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Talk by Sir Gabriele Finaldi, Director, National Gallery London

19 Nov 2025

Sir Gabriele Finaldi will give a talk ‘Growing the National Gallery’s 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...

‘The Indian Girl’ by William Etty

14 Nov 2025

Our speaker for Artwork of the Month, September 2025, was John Roe, formerly Secretary of the Friends. His subject was The Indian Girl, a painting by William Etty held in the collection of York Art Gallery and not usually on display. Click the button below for a...

Friends tour to Sussex

20 Oct 2025

This five-day coach tour to Sussex has been arranged for the Friends by Travel Editions. Departing from York Memorial Gardens on Monday 28 September, we will visit Wardown House Museum & Gallery en route. Accommodation will be at the four-star Holiday Inn on...

Artwork of the Month – Piazza san Martino by Bellotto

20 Oct 2025

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...

Artists, Makers & Friends

12 Oct 2025

Opening soon! Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) To raise funds for York Art Gallery we are staging a selling exhibition of paintings, works on paper, sculpture, ceramics and basket-weaving. The show will feature the work of 11 exceptional York-based artists:...

Artwork of the Month – Annunciation by Procaccini.

8 Oct 2025

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,...

Artists, Makers & Friends

19 Sep 2025

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...

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...