Liz Denton, Museum Development Officer, will be answering your questions on the implications for Museums of the new National Curriculum on Thursday 25 September between 3-4pm.
The Art Gallery building continues to grow and change, as work progresses I have shown you images and glimpses of scaffold (lots of it!) steel work, brickwork, muddy holes, demolished floors, walls and new gallery spaces.
Martin Theodore Ward (c.1799-1874) trained to paint animals under Edwin Landseer (1802-1873) – the man widely accepted as one of the greatest animal artists in history – but more of a rake’s progress than a monarch of the glen, his artistic credibility was tightly tied to a self-destructive personality.
The well-known Birmingham based medallist Thomas Ottley struck the prize medal for the 1866 Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, as has been the case for many national and international exhibitions beforehand.
Whilst we all readily await the grand opening of the gallery next year, please do not forget that York visitors and residents can get their artistic fixes at York St Mary’s which is hosting the exhibition Finding the Value where contemporary artists explore aspects of the Madsen Collection.
Liz Denton will be answering your questions on the implications for Museums of the new National Curriculum on Thursday 25 September between 3-4pm.
It’s that time of year when everyone’s thoughts turn to cake: the art of sifting, mixing and icing in order to achieve that perfect bake.
Helen Walsh and Fiona Green will be answering your questions on Ceramics on Friday 3 October 2014 between 3-4pm BST.
Our current exhibition is called Finding the Value and links in with York Art Gallery’s major refurbishment, which could only go ahead due to Peter Madsen and his sister Karen Madsen.
Under the warming sun of a balmy summer morning we’re on safari, on a wondrous hunt for something not seen around these parts…ever
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