OUT Of Line, a selection of 60 drawings by 45 artists from the Arts Council Collection, is on view at York City Art Gallery from tomorrow until July 15.

Organised by the Hayward Gallery in London, this new National Touring Exhibition is opening in York at the outset of an extensive British itinerary.

On show are diverse works from the 1930s to the present day: studies by distinguished artists such as David Hockney, LS Lowry, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson and Bridget Riley stand alongside works by contemporary artists, among them Glen Baxter, Graham Gussin, Michael Landy and Rachel Lowe.

Some works are pages from artists' sketchbooks, such as Drawings From Rembrandt by Eduardo Paolozzi; others adopt popular imagery from newspapers and advertising, for example Richard Hamilton's Swinging London, a colour study based on a press photograph of Hamilton's art dealer and Mick Jagger. David Hockney's work of the 1960s and '70s is represented by his drawings of Fred and Marcia Weisman and The Island.

Younger artists, such as David Shrigley and Adam Dant, reveal that their inspiration lies in comic strips, graffiti and children's book illustrations. Dant's giant forest of signs is among the Arts Council Collection's recent acquisitions, as is Graham Gussin's computer-generated 'porno-landscape' and Rachel Lowe's video, in which she draws frantically on the inside of a car window, attempting to outline the ever-changing landscape.

The exhibition is accompanied by a full-colour catalogue with contributions by artists and introductory text by the exhibition's selector, Suzanne Cotter.

York City Gallery is open every day from 10am to 5pm; admission is free to York residents, £2 to non-residents (concessions £1.50).