Events

A talk by Michael Smith on John Flaxman (1755-1826), the York-born sculptor whose portrait can be seen above the entrance to the Gallery. The speaker is a PHD student in the Department of History or Art, University of York and has provided this introduction: Widely acclaimed in his lifetime but since overlooked, the York-born sculptor […]

*** Fully booked *** ‘William Morris on the Wall’ a talk by Dr Imogen Hart This talk is designed to coincide with the exhibition ‘The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co’ at York Art Gallery (27 September 2024 - 23 February 2025). Analysing Morris’s wallpaper and textiles designs alongside his lectures on decoration, this talk […]

*** Fully booked *** Dr Stuart Calder, who will conduct this evening’s event, is founding member and the wine buyer for the York Medical Society Wine Club. He has been importing wine from France, Italy, and Spain for over forty years for this enthusiastic group of wine amateurs. Our event will be an interactive tutored […]

December's Artwork of the Month talk will be given by Susannah Lyon-Whaley. Between Beauty and Empire: Rethinking Lely's Unidentified Child and Charlotte Fitzroy In the early 1670s, court artist Peter Lely painted King Charles II's young and eligible daughter, Charlotte. This talk draws attention to the other sitter in the painting - the young page […]

The National Gallery exhibition ‘Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers’ (14 September to 19 January) covers the time van Gogh spent at Arles and at the asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Less well-known is the time he spent in London, and the fact that he was an avid reader of the novels of Charles Dickens. In her talk, […]

Visit to the Mary Delaney Exhibition at Beningborough Hall Laura Turner, formerly curator at York Art Gallery, will give a conducted tour of a photographic exhibition showcasing the work of Mary Delaney (1700-88). Already an accomplished needlewoman and artist, decorating walls, ceilings and mantelpieces and cutting silhouettes of family groups, at the age of 72 […]