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Midsummer Party

14 Apr 2025

Save the date! By kind permission of York Museums Trust, we will be holding a Friends’ midsummer party. Admission will be by pre-booked ticket only and members will be notified by email when booking...

Surgeon Waiting by Barbara Hepworth

29 Mar 2025

Artwork of the Month March 2025 Barbara Hepworth, Surgeon Waiting (1948) Dorothy Nott, formerley Chair of the Friends, gave the Artwork of the Month talk for March 2025. Her subject was Surgeon Waiting by Barbara Hepworth. Click...

Artwork of the Month – April 2025

24 Mar 2025

*** Please note that this event starts at 11:30 *** ‘The Picturesque’ – a talk by Peter Miller, President of the Friends Peter has sent the following introduction to his talk: “William Gilpin (1724-1804) in his Observations on the River Wye, first...

Artwork of the Month: Surgeon Waiting by Barbara Hepworth

2 Mar 2025

Our next Gallery talk will be held – please note – in the third week of the month, on Wednesday 19 March, and at 12.30, not 1pm. Dorothy Nott, one of our most popular and accomplished speakers, will be talking about Barbara Hepworth’s Surgeon Waiting....

Friends’ Exhibition Preview – ‘Harland Miller: XXX’

1 Mar 2025

Internationally acclaimed artist and writer Harland Miller returns to York Art Gallery this March to present ‘XXX’, a new exhibition showcasing paintings and works on paper from his renowned ‘Letter Paintings’ series. Members are invited to an exclusive preview on...

Stanley Spencer, The Deposition and Rolling Away of the Stone (1956)

23 Feb 2025

Artwork of the Month February 2025 Stanley Spencer, The Deposition and Rolling Away of the Stone (1956) Lauren Marohn, this year’s MA Bursary Holder, has a special interest in modern religious art. Here she writes about one of the Gallery’s most striking images. Click...

Visit to York Art Gallery Stores – afternoon

7 Feb 2025

*** Fully booked *** This is an opportunity to see some of the large collection of paintings held in the Art Gallery’s stores. As the space is small, numbers will be restricted to a maximum of 10 for each...

Visit to York Art Gallery Stores – morning

7 Feb 2025

*** Fully booked *** This is an opportunity to see some of the large collection of paintings held in the Art Gallery’s stores. As the space is small, numbers will be restricted to a maximum of 10 for each...

Treasures from Yorkshire Parish Churches

7 Feb 2025

Kirsty Mitchell, Curator at York Minster, will talk about the present exhibition in the Minster Undercroft, which she has curated and which runs to December 2025. She explains that although York Minster’s Collection and Interpretation Team care for a vast and varied...

Visit to Sutton Park

7 Feb 2025

*** Fully booked *** Join us for a private tour of this charming Georgian Manor House, built in 1750 by the architect Thomas Atkinson. The historic art collection came with the Sheffield family from Normanby Hall. The most notable old master paintings and furniture...