16 May 2017 Artist and filmmaker Susan Aldworth’s new exhibition The Dark Self was inspired by her research into sleep during a three-year residency funded by the Wellcome Trust at the University of York, working with neuroscientist Professor Miles Whittington and art historian Professor Michael White. The Dark Self explores human identity through the unconscious, subjective …
8 May 2017 York Art Gallery has been awarded a Certificate of Special Commendation at the prestigious European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) 2017. The gallery was one of only five museums to have received the Commendation out of the 46 nominees from 24 countries including Russia, Italy, Estonia and France. The gallery was the only British museum to …
5 April 2017 York Art Gallery have launched a campaign to bring home one of York artist Albert Moore’s finest works. A Revery sees the artist at the height of his powers and is considered to be Moore’s most significant work still in private hands. The painting is currently on show in the gallery as …
Doug Fishbone, SOS, 2015, installation at New Art Exchange, photo credit Bartosz Kali. 23 March 2017 Thank you to everyone who has supported our Art Happens fundraising project to bring Doug Fishbone’s Leisure Land Golf to York Art Gallery’s Artists Garden this summer. As we’ve made it to 62%, we have decided to extend our deadline …
26 January 2017 The Project Gallery’s exhibition Alive: Art Between Life and Science, will showcase its second display, Listening and Science, from Friday 27th January 2017. Alive: Art Between Life and Science combines ground-breaking medical and scientific research being undertaken at the University of York to create artwork for display at York Art Gallery. Mark Fell and …
25 January 2017 The University of York’s Artist in Residence is calling on local people to embroider their thoughts and dreams about sleep onto pillowcases to help form the centrepiece of a new exhibition. Susan Aldworth’s installation, One Thousand and One Nights, will open at York St Mary’s in June 2017 to coincide with next …
23 January 2017 YMT Card Holders are invited to join us for three special previews and events this Spring to celebrate the opening of our fantastic new exhibitions at York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum and the Yorkshire Museum. The events are as follows – York Art Gallery – Albert Moore: Of Beauty & Aesthetics 6 April 2017, 1.30pm – 4pm …
10 January 2017 York Museums Trust have appointed a fundraising manager to help the charity increase income for major projects, new exhibitions and events. Rebecca Williams, 33, joins the Trust from the Royal Armouries in Leeds where she led campaigns to raise significant funds for capital projects and programmes. Her role at the Trust will include submitting funding …
22 December 2016 Albert Moore: Of Beauty and Aesthetics 7 April 2017 – 1 October 2017 York Art Gallery presents the first monographic exhibition of York born artist Albert Joseph Moore since the memorial exhibition in 1894. Featuring more than 20 paintings and watercolours, it will highlight the beautiful and classical women for which the artist is most famous and demonstrate the modernity of …
2 December 2016 York Art Gallery has been nominated for the prestigious European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) 2017. The gallery is the only British museum on the list of 46 nominees from 24 countries. The winner will be announced on May 6 2017 at a special ceremony in Zagreb, Croatia. This is the latest of several awards York Art Gallery …
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