Events

Join one of the UK’s leading arts events, taking place right here in York on 18 September 2025. Enjoy a day of inspiring talks and discussions from top curators, artists and leaders, including a Turner-Prize winner and speakers from the Barbican, Tate, Serpentine and more, plus gain exclusive access to the Private View of two […]

*** This tour is fully booked *** Based in Truro, the tour will be by coach from York with visits en route to Tewkesbury Abbey, Hestercombe House and Cheltenham before visiting the Tate St Ives, Barbara Hepworth Museum, Penlee House, Kurt Jackson Gallery, Tremenheere Sculpture Garden, Truro Cathedral and the Minack Theatre. Staying again at […]

These two venerable York Institutions, FYAG (founded 1948) and YPS (founded 1822) now support the York Museums Trust in its crucial cultural role in the City. This is an opportunity for members of both FYAG and YPS to meet and socialise together, hopefully as a first move for closer collaboration in the future. There will […]

The next Gallery talk will be on Wednesday 8 October at 11.30am when the subject will be the painting Annunciation by Procaccini. Who was Giulio Cesare Procaccini? Why does his small-scale Annunciation in York Art Gallery deserve our special attention? Amanda Hilliam, art historian and Friends’ committee member, will explore the technique, function and significance […]