Artwork of the Month July 2023 The Flagellation of Saint Barbara by Hans Siebenbürger Click on the button below to read the article by John Roe, Secretary of the Friends, in which he explores the origins and imagery of this fifteenth-century oil-on-wood painting, a...
Captain Foote by Reynolds: an Indian Perspective
Reading Decoloniality in the Portrait of Captain John Foote by Joshua Reynolds, c. 1765: An Indian Perspective. An occasional essay for Friends of York Art Gallery by Kuhu Kopariha, a curator from Mumbai, currently completing her MA in History of Art. She is the...
Still-life by Melendez
Artwork of the Month April 2023 Still-life with Lemons and Nuts by Luis Egidio Meléndez Click on the button below to access the article by Dorothy Nott, former Chair of the Friends, on this painting, a gem of the Gallery's collection. The artist, Meléndez, is...
Captain Foote by Joshua Reynolds
Artwork of the Month August 2022 Portrait of Captain John Foote, (1761-5) by Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) Summary of the talk given to Friends of York Art Gallery on 10 August 2022 by Moira Fulton, who is currently Events-Co-ordinator for the Friends. Joshua Reynolds...
New Acquisition!
York Art Gallery has acquired a new artwork by notable British artist Dame Laura Knight DBE RA RWS, thanks to the generosity of the Friends of York Art Gallery. The oil painting ‘Early Morning in a Gypsy Camp’, 1953, is now on public display in the Burton Gallery as...
The Birdcage by Barbara SM Smith
Artwork of the Month April 2022 Peter Gibbard, formerly Chair of the Friends, writes about a little-known woman artist, an example of whose work is included in the exhibition Beyond Bloomsbury: Life, Love & Legacy held in York Art Gallery in 2022. The Life...
Curator Q&A: Peter Trippi
This month we introduce Peter Trippi, former Director of Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, in conversation with Judith Glover, former Secretary of the Friends.
Curator Q&A: Sarah Rothwell of National Museums, Scotland
This month we introduce Sarah Rothwell, Senior Curator in Modern and Contemporary Design at the National Museums Scotland. Sarah discusses her policies, practices and influences with Judith Glover, former Secretary of the Friends.