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Curator Q&A: Peter Trippi

20 Mar 2022

This month we introduce Peter Trippi, former Director of Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, in conversation with Judith Glover, former Secretary of the Friends. Click...

Curator Q&A: Sarah Rothwell of National Museums, Scotland

3 Feb 2022

This month we introduce Sarah Rothwell, Senior Curator in Modern and Contemporary Design at the National Museums Scotland. Sarah discusses her policies, practices and influences with Judith Glover, former Secretary of the Friends. Click...

Curator Q&A: Helena Cox of Beverley Art Gallery

20 Oct 2021

In the first of a new series focussing on curators, their policies and practices, we introduce Helena Cox, of Beverley Art Gallery, in conversation  with Judith Glover, former Secretary of the Friends. Click...
The Groves Quartet

The Groves Quartet

2 Sep 2021

Artwork of the Month for September 2021 has been chosen by Peter Gibbard, former Chair of the Friends. The painting, dated 1854, is by a little-known artist, Ann Beaumont, the earliest woman artist to feature in the Gallery’s collection. The painting depicts the...

H.19 (Canticle) by John Golding

17 Aug 2021

Artwork of the Month for August 2121 is a 20th-century abstract painting from York Art Gallery’s collection. Intriguingly titled H. 19 (Canticle), the work is by the artist John Golding (1929-2012), who was also an art historian, curator, and educator. Professor...
The Lamp by Amy B Atkinson

The Lamp by Amy B Atkinson

17 Jul 2021

Peter Gibbard, former Chair of the Friends of York Art Gallery, has chosen an evocative study of the use of light as his Artwork of the Month. ‘The Lamp’ is an oil painting by a little-known woman artist, Amy Beatrice Atkinson (1859-1816),  who led an...

‘Refreshing the Weary’ by Robert Hannah

23 Jun 2021

Artwork of the Month for July 2021 is Refreshing the Weary by Robert Hannah (1812-1909).  Richard Green, Curator of York Art Gallery from 1977 to 2003, explores the fascinating details of one of the collection’s finest Victorian paintings of a modern-life subject and...

Grace England: MA student bursary report

16 Jun 2021

Each year the Friends sponsor an internship at York Art Gallery for an MA student in the History of Art, University of York, to research an aspect of the collection. The most recent bursary was awarded to  Grace England whose research adds greatly to our understanding...

Early history of York School of Design

19 May 2021

Simon Spier, a former bursary student of the Friends, has recently published research into the early history of York School of Design. Established in 1842, the school was one of the first provincial branches of the Government School of Design which was set up with the...

Portrait by Parmigianino

6 May 2021

The Portrait of a Young Man with a Book by Parmigianino is our Artwork of the Month for May 2021. The painting is a treasure of the Gallery’s collection and a significant example of the work of this great artist. It is also a personal favourite of Anne Hall, a...