5 September 2016 Hans Coper’s pottery wheel, which he made himself in 1959 and used to create many of his world-renowned ceramic works, is on display at York Art Gallery in the Centre of Ceramic Art. The German-born British studio potter was one of the most influential ceramic artists of the Century. Starting his career under the …
2 August 2016 The first artwork to be created especially for York Art Gallery’s new Artists Garden will be revealed at our Artist Launch garden party. Foundation Myths is a new commission by Ordinary Architecture, an art, architecture and design practice with an international profile. The installation, produced especially for the Artists Garden, draws on the …
21 July 2016 York Art Gallery has been shortlisted for the 2016 Family Friendly Museum of the Year Award by renowned charity Kids in Museums. The only award where families pick the winners. The announcement comes after the Kids in Museums panel received compelling nomination letters from visitors to the gallery. One visitor who nominated the gallery said: “ …
7 July 2016 York Art Gallery have come runners up for the Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2016. The Victoria and Albert Museum won the £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year prize at an award ceremony last night (Wednesday July 6 2016) at the Natural History Museum, London. The Duchess of Cambridge presented the award to the V& …
28 June 2016 The Art Fund have released a photograph by the well-known British portrait and fashion photography Rankin of some of the York Art Gallery team behind its £8 million development. The gallery will find out on July 6 if it is the winner of the Art Fund Museum of the Year and the £100,000 prize at a ceremony …
27 June 2016 The first artwork to be created especially for York Art Gallery’s new Artists Garden will be revealed this August. Foundation Myths is a new commission by Ordinary Architecture, an art, architecture and design practice with an international profile. The installation, produced especially for the Artists Garden, draws on the rich history of the …
21 June 2016 A painting by a renowned artist depicting Yorkshire soldiers on the front line at the Somme will go on show for the first time later this month to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle. On Friday 24th June, York Castle Museum will open a special exhibition about the battle, focusing on Arthur Radclyffe …
13 June 2016 York residents can visit York’s Attraction of the Year, two major new exhibitions and the new Jorvik experience in York St Mary’s for free later this month as part of York Museums Trust’s new Open Weekend. York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum and the Yorkshire Museum are all free to residents …
27 May 2016 York Art Gallery has been named Visitor Attraction of the Year (Over 50,000 visitors) at the Visit York Tourism Awards. The gallery, which reopened in August last year after an £8 million development, picked up the award at the annual ceremony last night, 26 May 2016. It is the latest award the gallery has won, following three awards …
23 May 2016 The Burton Gallery at York Art Gallery will be temporarily closed until Sunday 29 May 2016 while our curators work on an exciting new rehang of some of the gallery’s most famous Old Masters. On display will be Italian Old Master paintings with a religious focus, portraiture and ‘vedute’ (views) and Dutch and Flemish Old …
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