art in orkshire supported by Tate 2011
Welcome to orkshire England’s biggest & most colourful canvas The stunning Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire
The idea of Art in Yorkshire is a simple one - to encourage people to explore the huge variety of public art galleries across Yorkshire during 2011. This rich and exciting programme ranges from contemporary to Victorian art, and includes famous names such as Damien Hirst, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and David Hockney. The fabulous new gallery The Hepworth Wakefield also opens its doors to us this summer.
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ate has been supportive of the year from the outset. We have appreciated the collaboration on different aspects of the initiative and, most of all, we are delighted that so many works from the national collection will be coming to Yorkshire in 2011. The nineteen partners represent all aspects of city and rural life in our beautiful county. Through Art in Yorkshire – supported by Tate this is a chance to experience Yorkshire’s long and strong cultural tradition that has resulted in such a rich choice of public art galleries. This booklet gives a flavour of what’s on offer over the year and will help you plan your visits near to home and further afield. Watch out for the two seasonal leaflets giving more information about planned events; keep up to date with all that’s happening at www.yorkshire.com/artinyorkshire.
Janet Barnes Chief Executive, York Museums Trust
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Calendar of Events 12 FEB 04 MAR 04 MAR TO 12 JUNE TO 26 JUNE TO 12 JUNE
DAVID HOCKNEY: BIGGER TREES NEAR WARTER Hockney’s huge 50 panel painting depicting a scene near the Yorkshire village of Warter. North Yorkshire York Art Gallery
SHIRIN NESHAT: SOLILOQUY A rare showing of the powerful and poetic film installation shown in the unique context of YSP’s Grade-II* listed Georgian chapel. West Yorkshire Yorkshire Sculpture park
14 MAR TO 07 MAY
HENRY MOORE
GLORIOUS ENGLAND
The most comprehensive selection of Moore’s sculpture ever seen in Leeds; a fresh look at the legacy of this internationally recognised sculptor. West Yorkshire Leeds Art Gallery
The exhibition shows how 20th century artists have interpreted the English landscape. With new works by artist Keith Mountain. South Yorkshire Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
31 MAR 31 MAR 15 APRIL TO 26 JUNE TO 26 JUNE TO 04 SEPT
15 APRIL TO 04 SEPT
STRUCTURE & MATERIAL
HENRY MOORE ARTS COUNCIL COLLECTION
THE LIVES OF GREAT PHOTOGRAPHERS
DAVID SPERO: CHURCHES
Works by Claire Barclay, Becky Beasley and Karla Black, and from The Arts Council’s collection. West Yorkshire Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
21 sculptures and works on paper by Henry Moore from The Arts Council Collection. West Yorkshire Longside Gallery Project Space, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Photographs by some of the greatest pioneers of the 19th and 20th centuries, illuminating the lives they led. West Yorkshire National Media Museum
Spero’s photographs reveal unlikely places of worship and demonstrate that the divine may exist in the most unlikely places. West Yorkshire National Media Museum
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Calendar of Events 16 APRIL 16 APRIL TO 04 SEPT TO JULY
22 APRIL TO 31 JULY
FROM 21 MAY
ATKINSON GRIMSHAW: PAINTER OF MOONLIGHT
CATHERINE BERTOLA: PERSONAL TEMPEST
FINDING ADAM: JACOB EPSTEIN
MOORE & HEPWORTH IN YORKSHIRE
Pre-Raphaelite style landscapes and nocturnal urban scenes. With a response by photographer Liza Dracup. North Yorkshire Mercer Art Gallery
A newly commissioned sound installation. Catherine Bertola, explores the letters and diaries of the Brontë family. West Yorkshire Brontë Parsonage Museum
A celebration of Epstein’s alabaster sculpture Adam following its conservation and Lord Harewood’s role in its journey. West Yorkshire Harewood House
New bronze sculpture by Henry Moore in the Country Park and Barbara Hepworth on Hillside. West Yorkshire Yorkshire Sculpture Park
FROM 21 MAY
FROM 21 MAY
28 MAY TO 30 OCT
11 JUNE TO 23 OCT
BARBARA HEPWORTH
HEATHER & IVAN MORISON
ARTIST ROOMS:
Yorkshire’s major new gallery presents over 40 rarely seen plasters from the artist’s estate together with other important loans. West Yorkshire The Hepworth Wakefield
The artists create an outdoor arena for gallery visitors to gather, relax and enjoy The Hepworth Wakefield’s waterfront location. West Yorkshire The Hepworth Wakefield
CORNELIA PARKER: THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER Over one thousand silver objects that Parker has flattened by steam roller into thirty disks which hover above the ground. North Yorkshire York St Mary’s
FRANCESCA WOODMAN 18 rare vintage black & white photographs by the American artist Francesca Woodman, who died aged 22. East Yorkshire Ferens Art Gallery
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Calendar of Events 22 JUNE FROM TO 04 SEPT 25 JUNE
25 JUNE TO 18 SEPT
05 JULY TO 30 JULY
JOHN MARTIN
WILLIAM ETTY: ART AND CONTROVERSY
DAVID HOCKNEY: BIGGER TREES NEAR WARTER
GENTLEMEN OF BRADFORD
The exhibition shows Etty’s passion for colour and fascination with the human body. North Yorkshire York Art Gallery
Hockney’s huge 50 panel painting depicting a scene near the Yorkshire village of Warter. East Yorkshire Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Paul Floyd Blake works with young Asian men in a ‘mash-up’ exhibition about fashion, style and identity. West Yorkshire Impressions Gallery
09 JULY 15 JULY TO 04 SEPT TO 30 OCT
03 SEPT TO 31 OCT
17 SEPT TO 12 NOV
HERBERT READ: YORKSHIRE MODERN
ARTIST ROOMS: DAMIEN HIRST
EMBLEM OF MY WORK
FIELDS OF CONTENTION
The exhibition celebrates Read’s enduring influence on culture and the arts through the 20th century artists that he championed. North Yorkshire Ryedale Folk Museum
The exhibition explores timeless themes of birth, illness, death and religion through examples of photography, painting, installation and sculpture. West Yorkshire Leeds Art Gallery
A major exhibition by this once popular nineteenth century figure, known for dramatic scenes of destruction and catastrophe. South Yorkshire Museums Sheffield: Millennium Gallery
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169 artists and writers have recreated the spirit of chance in Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy, evoking the author’s unique marbled page 169, in Volume III. North Yorkshire Shandy Hall
A generation of artists interested in minimalism and construction. With a new commission by artist Sarah Staton. West Yorkshire Huddersfield Art Gallery
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Calendar of Events FROM 01 OCT
FROM 06 OCT
FROM 15 OCT
DAVID HOCKNEY: BIGGER TREES NEAR WARTER
IAN BREAKWELL: THE OTHER SIDE
THE ART OF ADVERTISING
Elderly couples ballroom dance to the rhythm of a Schubert nocturne, overlaid by the sounds of waves and seagulls. South Yorkshire Museums Sheffield: Millennium Gallery
Posters and Paintings by Royal Academy Artists, 1924. Posters designed for the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company. North Yorkshire National Railway Museum
Hockney’s huge 50 panel painting depicting a scene near the Yorkshire village of Warter. West Yorkshire Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
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Calendar of Events image credits: Page 4 top left to right: David Hockney Bigger Trees Near Warter or/ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel. Age Post-Photographique”, 2007 Oil on 50 Canvases 36 x 48” each, 180 x 480” overall © David Hockney Collection: Tate Gallery, London, England, photo credit: Richard Schmidt. Shirin Neshat Solioquy Series, 1999, Gelatin Silver print © Shirin Neshat, courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York. Henry Moore Reclining Figure 1929. Leeds Museums & Galleries, reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation. Prunella Clough Enclosed landscape, courtesy Trustees of the Cooper Gallery. Page 4 bottom left to right: Claire Barclay Quick Slow 2010 Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre London © The Artist. Henry Moore Stringed Figure 1938 Brass and string Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © The Henry Moore Foundation. William Henry Fox Talbot The Ladder 1844. Courtesy National Media Museum. David Spero Wall of Praise Christian Centre, Peckham © David Spero. Page 5 top left to right: Atkinson Grimshaw Ye Ladye Bountifulle 1884 Private Collection. Catherine Bertola Flights of fancy (Manchester 1900) 2005 Lambda Print Triptych, courtesy of the artist, Workplace Gallery & Galerie M+R Fricke. Jacob Epstein Adam 1938-9 © The Earl & Countess of Harewood and Trustees of The Harewood House Trust. Barbara Hepworth Squares with Two circles 1963. Loan courtesy of Tate collection Photo Jonty Wilde. Page 5 bottom left to right: Barbara Hepworth Pierced hemisphere 1937 © Bowness, Hepworth Estate. Photo Norman Taylor. The Hepworth Wakefield. Photo Jonty Wilde. Cornelia Parker Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988-9 © Tate, London 2011. Francesca Woodman Space2, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1978, 14 x 14cm, courtesy of George and Betty Woodman. ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Acquired jointly through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and The Art Fund 2008. Page 5 top left to right: John Martin Sodom & Gomorrah Courtesy of Tyne Wear Archives & Museums. William Etty Venus and Cupid 1835 © York Museums Trust (York Art Gallery). David Hockney Bigger Trees Near Warter. Paul Floyd Blake Anti Nazi League Demo, Halifax © Paul Floyd Blake. Page 6 bottom left to right: Herbert Read at Stonegrave © Ben Read. Damien Hirst Away from the Flock 1994, Mixed media, 980 x 1540 x 525 mm. ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Acquired jointly through The d’Ofay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund, 2008 © Damien Hirst. Sterne in his Study (detail) by Martin Rowson, Pen and Ink © Martin Rowson and Laurence Sterne Trust. Photograph of visitors to Tate viewing Carl Andre’s sculpture, ‘Equivalent VIII’ Carl Andre, Equivalent VIII © Tate, London, 2010 © Carl Andre. DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2011. Page 7 left to right: David Hockney Bigger Trees Near Warter. Ian Breakwell The Other Side 2002, Video, duration 14 minutes, Installation © Tate, London 2010. William Orpen The Night Mail Courtesy the National Railway Museum.
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David Hockney’s most ambitious painting to date, Bigger Trees near Warter will be on show in Yorkshire throughout 2011. First exhibited at the Royal Academy in 2007 and presented to Tate, it is the first time that this painting will be on display in the UK outside London. It launches the Art in Yorkshire – supported by Tate year at York Art Gallery in February before touring to the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull and Cartwright Hall, Bradford.
Above: Photograph of David Hockney by Jean Pierre Goncalves de Lima © David Hockney Right: David Hockney Bigger Trees Near Warter or/ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photographique”, 2007 Oil on 50 Canvases 36 x 48” each, 180 x 480” overall © David Hockney Collection: Tate Gallery, London, England, photo credit: Richard Schmidt
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To create this remarkable, fifty panel painting, Hockney used a combination of traditional techniques and new technology. Measuring twelve metres in length and four in height, it took six weeks to complete. Each individual canvas was painted en plein air (in the open air), a method used by the French Impressionists and their followers. Digital technology helped Hockney meet the challenge of making such a huge piece of work. As each canvas was painted, his assistant photographed each stage, to create a computer mosaic of the whole, allowing him to view the overall painting. The East Yorkshire landscape in all its seasons has inspired this Bradford born artist for the last seven years – an area he knew well as a boy. This evocative
view near the village of Warter, captures the landscape just before the arrival of Spring and before the trees have come into leaf.
The Painting had to be done in one go. Once I started, I had to carry on until it was finished. The deadline wasn’t the Royal Academy. The deadline was the arrival of Spring which changes things. David Hockney
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ContemporaryiArti in Yorkshirei Universal themes are explored by major contemporary artists in exhibitions at Leeds, Sheffield and York. Their playful, mysterious and sometimes provocative ideas stay in the mind.
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Damien Hirst explores the timeless themes of birth, illness, death and religion through photography, painting, installation and sculpture. The exhibition, which comes to Leeds Art Gallery in July is part of ARTIST ROOMS, a new collection of modern art gifted to Tate and National Galleries of Scotland by the art collector and curator Anthony d’Offay.
Cornelia Parker’s evocative installation Thirty Pieces of Silver comprises over 1000 objects. Once spoons, candlesticks or teapots - now flattened into thirty disks, they hover above the ground. The biblical reference to betrayal is made all the more poignant by the deconsecrated medieval church interior of York St Mary’s. On display from 28 May.
ARTIST ROOMS On Tour is an inspired partnership with the Art Fund - the fundraising charity for works of art, and the Scottish ON TOUR WITH THE Government, making available the ARTIST ROOMS collection of international contemporary art to galleries throughout the UK. ARTIST ROOMS is jointly owned by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland and was established through The d’Offay Donation in 2008, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments.
Museums Sheffield: Millennium Gallery shows Ian Breakwell’s The Other Side in October. Filmed on the balcony of the 1930s De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhillon-Sea, elderly couples ballroom dance to the slowed down rhythm of a Schubert nocturne, overlaid by the haunting sounds of waves and seagulls.
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Clockwise from top left: Cornelia Parker Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988-9 © Tate, London, 2011. Ian Breakwell The Other Side 2002, Video, duration 14 minutes, Installation © Tate, London 2010. Damien Hirst Away from the Flock 1994 Steel, glass, formaldehyde solution and lamb, 960 x 1490 x 510 mm, ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Acquired jointly through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund, 2008 © Damien Hirst and Hirst Holdings Ltd, DACS 2011.
Silver is commemorative, the objects are landmarks of people’s lives. Cornelia Parker
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ContemporaryiArti in Yorkshirei Contemporary art is at its most international in West Yorkshire this spring, with powerful exhibitions of film, installation and sculpture at The Chapel, and Longside Gallery in Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and a public art project to mark the much anticipated opening of The Hepworth Wakefield in May. The Iranian artist Shirin Neshat now lives in exile in the USA and her work reflects the dislocation she feels between her adopted home and the place of her birth. In Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s atmospheric Chapel, her 17 minute film Soliloquy follows the artist as she roams between two different cities, one western, one eastern, exploring the two sides of her identity. At Longside Gallery, Structure and Material, an Arts Council Collection exhibition focuses on the ways three artists, Claire Barclay, Becky Beasley and Karla Black have co-opted familiar and unlikely sculptural materials to create new, evocative and sometimes fragile forms. The exhibition features examples from the Arts Council Collection and new works.
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Heather and Ivan Morison are designing a site-specific work to mark the launch of The Hepworth Wakefield. It will take the form of an outdoor arena for people to gather, relax, entertain and enjoy the waterfront location. The Morisons create powerful and sensory works that explore architecture and the notion of escape and refuge, making art as an active engagement with materials, histories, sites and processes.
I can never call any place home. I will forever be in a state of in between. Shirin Neshat
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Clockwise from top: Shirin Neshat Solioquy Series, 1999, Gelatin Silver print © Shirin Neshat, courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York. Karla Black Unused To, 2007, mixed media, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist. Becky Beasley Infirme, 2004–6, black & white gloss fibre-based gelatine silver print, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre. London © the artist.
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Sculpturei in Yorkshirei
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The renowned sculpture of Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore is celebrated in West Yorkshire this year with major exhibitions in Wakefield and Leeds, offering a unique opportunity to explore the range of their work in gallery and landscape settings. The work of a master of Modern British Art, Jacob Epstein is shown at Harewood House. The Henry Moore exhibition comes to Leeds Art Gallery in March and Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture will be at the centre of the collection displays at The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire’s major new gallery opening this May. The gallery will present a gift of over 40 rarely exhibited original plasters from the artist’s estate as well as significant loans from Tate. Both artists were passionate about landscape and the open air: their sculpture can also be seen at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, with Henry Moore in the Country Park, The Arts Council Collection’s holdings of Moore in Longside Gallery’s Project Space and Barbara Hepworth on Hillside. Moore and Hepworth were pioneers of 20th century modern art. Born five years apart and living a matter of miles from each other in Castleford and Wakefield, both were conscious of how their Yorkshire roots informed their work. While Moore often made powerful sculptures drawn from the human figure, Hepworth created abstract compositions of great clarity and beauty. Art in Yorkshire Artists
Finding Adam at Harewood House celebrates a master of modern British sculpture, Sir Jacob Epstein. The sculpture Adam returns home to Harewood after conservation and this is celebrated in a major exhibition about the making of the sculpture. It reveals for the first time Lord Harewood’s role in the life and times of this heroic alabaster carving and its journey from Blackpool sideshow to national acclaim.
All my early memories are of forms and shapes and textures. Moving through and over the West Riding landscape with my father in his car, the hills were sculptures; the roads defined the form. Barbara Hepworth
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Clockwise from top left: Henry Moore Large Totem Head, 1968, Bronze, loan courtesy Tate collection, photo: Jonty Wilde. Jacob Epstein Adam 1938-9 © The Earl & Countess of Harewood and Trustees of The Harewood House Trust. Henry Moore Shelter Scene – Two Seated Figures 1941, Indian ink, watercolour, chalk & wax crayon, Leeds Museums & Galleries, reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation. Barbara Hepworth Two Forms with White (Greek), 1963, The Hepworth Estate © Bowness, Hepworth Estate, photo: Jonty Wilde.
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Photographyi in Yorkshirei
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The National Media Museum, The Ferens Gallery and Impressions Gallery present a range of exhibitions, from the photographic pioneers of the last 180 years, solo exhibitions by two exceptional photographers to a vibrant project with young Bradfordians, inspired by fashion and contemporary style. At the National Media Museum The Lives of the Great Photographers includes photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron and Weegee. It highlights some of the most famous and memorable images ever produced, and illuminates the extraordinary lives the photographers led. Also at the National Media Museum David Spero presents photographs of houses, commercial properties and shopping parades that have been adopted as places of worship. His photographs show the importance of the sense of community offered by religious belief and demonstrate that the divine may exist in the most unlikely places. Inspired by photographer Daniele Tamagni, and his flamboyantly clothed Gentlemen of Bacongo, young Asian men have been working with Paul Floyd Blake at Impressions Gallery to produce Gentlemen of Bradford, their own ‘mash-up’ exhibition revealing their feelings about fashion, style and identity.
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The work of the American photographer Francesca Woodman is shown at the Ferens Art Gallery. Her small yet powerful silver gelatin prints have gained a cult following since her death, aged 22. 18 works now form part of ARTIST ROOMS, a new collection of modern art gifted to Tate and National Galleries of Scotland by the art collector and curator Anthony d’Offay. ARTIST ROOMS On Tour is an inspired partnership with the Art Fund - the fundraising charity for works of art, and the Scottish Government, making available ON TOUR WITH THE the ARTIST ROOMS collection of international contemporary art to galleries throughout the UK. ARTIST ROOMS is jointly owned by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland and was established through The d’Offay Donation in 2008, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments.
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Photography has the ability to stop time and allow us to step out of the chaos of life to contemplate and reflect on who we are. Paul Floyd Blake
Clockwise from top left: Francesca Woodman Space2, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1978, courtesy of George and Betty Woodman. ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Acquired jointly through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund, 2008 Daniele Tamagni Samba La Mairie with Fashion Trophy © Daniele Tamagni from the series Gentlemen of Bacongo. David Spero Assembly of God Church ‘Jesus Saves’, Paddington 2005 © David Spero. Photographer unknown Lewis Hine photographing children in a slum, c. 1910, courtesy National Media Museum.
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Artists andiWritersi in Yorkshirei Artists in three evocative exhibitions at Haworth, West Yorkshire, Coxwold and Hutton-le-Hole, North Yorkshire unlock the lives and imaginations of some major figures of English literature and the artists who have lived in Yorkshire. The Brontës’ home, Haworth Parsonage is visited by thousands of people, eager to experience the story of their lives. But is everything really as it seems? In Personal Tempest, the artist Catherine Bertola uses scientific methods to look beyond surface appearances to touch their past, revealing the sounds of the house and the letters they wrote. Laurence Sterne’s novel, Tristram Shandy has entertained readers since the 18th century. In Volume III, page 169 is made of marbled paper – hand-produced, so unique to each volume. This ‘motly emblem’ represents the spirit of chance in Tristram Shandy that is central to this exhibition. At Shandy Hall, Sterne’s home in North Yorkshire, 169 contemporary artists and writers create their own Emblem of My Work but who has made which one?
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Poet, critic, military hero and pacifist, thinker, philosopher and son of Ryedale - Herbert Read used his gifts as a writer to communicate the power of modern art to others. Yorkshire Modern at Ryedale Folk Museum celebrates his enduring influence on culture through the 20th century artists he championed.
I want to make a work that breathes life into the static rooms of the museum, and reinstates a sense of the sisters’ creativity that once filled the air of this house. Catherine Bertola
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Clockwise from left: Patrick Heron portrait of Herbert Read: 1950, Oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, given by Dame Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, 1968 © Estate of Patrick Heron, all rights reserved DACS 2011. Herbert Read at Stonegrave, © Ben Read. Sterne in his Study by Martin Rowson, Pen and Ink © Martin Rowson and Laurence Sterne Trust.
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Experiment andi Tradition in Yorkshire Exhibitions in York, Barnsley and Huddersfield reveal how 20th century artists contributed to new ideas that continue to be important to today’s generation of artists. In 1924 the London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company took on the emerging specialism of graphic design, asking: can fine artists create successful posters? By commissioning paintings from Royal Academy artists and reproducing them as posters they aimed to show “all that is good in British Art”. Many of the original paintings and posters can be seen alongside other works by the artists, in The Art of Advertising: Posters & Paintings by Royal Academy Artists in the National Railway Museum’s new gallery. In Barnsley, Glorious England presents the changing nature of our landscape, interpreted by important 20th century figures such as Vanessa Bell, WR Sickert, Paul Nash and Prunella Clough. The exhibition includes new work by Yorkshire artist Keith Mountain.
Fields of Contention revisits two controversies separated by 18 years around the purchase of Henry Moore’s Falling Warrior at Huddersfield in 1958 and Carl Andre’s infamous ‘Bricks’ (Equivalent VIII) at Tate in 1976, sparking a public and media controversy that still resonates today. This Huddersfield exhibition includes these and other works from a generation of artists interested in construction and minimalism, together with a commission from contemporary artist Sara Staton, whose art builds on the legacy of this generation.
These bricks have really brought the public in. They can’t make head or tail of them. Nothing has attracted as much attention as they have. Tate Gallery assistant, 1976
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Clockwise from top left: Richard Jack British Industries Steel (1924), Poster, Courtesy National Railway Museum. Prunella Clough Enclosed landscape, Courtesy Trustees of the Cooper Gallery. Photograph of visitors to Tate viewing Carl Andre’s sculpture, ‘Equivalent VIII’ Carl Andre, Equivalent VIII © Tate, London, 2011 © Carl Andre. DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2011.
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Victorian Paintersi in Yorkshirei Famous in their own time but less well known today, the paintings of William Etty, Atkinson Grimshaw and John Martin feature in exhibitions at York, Harrogate and Sheffield that shed new light on their lives and their art. From early years in obscurity, York born William Etty finally won national recognition in the 1820s. His passion for the Old Masters gave him a life-long love of sumptuously coloured scenes from history and a fascination with the human body. Praised for his ideas but condemned for showing “nakedness without purity”, how will we judge him today? See the exhibition in York. Atkinson Grimshaw is still admired for his atmospheric effects of moonlight and Autumn melancholy, but these finely crafted paintings also reveal the new life of the city. Born in Leeds, he left a good job with the railway to become one of the most successful artists of his generation. See the exhibition in Harrogate.
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John Martin’s spectacular, apocalyptic scenes once travelled the country, thrilling audiences with their epic scale. From humble beginnings as a glass painter, his fans included the Brontës and Dickens. Shunned by the artistic establishment of the day, Martin’s imagination influenced early cinema and connects us to culture today. See the exhibition in Sheffield and participate in the Great British Art Debate. The Great British Art Debate is a partnership project between Tate Britain, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service and Museums Sheffield. It is supported by The National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, and by the MLA’s Renaissance programme.
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Clockwise from top left: John Martin The Bard, Courtesy Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. William Etty Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed Š Tate, London, 2011. Atkinson Grimshaw Tree Shadows on the Park Wall, 1893, Private collection.
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Church Street, Haworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD22 8DR Tel: 01535 642323 www.bronte.info
Lister Park, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD9 4NS Tel: 01274 431212 www.bradfordmuseums.org
Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2AH Tel: 01226 242905 www.barnsleylive.co.uk
About Us The museum is housed in the former home of the Brontë family and the house where they wrote their famous novels. The contemporary arts programme showcases new responses to the Brontës and the Parsonage Museum’s collection from writers and artists working today. Catherine Bertola: Personal Tempest 16 April – July 2011 10am – 5.30pm Last admission 5pm Getting Here Haworth is eight miles west of Bradford and three miles south of Keighley. There are several large car parks in Haworth. Regular bus services run from Bradford Interchange and Keighley Bus Station to Haworth: contact Metroline Tel: 0113 2457676 or www.wymetro.com.
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About Us Cartwright Hall is Bradford’s civic art gallery and offers an exciting programme of contemporary exhibitions, with four permanent galleries displaying works from the art collections. The collections consist mainly of 19th and 20th century British art, with strong examples of international contemporary prints and contemporary South Asian art and crafts. David Hockney: Bigger Trees Near Warter 01 October 2011 – January 2012 For opening times please go to www.bradfordmuseums.org or call 01274 431212 Closed: Mondays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day Getting Here Cartwright Hall Art Gallery is in the middle of Lister Park, one and a half miles from the City Centre on the A650 Manningham Lane. Limited parking in Lister Park, accessible from North Park Road (off Oak Lane). Lister Park is served by many city centre bus services and is a ten minute uphill walk from Frizinghall railway station.
About Us The Cooper Gallery shows a lively programme of temporary exhibitions and works of art from its collection of mainly 19th and 20th century British and Continental paintings. The collection and building are managed by Barnsley MBC through an agreement with the Trustees. Glorious England 14 March – 07 May 2011 Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm Saturday 10am – 3pm Closed Sunday Getting Here Situated on Church Street on the Huddersfield Road side of Barnsley town centre, close to the Town Hall.
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5 Harewood House
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Queen Victoria Square, Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire HU1 3RA Tel: 01482 613902 www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums
Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds LS17 9LG Tel: 0113 218 1010 www.harewood.org
Gallery Walk, Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 5AW Tel: 01924 247360 www.hepworthwakefield.org
About Us The Ferens Art Gallery combines internationally renowned permanent collections with a thriving programme of temporary exhibitions. The first-class permanent collection of paintings and sculpture spans the medieval period to the present day. Highlights include masterpieces by Frans Hals, Antonio Canaletto, Stanley Spencer, David Hockney, Helen Chadwick and Gillian Wearing.
About Us Edwin Lascelles (1713-1795) commissioned the building of Harewood House in the mid-18th century. It has been home to the Lascelles family ever since, reflecting the changing tastes and styles of the past 250 years. The 7th Earl, cousin to the Queen, and Countess still live here, and their collection of 20th century art sits alongside the purchases and commissions of previous generations.
ARTIST ROOMS: Francesca Woodman 11 June – 23 October 2011 David Hockney: Bigger Trees Near Warter 25 June – 18 September 2011 Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm Sundays 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Jacob Epstein: Finding Adam 22 April – 31 July 2011 State Floor 12 noon – 4pm daily Below Stairs & Terrace Gallery 10.30am – 4pm daily Gardens 10am – 6pm daily
Getting Here In the centre of Hull in Queen Victoria Square. It is near the Maritime Museum and City Hall. Hull is 60 miles from Leeds and is easily accessible via the M62, and the A63.
Getting Here The village of Harewood is centrally placed in Yorkshire at the junction of the A61/A659 on the Leeds/Harrogate road. 7 miles from Leeds and Harrogate on the A61, and 5 miles from Wetherby and the A1.
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About Us Opening 21 May 2011 this stunning building, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, will show a unique collection of sculptures by Barbara Hepworth – one of the most important sculptors of the 20th Century who was born and grew up in Wakefield. The Hepworth Wakefield will be the largest purpose-built exhibition space outside London and will bring together Wakefield’s art collection and exhibitions by major contemporary artists. Heather and Ivan Morison: Artist Commission From 21 May 2011 – May 2012 Barbara Hepworth Displays 21 May 2011 – May 2012 Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 5pm Closed Mondays, except Bank Holidays Getting Here Situated in Wakefield town centre, The Hepworth Wakefield is 12 miles south of Leeds, just off the A61, one mile from Wakefield Kirkgate railway station. IMAGE: Mark Hemmingway Photography
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Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 2SU Tel: 01484 221964 www.kirklees.gov.uk/art
Centenary Square, Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 1SD Tel: 01274 737843 www.impressions-gallery.com
The Headrow, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 3AA Tel: 0113 247 8256 www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery
About Us Huddersfield Art Gallery was established in 1893 and has been in the current building shared with the library since 1940. Alongside a collection of chiefly British art of the past two hundred years, the gallery has a full programme of exhibitions, events and educational activities throughout the year.
About Us Impressions Gallery is one of the UK’s leading independent venues for photography.
Fields of Contention 17 September – 12 November 2011 Monday – Friday 10am – 5pm Saturday 10am – 4pm Closed Sunday Getting Here Huddersfield Art Gallery is located on the second floor of the Library and Art Gallery building in the city centre. It is a 10 minute walk from the train station and 5 minutes from the bus station. Parking is available in city centre car parks and on street parking.
Impressions has a particular interest in nurturing and supporting the work and career development of new emerging artists. Exhibitions tour both nationally and internationally, and publications are regularly produced to complement and extend the exhibitions. The gallery also runs a varied and diverse education and events programme. Gentleman of Bradford 05 – 30 July 2011 Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 11am – 6pm Thursday 11am – 8pm Saturday 12 noon – 5pm Getting Here Centenary Square is two miles from the motorway network. From the M62, take junction 26, joining the M606, which will bring you to Bradford. Then follow directions to the city centre where brown heritage signs will direct you to City Hall.
About Us Leeds Art Gallery is a great place for all ages. It houses a world class collection of 20th century British art and offers exciting temporary exhibitions, displays, learning programmes, events and activities. Explore the wonderful collections and exhibitions, take part in our family friendly events, or relax over lunch in the Tiled Hall Cafe. Henry Moore 04 March – 12 June 2011 ARTIST ROOMS: Damien Hirst 15 July – 30 October 2011 Monday & Tuesday 10am – 5pm Wednesday 12 noon – 5pm Thursday – Saturday 10am – 5pm Sunday 1pm – 5pm Closed Bank Holidays Getting Here Leeds Art Gallery is located in the heart of Leeds on The Headrow, near the Town Hall and Central Library buildings. The gallery is a short walk from the train station.
IMAGE: © Colin Davison / Impressions Gallery
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14 Longside Gallery
9 Mercer Art Gallery
10 Museums Sheffield: Millennium Gallery
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire, WF4 4LG Tel: 01924 830900 www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk
Swan Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 2SA Tel: 01423 556188 www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums
Arundel Gate, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 2PP Tel: 0114 278 2600 www.museums-sheffield.org.uk
About Us We boast panoramic views of Yorkshire Sculpture Park through our wall of windows. Longside Gallery is shared by the Arts Council Collection and Yorkshire Sculpture Park for an alternating programme of exhibitions.
About Us Housed in Harrogate’s elegant former promenade rooms, the Mercer is home to the district’s collection of fine art and the venue for a rich diversity of exhibitions, especially renowned for historic art exhibitions.
Structure and Material: Claire Barclay, Becky Beasley, Karla Black 31 March – 26 June 2011 Henry Moore from the Arts Council Collection 31 March – 26 June 2011 11am – 4pm daily
The gallery celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2011 with a major refurbishment.
Getting Here By road: One mile from M1, junction 38. Follow the brown heritage signs on the A637 to Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Car and coach parking available. By rail: Wakefield Westgate, approx 2 hrs 20 mins from London Kings Cross. Taxis are available at the station, or take the bus from Wakefield. By bus: a regular free shuttle bus service is in operation between the YSP Centre car park and Longside Gallery during exhibition periods.
Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of Moonlight 16 April – 04 September 2011 Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm Sunday 2pm – 5pm Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays Getting Here The gallery is situated in the town centre, 10 minutes walk from rail and bus stations, 3 hours free disc parking nearby. IMAGE: Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate Borough Council
About Us The Millennium Gallery is one of modern Sheffield’s landmark public spaces. As well as being home to the city’s unique Ruskin and metalwork collections, Millennium Gallery hosts some of the finest touring exhibitions in the country, from partners including the V&A, Tate and National Portrait Gallery. John Martin 22 June – 04 September 2011 Ian Breakwell: The Other Side 06 October 2011 – 02 January 2012 Open Monday - Saturday 8am - 5pm (exhibitions open 10am) Sunday 11am - 5pm Getting Here The Millennium Gallery is situated in the centre of Sheffield on Arundel Gate, opposite Sheffield Hallam University and next to the Novotel. By Road: From the M1 leave at junction 33 and take the A57 to Sheffield. Follow signs for the city centre and the theatres. By Rail: 5-10 minutes walk from the railway station. Parking: there is plenty of car parking across the city. The closest is the NCP car park at the Crucible Theatre. IMAGE: Adrian Richardson, courtesy of Museums Sheffield
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2 National Media Museum
11 National Railway Museum
12 Ryedale Folk Museum
Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 1NQ Tel: 0844 856 3797 www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk
Leeman Road, York, North Yorkshire YO26 4XJ Tel: 08448 153139 www.nrm.org.uk
Hutton le Hole, York, North Yorkshire YO62 6UA Tel: 01751 417367 www.ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk
About Us This is the place for anyone with a passion for media. The museum is home to seven floors of interactive galleries, three cinemas, including Yorkshire’s only IMAX cinema, plus two exhibition spaces dedicated to showing culturally significant and captivating photography exhibitions. All of this is supported by a packed programme of great films, festivals, events and talks.
About Us For a fantastic day out visit the award winning National Railway Museum. Explore giant halls full of trains and railway legends including the majestic Duchess of Hamilton, the iconic Japanese Bullet Train, a stunning collection of Royal Trains and the towering Chinese locomotive. The museum launches a new contemporary art gallery space in Summer 2011 featuring ongoing temporary exhibitions.
About Us Yorkshire’s leading open air museum presents 13 historic buildings showing the lives of ordinary folk from earliest times to the present day. The Museum lies in the heart of the North York Moors. Set in 3 acres, there are rescued and reconstructed historic buildings including, shops, thatched cruck cottages, Elizabethan manor house, barns and workshops. The museum records the daily life of North Yorkshire people from the earliest inhabitants to 1953. The Gallery has a new public visual arts space for North Yorkshire, displaying contemporary art and craft in a rural context.
The Lives of Great Photographers 15 April – 04 September 2011 David Spero: Churches 15 April – 04 September 2011 Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 6pm Open Mondays during school and Bank Holidays. Getting Here By public transport: the Museum is just a five minute walk from Bradford Interchange. Forster Square station is only a fifteen minute walk away. By road: the Museum is two miles from the motorway network. From the M62, take junction 26 and follow directions to the city centre where brown tourism signs will direct you to the Museum. IMAGE: © National Media Museum
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The Art of Advertising: Posters and Paintings from the Royal Academy, 1924 15 October 2011 – 28 January 2012 Open daily 10am – 6pm Closed 24, 25 & 26 December Getting Here The Museum is only a few minutes’ walk from York station and the route is signposted: By bus: the Rawcliffe Park & Ride bus picks up and drops off just outside the Museum. First Group Park and Ride By car: the Museum is clearly signposted from all approaches to the city. Our visitor car park is on Leeman Road with a free disabled car park at our City entrance.
Herbert Read: Yorkshire Modern 09 July – 04 September 2011 Daily 10am – 5.30pm Getting There Ryedale Folk Museum is situated in the picturesque village of Hutton le Hole, 2 miles from Kirkbymoorside, off the A170 Thirsk – Scarborough east coast road.
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11 York St Mary’s
Exhibition Square, York, North Yorkshire YO1 7EW Tel: 01904 687687 www.yorkartgallery.org.uk
Castlegate, York, North Yorkshire YO1 9RN Tel: 01904 687687 www.yorkstmarys.org.uk
About Us We combine fine paintings and ceramics with exhibitions, events and outreach work. Explore paintings and ceramics in five galleries over two floors. David Hockney: Bigger Trees Near Warter 12 February – 12 June 2011 Willian Etty: Art and Controversy 25 June 2011 – 22 January 2012 Open daily 10am – 5pm
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Getting Here Just five minutes from York Minster in Exhibition Square. It is approximately 15 minutes walk from York Railway Station.
13 Shandy Hall Coxwold, York, North Yorkshire YO61 4AD Tel: 01347 868465 www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk
About Us York St Mary’s is a beautiful medieval church which opened as a contemporary visual art venue in 2004. Artists create site-specific installations within this unique space. Cornelia Parker: Thirty Pieces of Silver 28 May – 30 October 2011 Open daily 10am – 4pm Getting Here York St Mary’s is in the centre of York, next to the Coppergate Shopping Centre. It is 20 minutes walk from York Railway Station. The nearest car park is the Castle car park, next to Clifford’s Tower. About Us The gallery is in the grounds of Shandy Hall the Grade 1 listed building where Laurence Sterne lived and worked. Emblem of My Work 03 September – 31 October 2011 Daily 11am – 4pm, except Saturdays Getting Here By car: 4 miles off the A19 between York & Thirsk. Near to Kilburn, the White Horse, and 8 miles from Helmsley.
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14 Yorkshire Sculpture Park West Bretton, Wakefield West Yorkshire, WF4 4LG Tel: 01924 832631 www.ysp.co.uk About Us Explore open-air displays by some of the world’s finest artists, enjoy fascinating exhibitions throughout four stunning galleries, be inspired by the natural beauty of an historic estate, and get involved in a dynamic line up of activities. Shirin Neshat: Soliloquy 04 March – 26 June 2011 Moore and Hepworth in Yorkshire From 21 May 2011 To 26 March: Grounds, YSP Centre & Shop 10am – 5pm Galleries & Restaurant 10am – 4pm 27 March - 30 October Grounds & YSP Centre 10am – 6pm Galleries, Shop & Restaurant 10am – 5pm Getting Here One mile from M1, junction 38. Follow the brown heritage signs on the A637 to Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Car and coach parking available. By rail: Wakefield Westgate, approx 2 hrs 20 mins from London Kings Cross. Taxis are available at the station, or take the bus from Wakefield.
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Getting Herei Whichever part of Britain you’re coming from, getting to Yorkshire by rail, road or air couldn’t be easier – and the journey takes you through some of our most stunning scenery on the way. YORKSHIRE BY RAIL
PARTICIPATING GALLERIES & MUSEUMS
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Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth
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Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford
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Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
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Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
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Harewood House, Leeds
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Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
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The Hepworth Wakefield
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Huddersfield Art Gallery
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Impressions Gallery, Bradford
You can get to Yorkshire by high-speed train from London or Edinburgh in less than two hours. The Midlands is even nearer to Yorkshire’s cities, and trans-Pennine services offer direct links from the North West and North East.
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Leeds Art Gallery
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National Media Museum, Bradford
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And you can explore Yorkshire’s hills, moors and valleys on some of Britain’s best loved and most spectacular leisure trains, with lovingly preserved vintage rolling stock and historic steam locomotives. Discover more about these super train trips at www.yorkshire.com/railways
National Railway Museum, York
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Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton Le Hole
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Shandy Hall, Coxwold
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York Art Gallery
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YORKSHIRE BY ROAD Britain’s biggest and fastest highways cross Yorkshire from north to south and east to west, making getting here with your own car or by coach very simple indeed. The A1 and M1 connect from the north and south, while the M6 and M62 link Yorkshire with the Midlands and the North West and the M18/M180 gives easy access to the coast and countryside of northern Lincolnshire.
Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
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Museums Sheffield: Millennium Gallery
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York St Mary’s
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
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Arts Council Collection
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Art in Yorkshire is a York Museums Trust initiative. We would like to thank Caroline Krzesinska, Project Curator and the organisations and partner galleries above, all who have made this celebration of the visual arts in Yorkshire possible:
YORKSHIRE BY AIR AND SEA Leeds-Bradford International Airport has flights from Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Exeter, Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Isle of Man, London Gatwick, Manchester, Newquay, Plymouth and Southampton. You can also fly to Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, Humberside Airport and Durham Tees Valley Airport. Don’t forget P&O Ferries operate direct overnight links into Yorkshire from Rotterdam, Holland and Zeebrugge, Belgium. For more information visit www.poferries.com
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art in orkshire supported by Tate 2011
Art in Yorkshire - supported by Tate is a year long celebration of the visual arts in 19 galleries throughout Yorkshire. Works from Tate’s collection of historic, modern and contemporary art will be showcased through a compelling programme of exhibitions and events.
For more information, go to
yorkshire.com/artinyorkshire
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