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Austen & Turner exhibition at Harewood House

16 Aug 2025

*** This tour is fully booked *** The Group will meet at Harewood House at 1.20 (self-transport) for a tour conducted by two members of the curating team from the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of University of York: Dr Richard Johns, an...

Gallery talk: The Indian Girl by William Etty

9 Aug 2025

The next Gallery talk will be given by Professor John Roe, formerly Secretary of the Friends, on William Etty’s The Indian Girl and John Keats’s Endymion John has provided this intoduction to his talk: “Etty’s painting with the title The Indian Girl has...

Aesthetica Future Now Symposium

7 Aug 2025

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...

Friends’ Gallery Talk

27 Jul 2025

*** Please note that this event starts at 11:30 *** The next Friends’ Gallery talk will be given by the Curator of Ceramics, Dr. Helen Walsh. Helen will be giving a tour of some of the most remarkable pots in the Gallery...

Normandy Tour – Monet and Giverny

27 Jul 2025

This four-day coach tour of Normandy has been arranged for the Friends by Travel Editions and includes visits to sites associated with Impressionism and Monet, including Giverny, Rouen and Honfleur. Accommodation will be at the Radison Blu Hotel, Rouen. The tour...

Seminar on ‘Jephthah’ by John Everett Millais

24 Jul 2025

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...

Curator talk on Medieval Percy Psalter-Hours

7 Jul 2025

Eleanor Jackson, the new Curator of Fine Art at York Art Gallery, acquired an illuminated manuscript for the British Library that was made in York around 1300. She subsequently identified the original owners: Robert and Margery de Percy of Bolton Percy near York. She...

Private Tour of Renishaw Hall

2 Jul 2025

*** Fully booked ***  Leaving Memorial Gardens at 11am we will drive by coach to Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, where there will be time for a picnic or a meal in the café before our specialised tour of the Hall and its important art collection with the archivist, Chris...

Joint Social and Wine Reception with YPS

2 Jul 2025

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...

University of York Art collection: Behind the Scenes Tour

1 Jun 2025

*** Due to unforeseen circumstances this tour is postponed – participants will be contacted by the organiser *** This tour will have an exclusive look at some of the artwork and archival documents from the University of York’s art collection. With over 900...