Opens 1 August 2020 York artist Karen Winship pays tribute to the tireless and selfless work of NHS workers in this moving exhibition of portraits created during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 11 works on show depict NHS workers from across England and Ireland painted by Karen and tell their own personal experiences of working on the front line …

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20 August – 27 September 2020 Tickets available now! Book here Featuring much-loved paintings and never seen before artworks Much-loved paintings and works on paper depicting York and the surrounding countryside will go on show in a new exhibition to mark the reopening of York Art Gallery next month. Artists such as L.S. Lowry, Letitia Marion Hamilton and …

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20 August – 27 September 2020 Tickets available now! Book here York Art Gallery invites you to choose the paintings you love and have missed the most while we’ve been closed to feature in a new exhibition this August. From Barbara Hepworth to Albert Moore, Paul Nash to Bridget Riley, Your Art Gallery – Paintings Chosen by You will …

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February 12 2011 – June 12 2011 The largest painting David Hockney has ever created went on show in York Art Gallery, for the first time outside London. Bigger Trees Near Warter or/ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photograpique 2007, measuring 12m by 4.5m, is made up of 50 smaller canvasses of a landscape near the East Yorkshire …

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A major new exhibition featuring the earliest works and “lost pots” of one of Britain’s most well known artists is coming to York next summer.

The touring exhibition, developed by the Holburne Museum in Bath, is the first to celebrate Grayson Perry’s earliest forays into the art world and will re-introduce the explosive and creative works he made between 1982 and 1994.

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The Aesthetica Art Prize returns with 18 shortlisted artists who make sense of our changing world, responding to digital identities and global constructs. March 2020 – February 2021 (Please note that to enjoy this exhibition in full, please bring your mobile device and headphones to access the video audio from the internet as we cannot provide earphones due to …

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Harland Miller on North Yorkshire  Two short films to coincide with the largest solo exhibition to date by internationally acclaimed artist Harland Miller.

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See the ground-breaking works of Gillian Lowndes (1936-2010), the most radical ceramicist of the twentieth century, in the new exhibition Gillian Lowndes: On the Edge, showcased in the Centre of Ceramic Arts (CoCA) at York Art Gallery.

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26 July 2019 – 26 February 2020 This summer, explore the coastal landscapes, crashing ocean waves and hidden mermaids in a special exhibition revealing our close relationship with the sea. Coast to Coast takes you on a voyage through the history of sea paintings from the Dutch Golden Age spanning the 17th century, through 18th century Romantic paintings with stormy …

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Seascapes rose in popularity as a subject for artists around 1790 and can include anything from oceans and beaches, to coastlines and nautical scenes. Over the centuries artists have been fascinated with telling the story of our relationship with the sea and, as an island nation, with a rich maritime history, this is especially important to our past stories.

This selection of seascapes from the collections of York Art Gallery will take you on a voyage of the history of sea paintings from the Dutch Golden Age spanning the 17th century, through 18th century Romantic paintings with stormy settings and atmospheric skies, up to the modern interpretations of the 20th century.

Discover coastlines from Venice to Dover, smooth beaches and shipwrecks, stormy seas, and tranquil waters. You can also explore under the sea where you might encounter fish, mermaids and more!

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