YORK ART GALLERY

After £8 million of expansion work, the York Art Gallery reopened in 2015 and has undergone a major makeover. His approximately 1,000 paintings cover many periods from the 14th century to the present day and represent both the British and European traditions, with a strong presence of Italians, French and Dutch. The collections also include 3,000 pieces of decorative arts and 17,000 drawings, watercolours and prints. There is also the new National Ceramic Centre (COCA), with more than 5,000 works by artists such as Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, William Staite Murray, Michael Cardew, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, Jim Malone and Mick Casson.