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Harrogate
Art Galleries
For a town, Harrogate is home to a surprisingly large number of art galleries and art exhibition spaces, showcasing a variety of mediums and styles.
Mercer Art Gallery, on Swan Road in the town centre, is home to more than two thousand art works, largely dating from the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries. The gallery comprises fine art, photography, sculpture and crafts, and is spread over two exhibition spaces: the Main Gallery and the North Gallery. Featured artists range from the internationally renowned to the local and unknown. Upcoming exhibitions include a presentation of the works of nineteenth-century British painter, William Powell Frith (1819-1909); admission £3 for adults and £1.50 for concessions.
Admission is free and the gallery is open six days a week between 10am and 5pm, and closed on Mondays (except Bank Holidays). For information about current and upcoming exhibitions, contact the gallery on 01423 556 188.
The Gascoigne Gallery is a private collection of contemporary art works, focussing on original landscape paintings. Items currently in the selection include works by Picasso, Hockney and Salvador Dali. The gallery also features a large collection of glass works: vases, plates, candleholders and abstract sculptures.
Exhibitions are changed every three weeks, and all works are for sale. (Purchases can be made in person, by telephone or online.) The gallery is located on Royal Parade, and can be contacted on 01423 525 000.
The SMART Gallery on Parliament Street in the town centre trades in a range of original art works, limited editions, sculptures and ceramics. There are various offers available, including an interest free credit scheme and a no-strings ‘Homeloan’ trial. The gallery also offers a framing service for any art purchased from the gallery. Call in or phone 0845 373 2380 for more information.
McTague Gallery on Cheltenham Mount is another private collectors’ gallery, this one trading in watercolours, oil paintings, twentieth-century prints, and genre and decorative prints. The gallery is open Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 10am until 5pm, or by appointment. To make an appointment, call 01423 567 086.
Mercer Art Gallery, on Swan Road in the town centre, is home to more than two thousand art works, largely dating from the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries. The gallery comprises fine art, photography, sculpture and crafts, and is spread over two exhibition spaces: the Main Gallery and the North Gallery. Featured artists range from the internationally renowned to the local and unknown. Upcoming exhibitions include a presentation of the works of nineteenth-century British painter, William Powell Frith (1819-1909); admission £3 for adults and £1.50 for concessions.
Admission is free and the gallery is open six days a week between 10am and 5pm, and closed on Mondays (except Bank Holidays). For information about current and upcoming exhibitions, contact the gallery on 01423 556 188.
The Gascoigne Gallery is a private collection of contemporary art works, focussing on original landscape paintings. Items currently in the selection include works by Picasso, Hockney and Salvador Dali. The gallery also features a large collection of glass works: vases, plates, candleholders and abstract sculptures.
Exhibitions are changed every three weeks, and all works are for sale. (Purchases can be made in person, by telephone or online.) The gallery is located on Royal Parade, and can be contacted on 01423 525 000.
The SMART Gallery on Parliament Street in the town centre trades in a range of original art works, limited editions, sculptures and ceramics. There are various offers available, including an interest free credit scheme and a no-strings ‘Homeloan’ trial. The gallery also offers a framing service for any art purchased from the gallery. Call in or phone 0845 373 2380 for more information.
McTague Gallery on Cheltenham Mount is another private collectors’ gallery, this one trading in watercolours, oil paintings, twentieth-century prints, and genre and decorative prints. The gallery is open Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 10am until 5pm, or by appointment. To make an appointment, call 01423 567 086.
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