Louis Wain and the Summer Cat Show 2008

Quentin Blake and Friends at Nunnington Hall

1 July - 7 September 2008

Nunnington Hall is a delight. Situated in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, this ancient manor house, dating from the 1680s, is now owned by the National Trust.

A visit to Nunnington Hall is the perfect day out, combining a fascinating house, extensive gardens and delicious homemade cooking. The exhibition is pretty good too.

Three of England’s leading illustrators - Michael Foreman, Peter Brookes and Emma Chichester Clark join their close friend Quentin Blake for an exhibition of 120 artworks demonstrating the narrative and fantastical fun of their artistic range.

The Chris Beetles Summer Show 2008

Opens 11^th June and continues throughout the summer

The Chris Beetles Summer Show is now a well-established highlight of the season, noted for presenting the best of British art.

This year’s exhibition traces the continuing importance of landscape for native artists – from ALBERT GOODWIN’s synthesis of Turnerian atmosphere and Pre-Raphaelite precision at the turn of the twentieth century to the contemporary Neo-Romanticism of KEITH GRANT. A selection of masterpieces by British architectural photographer EDWIN SMITH and the distinctive sculptures of PAUL DAY are also represented.

The exhibition is accompanied by a 56-page fully illustrated catalogue, available for £10 UK post free from the gallery

LICHFIELD

14^th May – 4^th June 2008

Patrick Lichfield’s photography has graced the world’s media for over forty years.

We are thrilled to announce the first-ever selling show of his remarkable work.

Lichfield’s archive is a rich seam of culturally important photography, much of which has become synonymous with our perception of the celebrated and fashionable in the late 20th century. Since his death in 2005 his archive has been extensively catalogued, and we will show a selection of these well-known images alongside recent discoveries made public for the first time.

A fully illustrated, 73 page catalogue, with a comprehensive biography, is available from the gallery at £10 post free.

THE CARTOONISTS 2008: THE SECOND ANNUAL CARTOON SHOW

8^th April – 3^rd May 2008

Following on from the gallery’s highly successful exhibition last year, You Havin’ a Laugh? we are proud to present another selling show devoted to the art of British cartooning.

We have brought together some of Britain’s best-loved cartoonists from publications such as The Times, The Sunday Times, Private Eye, The Spectator, the Daily Express, the Evening Standard, the Telegraph, Punch, and The Economist, representing the best British cartoons of the last 100 years.

The great variety and diversity of cartoons are reflected in the range of prices, with works from £50-£5000.

This exhibition includes over 600 cartoons. You can view 100 of these online by clicking the link below.

JOHN SWANNELL: PORTRAITS, NUDES AND FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY

19 March – 3 May 2008

John Swannell’s reputation as one of the biggest names in British photography is no accident, his consistently inventive work and unerring professionalism having kept him in demand by press and public for over 35 years.

Our retrospective show will include over 60 of John Swannell’s pictures, juxtaposing classic images with lesser-known, more intimate portraits and those new to the public eye. John’s witty approach to portraiture gives us national darling Joanna Lumley like a latter day Cruella de Vil, a combative looking Queen Elizabeth II guarding the banqueting hall at Windsor Castle, Spike Milligan distinctly unamused in his back garden, Sir John Gielgud leaping into the air at eighty, and many more unusual and insightful portraits.

We will also hang a group of spectacular nudes. Produced in a limited edition of 25 platinum prints, these images represent the best of his career-long devotion to the genre.

VIEW THE EXHIBITION