Events

A seminar to be held at the Bedingfield Room, Bar Convent, Blossom Street, on Tuesday 4 November at 10.30am. Over two sessions, 10.30 - 11.15 and 11.45 - 12.30 with a break for coffee and cookie, the speaker, Maddie Hewitson will explore Jephthah, one of John Everett Millais’ major religious paintings. This talk will explore […]

A selling exhibition to raise funds for the Friends of York Art Gallery The exhibition will open with a private view on 5 November (booking is essential) and will then be open (booking not required) from 12 midday to 4pm on November 6, 7, 8 and 12, 13, 14, 15. For the first time in […]

The next Gallery talk will be given by Charles Martindale, Chair of the Friends, on Piazza san Martino, Lucca, by Bernardo Bellotto. Charles has provided this introduction to his talk: 'This painting, recently returned from an extended tour in Japan, is one of the highlights of the Gallery's permanent collection. This talk will explore various […]

The next Friends’ Talk in the Gallery - Wednesday 3 December at 11.30 am - will be given by Jim Robison, the distinguished American potter - an honorary Yorkshireman by this time, having had a studio in Holmfirth for 50 years. Helen Walsh describes him as a much-loved figure in the pottery world, and an […]

The next Friends’ Talk in the Gallery - Wednesday 14 January at 11.30 am - will be given by Jane Eddleston in the Burton gallery. Its subject will be “Our Lowrys”. Lowry's Clifford's Tower has been a constant presence in the Burton Gallery for many years and has had a recent move over to the […]