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19/07/18 New Work and holiday hours New Work and holiday hours Our next solo show will be for the very talented young artist Alex Hain, from mid September. Alex will be fresh from his John Moores finalist success and it should be a fabulous body of work (we've seen some already, it really is). Before then we'll be exhibiting our usual mix of new and key works in the gallery, both Read More
27/06/18 Ewan McClure, Art, Music and Sunshine! Ewan McClure, Art, Music and Sunshine! Saturday (30th June) looks like being a great day both weather and art wise. At 10am we open the doors to our Ewan McClure exhibition, Ewan being one of the most respected portrait artists at work in the UK today, having achieved critical and commercial acclaim upon and following his successes in both BP and Sky Portra Read More
18/06/18 Ewan McClure goes live! Ewan McClure goes live! Our much-awaited Ewan McClure exhibition is now live and may be viewed HERE.  Ewan is one of the foremost portrait painters of the age, with his successes in both BP and Sky Portrait awards leading to critical acclaim.  This small and focused exhibition concentrates upon Ewan's muse, Vilja-Louise, and Ewan has produce Read More
29/05/18 Sheila Fell (RA) and Ewan McClure Sheila Fell (RA) and Ewan McClure Some news on the late great Sheila Fell (RA) and the very talented Ewan McClure.  Firstly, Sheila; after just acquiring two paintings never before available, we now have six paintings available by one of the foremost landscape artists of the last century; all may be viewed HERE  Of the two just acquired, Harvest Cumb Read More
16/05/18 Michael Bennett, doors open Saturday 19th at 10am Michael Bennett, doors open Saturday 19th at 10am A reminder that we open the doors to our exhibition of paintings by Michael Bennett, from his studio and collection, this Saturday 19th May at 10am. We’ll be holding a reception from 12 noon to 2pm (gallery open until 5pm), with Mike’s sons Justin and Giles in attendance who I'm sure will be happy to talk about their f Read More
05/05/18 Michael Bennett, Studio and Collection - exhibition Michael Bennett, Studio and Collection - exhibition Now online, almost forty works by the late Michael Bennett, the majority only recently released from the artist's studio and personal collection and as such many never having been seen before. All may be seen HERE.  Mike had a long and successful career as an artist; lauded in the 1960s as an innovator of abstract (fo Read More
22/04/18 Norman, Richard and Percy Norman, Richard and Percy Just under four weeks until we open the doors to our Michael Bennett memorial exhibition, whilst the work is away and being framed, we’ve taken a trip to the north east and spent the day with the family of the late Norman Cornish, going through Norman’s paintings and drawings etc. and choosing twelve works to bring bac Read More
06/04/18 Lots to say, much to do Lots to say, much to do Much to announce, we’ll try and be brief(ish). In addition to the John Bellany exhibition currently on show, we have lots of new work arriving in the gallery; names including Percy Kelly, Bill Peascod and new to the gallery Hughie O’Donoghue (RA) have just been sourced and may be seen HERE. We’re thrilled to have brou Read More
22/03/18 John Bellany - Doors open Saturday 24th 10am John Bellany - Doors open Saturday 24th 10am A reminder that we open the doors to an important collection of paintings by the late John Bellany (RA) on Saturday (24th) at 10am, with a reception from noon onward. Fifteen works will be on show, with all but one available to become the new custodian over; all may be seen HERE. We'll have on show Pourquoi (1967), ar Read More
09/03/18 John Bellany - Selected Paintings goes live online John Bellany - Selected Paintings goes live online John Bellany - Selected Paintings is now live online and may be viewed HERE.  This is a small focused and curated exhibition of some wonderful works by one of the major names of British 20th Century art and will include arguably his most famous and thought provoking work, Pourquoi (1967). Painted following his visit t Read More
20/02/18 New Works and an Important Announcement New Works and an Important Announcement New work and an important announcement; firstly let’s start with the announcement. As previously mentioned, on 24th March we’ll be opening the doors to a small curated exhibition of a dozen or so paintings by the late John Bellany (RA, CBE) including six wonderful paintings from John’s family which have never been seen Read More
05/01/18 London Art Fair - Almost there! London Art Fair - Almost there! In just over a week we’ll be heading down to London to set up in readiness for the 2018 London Art Fair. The fair opens proper on Wednesday 17th and runs until Sunday 21st January. As an exhibiting gallery, we have complimentary tickets available which may be registered for via the following link http://londonartfair.c Read More
08/12/17 A Winter Selection A Winter Selection Following on from the success of our Helen Tabor exhibition, which may be viewed until Saturday (9th), next week we'll have a full new gallery hang; A Winter Selection will be an ever-changing exhibition of works from many of our gallery artists together with art acquired on our seemingly never-ending travels around th Read More
16/11/17 Doors open 10am Saturday 18th for Helen Tabor Doors open 10am Saturday 18th for Helen Tabor A reminder that we open the gallery doors to over thirty new works by Helen Tabor at 10am this Saturday, 18th. The full listing may be seen HERE. The reception will be between 12 and 2pm, so if you fancy taking in a great new collection of works with wine and nibbles in hand(s), then please feel free to come along. He Read More
05/11/17 Helen Tabor - New Work exhibition goes live Helen Tabor - New Work exhibition goes live Our Helen Tabor exhibition is now live! Helen has worked for the most part of 2017 to create thirty two new paintings for the exhibition, all may be seen HERE. A video of Helen at work may also be seen HERE and a page turning catalogue of the exhibition may additionally be viewed HERE.  This is a wonderful mix of new Read More
08/10/17 Autumn Showing Autumn Showing Well Norman Cornish was an exhibition to remember, for sure, an unbelievable reaction; we quite fancy a break, but in the spirit of the gallery that never seems to sleep, we open the doors to Autumn Showing, a multi-artist exhibition taking us through to mid-November, which may be viewed in full HERE. We have fourteen Read More
12/09/17 Cornish at Castlegate - Doors open on Saturday 16th Cornish at Castlegate - Doors open on Saturday 16th A reminder that we open the doors on Saturday 16th at 10 am to arguably one of the most important and major shows of our last five-plus years. It’s interesting that this and our 2014 major show of works by the late Sheila Fell (RA) mirror the subject of a young Melvyn Bragg’s first ever television programme in 1963, a Read More
01/09/17 Cornish at Castlegate - Live Cornish at Castlegate - Live Cornish at Castlegate, a curated exhibition of works by the late Norman Cornish (MBE), most never before having been seen, is now live and may be viewed online HERE. An electronic page turning version of the catalogue may also be viewed HERE, physical copies of which are available upon request. This is a curated exhib Read More
05/08/17 New work plus Sheila Fell and Carel Weight New work plus Sheila Fell and Carel Weight It's been a busy last few days in the gallery, now back from our summer hols. In addition to selling works by Rebecca Swainston, Alistair Tucker and Louis Appleby, we have new work from Marie Scott (including an astounding large oil titled Cromwell to Victoria, click on the image and there's also one showing it on-wall Read More
13/07/17 New work for Summer and holiday opening hours New work for Summer and holiday opening hours Our next major “blockbuster”, to pinch a tag from the National Gallery, is Cornish at Castlegate; a 40+ work show of mainly never before seen works by arguably the most respected of chroniclers of working class life since the 1960s; the late Norman Cornish MBE. That’s for September, but before then we have a range of g Read More
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