March – September, 2013 Stunning works of art by some of the famous early 20th century British artists at The Hepworth, Wakefield. The exhibition included paintings from the Milner-White collection at York Art Gallery by artists such as Stanley Spencer, Walter Sickert, Gwen John and John Piper.

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23 June – 31 December, 2012 This exhibition celebrated music and its harmonious and historic relationship with visual art. Using paintings and objects from York Art Gallery’s outstanding collections, it considered the role of music in abstract art, symbolism of music and representations of performance.

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11 February – 10 June, 2012 This touring exhibition showcased more than 100 works by one of the world’s most distinguished ceramic artists, and ws accompanied by a new full-colour book detailing his career and a symposium on 11 May 2012. Gordon Baldwin is a sculptural potter who has been very influential in moving ceramics towards sculptural forms and away from …

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25 June, 2011 – 22 January, 2012 This major exhibition took a fresh look at the works of York-born artist William Etty RA (1787-1849) and uncovered the reasons for his controversial reputation. It was the first comprehensive reassessment of his art for more than 50 years.

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15 October 2011 – 31 December 2012 Excitations was an exhibition of ceramics from York Museums Trust’s collections chosen by leading ceramicist Gordon Baldwin. Baldwin, born in 1932, is internationally regarded as the UK’s most distinguished living sculptural potter, who, for the last fifty years, has been producing the most radical and exciting work in clay.

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