BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Friends of York Art Gallery - ECPv6.15.16//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Friends of York Art Gallery REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260418T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260418T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T074611 CREATED:20260404T111153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T130912Z UID:5473-1776506400-1776513600@www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting DESCRIPTION:All members are welcome at this year’s AGM. The meeting will be followed by a drinks reception to allow members to socialise. \nFor further details and supporting documentation click here. URL:https://www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk/event/annual-general-meeting/ LOCATION:York Medical Society Rooms\, 23 Stonegate\, YORK\, YO1 8AW\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER;CN="Cynthia Barbor":MAILTO:cynthia.barbor@hotmail.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260415T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260415T160000 DTSTAMP:20260420T074611 CREATED:20260203T141644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T162357Z UID:5095-1776250800-1776268800@www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk SUMMARY:Walking tour: Art and Architecture in Beverley DESCRIPTION:We will start our tour at 11am in the medieval Guildhall\, with its fine 18th century courtroom\, local history museum\, and collection of paintings by the Beverley artists Fred and Mary Elwell. The Guildhall was remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries and the Court Room has fine plasterwork by Guiseppe Cortese. Here we will have an introduction by the Curator. Then after time for a self-funded lunch\, we will visit the Art Gallery at 1 30pm where the Curator will give a short talk on the Collection and we will tour the permanent collection and view the travelling exhibition on the work of Georgia O’Keefe. We will finish at St Mary’s Church\, where we will have a guided tour and privileged access to the Priests Room with its fascinating collection of Church treasures. The size and decoration of St Mary’s reflect the wealth of the merchants of Beverley who helped rebuild it after the collapse of the Central Tower. \nCost £18: to cover fees and donations \nThis event is fully booked. Click the button below to join the waiting list. \n \n Click here to join the waiting list URL:https://www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk/event/walking-tour-art-and-architecture-in-beverley/ ORGANIZER;CN="Moira Fulton":MAILTO:mfulton58@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260408T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260408T123000 DTSTAMP:20260420T074611 CREATED:20260315T171859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T171903Z UID:5443-1775649600-1775651400@www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk SUMMARY:Artwork of the Month: Engagement Ring by Cornelia Parker DESCRIPTION:Engagement Ring Drawing (as long as it lasts)\, Cornelia Parker (2002) \nCornelia Parker is probably best known for her large scale installations such as the exploded shed (Cold Dark Matter) and her crushed silver objects repurposed as Thirty Pieces of Silver. Her work is about destruction\, resurrection and reconfiguration but not always on a grand scale. More recently she has turned to the smaller\, quieter and more subliminal and York Art Gallery is fortunate to have acquired this piece through the Contemporary Art Society. This talk will look at how Parker makes interventions in everyday objects\, and while making conceptual art accessible\, challenges the viewer not only to rethink the original object but also the world around us. URL:https://www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk/event/artwork-of-the-month-engagement-ring-by-cornelia-parker/ LOCATION:York Art Gallery\, Exhibition Square\, York\, YO1 7EW\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER;CN="Ronald Clayton":MAILTO:ronaldwclayton@icloud.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260311T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260311T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T074611 CREATED:20260218T111302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T112445Z UID:5325-1773228600-1773230400@www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk SUMMARY:Artwork of the Month: Saint Agnes by Cavallino DESCRIPTION:Stillness and Strength: Cavallino’s Saint Agatha\n \n \n \n \n \n  Our programme of Gallery Talks will resume on Wednesday 11 March at 11.30 with a talk on Cavallino’s Saint Agatha from Maisie McDonough\, one of the Gallery’s Duty Managers. \nJoin us for a closer look at Bernardo Cavallino’s Saint Agatha\, a painting whose power comes from stillness rather than spectacle. This talk explores how Cavallino captures resilience\, dignity\, and inner strength in the face of suffering\, and how his gentle approach contrasts with more dramatic depictions of the same saint. Along the way\, we’ll consider why Saint Agatha has continued to inspire artists and viewers for centuries. A chance to slow down\, look closely\, and discover the quiet intensity of this remarkable work. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bernardo Cavallino (1616-1654/1656)\, Saint Agatha\, 1635-1645\, oil on canvas\, 64.1cm x 50.8cm. York Art Gallery\, YORAG : 853. Image credit: York Museums Trust URL:https://www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk/event/artwork-of-the-month-saint-agnes-by-cavallino/ LOCATION:York Art Gallery\, Exhibition Square\, York\, YO1 7EW\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER;CN="Ronald Clayton":MAILTO:ronaldwclayton@icloud.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260227T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260227T110000 DTSTAMP:20260420T074611 CREATED:20260202T114514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T140203Z UID:5203-1772186400-1772190000@www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk SUMMARY:Friends Exhibition Preview DESCRIPTION:*** Fully booked *** Friends’ Exclusive Preview of the Exhibition ‘Making Waves’ \nThe exhibition of Japanese prints\, ‘Making Waves’\, opens to the public in the Madsen Galleries on Friday 27 February. Before the public are admitted\, there will be a special Friends-only preview from 10.00 –11.00am\, with a tour led by the show’s lead curator\, our new Curator of Fine Art\, Dr Eleanor Jackson. This event is free for the membership\, but\, because numbers are necessarily limited by the space\, booking is essential. *** Fully booked *** \n \n Click here to book URL:https://www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk/event/friends-exhibition-preview/ LOCATION:York Art Gallery\, Exhibition Square\, York\, YO1 7EW\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260225T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260225T193000 DTSTAMP:20260420T074611 CREATED:20251119T101835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T144713Z UID:5027-1772044200-1772047800@www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk SUMMARY:Talk by Sir Gabriele Finaldi\, Director\, National Gallery London DESCRIPTION:Sir Gabriele Finaldi will give a talk ‘The National Gallery: A Growing Collection’\, followed by a conversation with Professor Charles Martindale\, Chair of the Friends\, about his career and role as Director of one of the greatest galleries in the world. \nThe National Gallery has been much in the news recently. On May 10 2024 it became 200 years old\, and the bicentenary celebrations continued into 2025\, including the National Treasures exhibitions across the country (York receiving Monet’s The Water-Lily Pond). Its redisplay of the entire collection was received with great enthusiasm by art critics and public alike. The Sainsbury Wing entrance has now been remodelled as the Gallery’s principal entrance\, and a new Members House has been designed. More recently it has won very substantial funds for further exciting capital developments\, including space for 20th-century art and a research centre. And all this at a time of massive financial challenges in the cultural sector as a whole. \nSir Gabriele has been the principal architect of these successes. His doctoral thesis at the Courtauld was on the Spanish baroque artist Ribera. In 2002 he was appointed Deputy Director for Collections and Research at the Prado in Madrid\, and he has a special association with Spanish art (including Velázquez\, Zurbarán\, Murillo\, Sorolla\, Picasso). As a curator he has taken the lead in numerous exhibitions in the UK\, Spain\, Italy\, and Belgium. He was appointed Director of the National Gallery in 2015\, and knighted in 2025 for services to art and culture. \nThis is a rare opportunity to hear this major art-world figure. \nOrganisers: Moira Fulton (mfulton58@gmail.com); Charles Martindale \n \n Book here URL:https://www.friendsofyorkartgallery.co.uk/event/talk-by-sir-gabriele-finaldi-director-national-gallery-london/ LOCATION:Tempest Anderson Hall\, Yorkshire Museum\, YORK\, YO1 7FR ORGANIZER;CN="Moira Fulton":MAILTO:mfulton58@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR