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25/03/20 An electronic re-hang and Castlegate Prize finalists An electronic re-hang and Castlegate Prize finalists Well, it's not possible to rehang the gallery and welcome folks through the doors as was planned, so we've electronically rehung the gallery with a collection of some of our favourite works in stock as well as some client-favourite names; All may be seen HERE. We've included names such as Sheila Fell, Alice Campbell, J Read More
21/03/20 Gallery update Gallery update The wonderful unspoilt building that is Castlegate House may now be physically temporarily closed, its impressive red heavy door without its usual "open" sign, but the gallery is far from closed. As an art gallery in western Cumbria, abutting the fringes of one of the most astounding national parks in the world, we're Read More
10/03/20 New Works New Works Well, in a world where for a short period of time we may all be spending more time in our homes, we thought it timely to tell you all about some of the new art works we've brought into the gallery in the last few days, and which can gild the nest that little bit more; all may be seen HERE Read More
30/01/20 New work and Grayson on show New work and Grayson on show After a return from the hectic bubble-world that is the hugely enjoyable London Art Fair, we now have a body of new work into the gallery from the talented Helen Fryer, all of which may be seen HERE. We've taken the opportunity to have a full rehang with works now on show by John Bellany and Sheila Fell, amongst others Read More
02/01/20 London Art Fair and exhibition news  London Art Fair and exhibition news  Firstly, a happy and prosperous new year to you all, may it prove a little more settled than it has been for many (most) during 2019.  Our first major gallery event of the year takes place in the very near future; The London Art Fair opens its doors on the evening of the 21st January and runs until Sunday 26th. This w Read More
28/11/19 Norman Cornish - new works on paper Norman Cornish - new works on paper It's been an incredible two weeks in the sphere of Norman Cornish. As with our late-summer centenary exhibition, the commemorations continue with a major exhibition at the wonderful Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle. If you can get there, do so, it's on until February.  Wonderful reviews of the exhibition and commentary on Read More
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
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