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02/11/19 Our Autumn-Winter exhibition Our Autumn-Winter exhibition A great deal of new work has arrived in-gallery in recent times, so we've rehung and opened the doors (both physical and internet wise) to our Autumn-Winter exhibition, an ever-changing showing of both Contemporary and Modern British (20th century) art plus our usual abundance of ceramics. All may be seen HERE.  We ha Read More
28/10/19 The Castlegate Prize The Castlegate Prize We are thrilled to announce that today we are launching The Castlegate Prize, a brand new national open art competition with a first prize of £10,000. We are delighted to reveal that in addition to ourselves, we have three judges; Eileen Cooper (RA, OBE), first female Keeper of the Royal Academy in its history; famous Read More
19/09/19 British Art Fair selection of works British Art Fair selection of works We're only a week away from packing up works for the British Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery, London; doors will open on Thursday 3rd October and run until Sunday 6th. The event is one of the best in the London fair calendar focusing mainly (although not exclusively) on British 20th century works. A selection of the wo Read More
22/08/19 Summer Selection Summer Selection Our (late-ish) summer selection exhibition is now online and will appear as if by magic in-gallery over the coming days, all may be seen HERE. This will be followed in the coming weeks by a new wonderful selection of work by Alex Hain, accompanying a new short film we've had produced of Alex; more to follow on that in Read More
03/07/19 Norman Cornish - A Centenary - Saturday opening Norman Cornish - A Centenary - Saturday opening A quick reminder that our major exhibition, Norman Cornish – A Centenary, opens it’s doors at 10am this Saturday 6th July, with a reception 12-2pm (gallery open 10-5pm as usual), the exhibition is viewable HERE  The exhibition is a collection of never-before-seen works, curated directly from the family/estate of the a Read More
20/06/19 Norman Cornish - A Centenary Norman Cornish - A Centenary Norman Cornish - A Centenary, is now live online and may be viewed HERE. A limited 200 edition publication of the seventy-page catalogue is available to purchase from the gallery with the e-version able to be viewed through the above or through this LINK. A quite superb video (once you get past our initial brief contri Read More
15/06/19 FFS (Fair For Saatchi) and Norman Cornish FFS (Fair For Saatchi) and Norman Cornish The first of two news items this coming week, firstly (this) about our imminent appearance at the Saatchi Gallery, London, then a quick message about Norman Cornish.  Castlegate House Gallery will be exhibiting at FFS (Fair For Saatchi) from 26th to 30th June, one of twenty-five selected galleries forming part of what Read More
17/05/19 Spring Exhibition Spring Exhibition Our rather exciting Spring exhibition is now hung in-gallery and displayed online and may be viewed HERE. It features four artists; WIlliam Reinsch, Alice Campbell, Chris Rigby and Helen Tabor.  Read More
10/04/19 Ceri Allen exhibition opens this Saturday Ceri Allen exhibition opens this Saturday A reminder that we open the doors to the solo exhibition for Ceri Allen this Saturday, 13th April at 10am. There will be a reception from 12-2pm where you can meet and chat with Ceri, with the gallery open until 5pm as usual. The full exhibition listing may be seen HERE. Ceri is one of Cumbria’s most inventive contemp Read More
28/03/19 Ceri Allen exhibition now live Ceri Allen exhibition now live An exhibition of new paintings by Ceri Allen is now live and may be viewed HERE together with a page-turning e-catalogue which may be viewed HERE.  This is a wonderful new body of work by one of Cumbria's most well respected contemporary artists. Ceri's work is inescapably a comment on modern society, one in which we' Read More
02/03/19 New work for March New work for March As we head towards our next solo exhibition, for Ceri Allen in April, we've collected a body of new work for the gallery from both emerging talent and much more established names.  We have works from the twentieth century from Sheila Fell (RA), Bill Bell and John Bellany (RA) together with work from two of our young s Read More
25/01/19 Richard Cook Richard Cook We're very proud and excited to announce that we'll be working with the highly regarded artist, Richard Cook. Born in Cheltenham in 1947, Richard studied at St Martins followed by the Royal Academy of Arts. Tutored by Leon Kossoff (an artist who in our opinion can do little if anything wrong), Richard was to share a s Read More
03/01/19 London Art Fair London Art Fair With just over a week to go until we start the excited madness of setting up the Castlegate House Gallery stand at the London Art Fair, we thought many of you may wish to take advantage of our allocation of complimentary e-tickets. The fair runs from the 16th until the 20th of January and just a selection of the works Read More
13/12/18 Winter Selection and Opening Days over Christmas Winter Selection and Opening Days over Christmas Our Winter Selection exhibition continues, with the addition of some wonderful ceramics from Doug Fitch and Hannah McAndrew plus works by John Hoyland. Also included are works from Chantal Joffe (RA), Alice Campbell, David Storey, Eileen Cooper (RA), Stephen Chambers (RA), Malcolm Croft and Chris Rigby, amongst many ot Read More
30/11/18 A Winter Selection! A Winter Selection! Our new winter exhibition is now live and may be viewed HERE. We’ve a gallery-full of new work to see, including works by Eileen Cooper (RA), David Storey, Alice Campbell (more of Alice a little further down), Howard Hodgkin, Chris Rigby and Malcolm Croft, amongst many others. Read More
08/11/18 Helen Fryer, doors open Saturday 10am Helen Fryer, doors open Saturday 10am A reminder that our second solo exhibition for the very talented Helen Fryer will open its doors this Saturday (10th) at 10am, with a reception from noon to 2pm where you can look at the works on show, speak with Helen herself and enjoy wine and nibbles whilst also enjoying the heat emitted from our recently installed Read More
27/10/18 Exhibition: Helen Fryer - Returning Home Exhibition: Helen Fryer - Returning Home We're proud to announce the second solo exhibition for the very talented Helen Fryer.  "Helen Fryer - Returning Home" charts the artist's year back in her West Cumbria following several decades away. The full exhibition may be seen HERE. Originally from Fletchertown in West Cumbria, 2018 marked Helen's return. For He Read More
06/10/18 A gallery of new works A gallery of new works   Our next solo exhibition will be from the highly talented Helen Fryer, charting the year following her return to West Cumbria; all that will take place in November (10th onward), however until then we have some wonderful new work adorning the gallery. We've curated works by three very different artists, namely Eilee Read More
20/09/18 British Art Fair - Exhibited Work British Art Fair - Exhibited Work By the time this newsletter hits people’s inboxes, the doors will be opening to the British Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery, London. We’ll be exhibiting at stand 23 on the first floor, highlights of our works on show may be seen HERE. Artists include Grayson Perry, Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff, Eileen Cooper, Chantal J Read More
05/09/18 Alex Hain and the Saatchi Alex Hain and the Saatchi Firstly, the much-anticipated exhibition of twenty-four new paintings by Alex Hain is now live and may be viewed HERE Straight from his John Moores Painting Prize finalist success, Alex has produced what without doubt is his finest most innovative body of work to-date, justifying why we believe he is one of the most e Read More
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