Events

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 […]

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. The National Gallery has been much in the news recently. On May 10 2024 […]

*** Fully booked *** Friends' Exclusive Preview of the Exhibition 'Making Waves' The 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, […]

Stillness and Strength: Cavallino’s Saint Agatha 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. Join us for a closer look at Bernardo Cavallino’s Saint Agatha, a painting whose power comes from stillness rather than spectacle. […]

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 […]

We will leave Memorial Gardens by coach at 9am to travel to Skipton. Here we will first visit the newly refurbished Craven Museum, which was shortlisted for the Art Fund Museum of the year in 2024. Here we will have coffee and a short talk by the Curator, before touring the collection, which includes a […]