Catherine Bertola : "Masterstrokes: Great Paintings from York Art Gallery + responses from contemporary artists" The Collection, Danes Terrace, Lincoln, UK

Image: Catherine Bertola, Blue Stockings (Elizabeth Carter), 2009, Pen and ink on paper, Courtesy of the artist and Workplace Gallery, UK Masterstrokes: Great Paintings from York Art Gallery + responses from Contemporary Artists Preview 6-8pm 24th May 2013 25th May-26th August 2013 Open Mon-Sun 10am-4pm, Entry Free The Collection Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP t. 01522782040 e. thecollection@lincolnshire.gov.uk www.thecollectionmusuem.com Launching at The Collection, Masterstrokes: Great Paintings from York Art Gallery is an exhibition of 33 paintings from York Art Gallery’s fantastic collection on tour to six regional venues while the Gallery is closed for a major refurbishment programme. This exhibition provides a unique snapshot of the collection, bringing together a selection of some of York’s most significant and popular oil paintings from 600 years of art. Ranging from the 15th century to the 20th, the exhibition will feature works by William Hogarth, L.S. Lowry, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson and William Etty, among many others. The Collection have taken this unique opportunity to present this collection alongside contemporary works with loans from the Arts Council Collection including works by Anne Hardy, Henry Bond and Liam Gillick and Catherine Bertola.This includes commissions by six young artists: Rachel Adams, Laura Aldridge, Joana Cifre-Credà, Tim Hattrick, Calvin Sangster and Christopher Schulz. Masterstrokes: Great Paintings from York Art Gallery is an exhibition of thirty three of York Art Gallery’s finest paintings, on tour 2013 – 15 to six regional venues while the gallery is closed for a major refurbishment programme