24 March – 4 June 2023 Free admission Book here Art has the power to unite. It is transformative. It takes us to new places, and introduces us to new cultures, but most importantly, it reminds us of our humanity. We see and understand creativity as a form of expression and a way to convene, discuss and make sense …

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Special Exhibition 10 February – 4 June 2023 Tickets £6 per person Book here An exciting exhibition spotlighting famous rebels in children’s literature is currently on view at York Art Gallery in February 2023. The British Library touring exhibition features perennial favourites such as Pippi Longstocking, Jane Eyre, Matilda and Dirty Bertie. ‘Marvellous and Mischievous: Literature’s Young Rebels’ (10 February – 4 …

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Now Open Included in admission Book tickets here Treasures from the Stores showcases artworks that haven’t been on display before, or for a long time, including Andy Warhol’s ‘Marilyn Monroe’, alongside some of the most loved jewels of the collection.   York Art Gallery’s collection was established in 1882 and through gifts, bequests and …

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Sin An exhibition organised by the National Gallery, London with York Museums Trust Special Exhibition 7 October 2022 – 22 January 2023 £8 adult, Concessions available Book here Sin has permeated life since the earliest days, but the story of its relation to art has not been told before. Defined universally as a regrettable fault, offence or omission, sin is something …

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24 June – 18 September 2022 Free Entry Book tickets here Over the past two years, we have witnessed radical paradigmatic shifts in the ways that we live, communicate, work and play – as well as how we travel, socialise and experience the joys of culture.  The Aesthetica Art Prize is an annual celebration of contemporary art. The exhibition, which …

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A partnership exhibition from Two Temple Place, London Special Exhibition 24 June – 18 September 2022 Free for September A new special exhibition is now at York Art Gallery, home of the Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) for Summer 2022. Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art, curated and conceived by Dr Jareh Das in partnership with Two …

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Included in general admission Book tickets here. Explore the remarkable collection of W.A. Ismay MBE (1910-2001), the UK’s most prolific collector of post-war British studio pottery, in a new exhibition opening at York Art Gallery’s Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) this month. Ismay accumulated over 3,600 pieces by more than 500 potters between 1955 and 2001. …

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UK premiere of work by Yorkshire-based artists at York Art Gallery October 1 2021 – February 13 2022 Please note: York Art Gallery will close on the 4th January and reopen again on the 12th January. You can find out more here. Included in admission to our special exhibition ‘‘Young Gainsborough: Rediscovered Landscape Drawings’. Book tickets here The UK premiere …

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Special Exhibition 4 March – 5 June 2022 Adults £10, Concessions Available Book Tickets here This major new exhibition, in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Sheffield Museums, will explore the lives and works of an extraordinary group of writers, artists and thinkers, known as the Bloomsbury Group, who were active in England in the first half of the …

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Twenty-five newly attributed Thomas Gainsborough drawings will go on public display for the first time in this major exhibition opening at York Art Gallery this autumn.

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