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Pricing and online booking at yorkartgallery.org.uk. Discover more and buy tickets at yorkartgallery.org.uk. 13 July – 22 September 2019 EXHIBITIONS FREE TALKS – no need to book Making a Masterpiece: Bouts and Beyond (c.1450-2020) Curator’s Choice 11 October 2019 – 26 January 2020 AND EVENTS Third Wednesday of the month: 12.30pm – 1pm. Inspired by the Dieric Bouts workshop painting, Saint July – October 2019 Friends of York Art Gallery Lunchtime Talks Luke Drawing the Virgin and Child (late 15th century), this exhibition explores artists’ depictions of their work from Second Wednesday of the month: 12.30pm – 1pm. the northern Renaissance to the present day. It features Plan your visit… Visitor Experience Team Talks paintings and prints borrowed from regional and national institutions alongside our own rich collection of Dutch Every day between 2pm – 3pm (except Wednesday and Flemish art. This exhibition has been developed as a and Saturday). OPEN DAILY: 10am – 5pm HLF funded partnership with Bowes Museum and Bristol York Art Gallery York Art Gallery is approximately Museum and Art Gallery and is achieved in partnership Automaton Clock Talk and Demonstration Exhibition Square, York YO1 7EW 15 minutes walk from York Railway with the National Gallery. T: 01904 687687 Station. From the station, cross the Wednesday and Saturday: 2pm – 2.30pm. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Portrait of Nicholas Poussin, 1628-29, Oil on canvas. E: [email protected] river and walk towards York Minster. The nearest car parks are Bootham Row and Marygate, which are a five WORKSHOPS – book online minute walk from York Art Gallery. Tickets can be purchased in advance or on arrival. For pricing and to book your tickets visit yorkartgallery.org.uk. Sketchbook Circle 13 July – 15 September 2019 Wednesdays: 19 Jun, 10 Jul, 11 Sep and 16 Oct. CAFÉ SHOP 1.30pm – 3.30pm. Serving a unique blend of freshly Don’t miss a visit to our fantastic Informal drawing group for adults. prepared food and great coffee, our gallery shops selling art supplies, café gives you the perfect start or end prints, books, ceramics and to your visit. much more. Art for Wellbeing (16+ only) Sundays: 2 Jun, 7 Jul, 8 Sep and 6 Oct. ACCESS 1.30pm – 3.30pm. York Art Gallery is fully accessible to wheelchair users. A wheelchair is available to Informal practical art sessions for adults. borrow on request. Full information is provided on our website. Workshop of Dieric Bouts, Mindfulness, Drawing and Writing Course St Luke Drawing the Virgin and Child, late 15th century, Support York Museums Trust Tuesdays: 24 Sept, 1 Oct, 8 Oct, 15 Oct, 5 Nov, Oil on canvas. The Bowes Museum. 12 Nov, 19 Nov and 26 Nov. Our collections are of national and international importance, and our museums An eight week course exploring the relationship and galleries welcome thousands of visitors each year. York Museums Trust is a between mindfulness and creativity. Gillian Lowndes: At the Edge registered charity set up to care for the city’s art and heritage and develop them for future generations. Opens November 2019 Madeleine Mbida, Eight in Red, 2016 Donations, endowments and bequests of any size are welcomed – any gift WEA Life Drawing and Painting Lowndes was at the forefront of a new style of makes a difference. For more information, or to make a donation, please visit: Mondays: 20 May, 3 Jun, 10 Jun, 17 Jun and 24 Jun. contemporary ceramics from the 1970s, exploring the yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/support-the-trust/donations 1pm – 3pm. materiality of clay and recycling found objects in her

A two-session course designed to improve students’ sculptural work. York Art Gallery is part of York Museums Trust. drawing skills using a range of materials. Charity number 1092466. Information correct at time of going to print. Discover more at yorkartgallery.org.uk Photography: Giles Rocholl. Centre of Ceramic Art

Welcome to Kerry Jameson, Pinning Down Beauty, 2010. Lucie Rie, Bottle, 1958 – 1959.

Nicolas Poussin. The Triumph of Pan, 1636; Oil on canvas, 135.9 x 146cm. © The National Gallery, London. Sonia Boyce OBE RA, The Devotional Series, 1999 – ongoing. Bought with contributions from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund, 1982 Installation view from New Art Exchange, Nottingham. Children Curate the Award Winning Until March 2020 Coast to Coast Anthony Shaw’s impressive collection of art, assembled York Art Gallery over the last 45 years, is on long-term loan to Opens 27 July 2019 York Art Gallery. Anthony invited 28 Year Six children EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS Coast to Coast will take the visitor on a voyage through from Burton Green Primary School in York to become 13 July – 22 September 2019 13 July – 15 September 2019 the Gallery’s collection of coastal and maritime paintings Guest Curators and create their own exhibition using his Children Curate – from dramatic cliff edges to smooth beaches, serene collection. The children’s own imaginative artwork sits Until March 2020 See The Triumph of Pan by Nicolas Poussin as Sounds Like Her is a touring exhibition curated seas to tumultuous torrents. It will include works by alongside the items that inspired their creation. part of The National Gallery’s Masterpiece Tour by Christine Eyene and produced by New Art Abraham Van Beyeren, Eugene Isabey and Henry Moore, Michael Lyons: Ancient and Modern while also featuring public favourites such as Paul Nash’s Lucie Rie: Ceramics and Buttons 25 May 2019 – 25 May 2020 2019. Alongside this striking canvas we will be Exchange, Nottingham. It brings together six Winter Sea and Philip De Loutherbourg’s The Wreckers. showcasing a wide range of works from York Art women artists from diverse backgrounds – Until 3 November 2019 The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour 2019 Image: Henry Moore, Calm Before a Storm, 1880-83, Oil on canvas. 13 July – 22 September 2019 Gallery’s collection which demonstrate Poussin’s including Sonia Boyce OBE RA (UK), Madeleine As one of the most respected potters of the influence over artists in Britain and explore Mbida (Cameroon), and Christine Sun Kim (USA) 20th century, Dame Lucie Rie (1902-1995) was Take One Picture Greek and Roman mythological characters. – each exploring sound as a medium or subject known for her finely thrown and beautifully decorated 21 June – 25 August 2019 Michael Lyons: matter in innovative ways. functional domestic ceramics. This exhibition highlights Taking inspiration from this masterpiece, as part of the Ancient and the less well-known area of her practice, displaying Sounds Like Her National Gallery’s ‘Take One Picture’ scheme, work created hundreds of her buttons alongside many examples of 13 July – 15 September 2019 by Danesgate Community School and Osbaldwick Primary Modern the domestic wares she became celebrated for. Academy are on display in the Project Gallery. Coast to Coast 25 May 2019 Opens 27 July 2019 – 25 May 2020 The Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) highlights and Lucie Rie: Ceramics and Buttons Sculpture exhibition in Michael Lyons, Amphitrite, 1993, painted steel, celebrates our collection of British Studio Ceramics, Until 3 November 2019 the Artists Garden. 305 x 488 x 366cm. © Michael Lyons. Photo credit: Heini Schneebeli. the most representative public collection in the UK.