Contemporary and Country (C&C) present contemporary and applied art by artists and makers from East Anglia. C&C's Pop-Up exhibitions frequently forgo the art gallery setting, opting for architecturally interesting spaces encouraging visitors to engage with original art. The artists and makers C&C work with celebrate their surroundings bringing about a closer consideration for nature, as its appreciation and preservation becomes ever more prescient to our time.
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VIEWING ROOMS 2025 to 2026
View available work from our past exhibitions by clicking below-
Viewing Room: 04
Carolyn Brookes-Davies and Peter Wylie 5 - 26 November 2025Carolyn Brookes-Davies graduated from Goldsmiths College, London University in 1980 with a BA honours degree, followed by an MA at The Royal College of Art graduating in 1982. Carolyn is... -
Viewing Room: 03
Linda Jamieson and Steven Will 1 October - 1 November 2025We are inviting visits for our third Viewing Room event to see the work of two wonderful artists. One is Norfolk based painter Linda Jamieson who is joined by Suffolk... -
Viewing Room: 02
Simon Carter and Ella Porter 3 - 27 September 2025Contemporary and Country's sec ond Viewing Room brings together Essex based artist Simon Carter with a London based ceramic artist, Ella Porter. We will make some days available for those...
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GATEPOST
Latest news: artist activities, studio and gallery visits, exhibitions and events-
2025 Viewing Rooms - The year in review
Seasonal gift ideas from our 2025 events 7 December, 2025We are grateful to everyone who has visited us in our new home in King’s Lynn. This year, we have hosted During our first season in west Norfolk our new... -
It's all about the wood... launching viewing room 05
New work by Roger Hardy - sculptor and printmaker, Tim Plunkett - craftsman, and Laura Huston- ceramicist 29 November, 2025Suffolk-based artist Roger Hardy will be showing his new body of work that includes a selection of the wooden sculpture he has become known for, new turned sculptures and his... -
Viewing Room 04 opens at Woolmarket House
Peter Wylie and Carolyn Brookes-Davies, 4 to 26 November 2025 5 November, 2025There is a meditative quality to both artists’ work in our current exhibition. Painter and printmaker Peter Wylie reflects upon his origin as the son of a fisherman from Lowestoft.... -
Gallery Visit: Paula Rego: Visions of English Literature
Norwich Castle Museum - 18 October to 18 January 2026 24 October, 2025 -
Gallery Visit: Watercolour Now
Norwich Castle Museum - 4 October 2025 to 1 March 2026 October 22, 2025While we were curious to experience the newly extended norwich castle museum for ourselves, we really wanted to catch an exhibition that has been thoughtfully assembled by the artist Simon... -
Remember Metzger (1926 - 2017)
A celebration of Remember Nature - Gustav Metzger, artist and activist October 16, 2025Tuesday 4 Novembe r will mark the tenth anniversary of Gustav Metzger’s 'Remember Nature' event, that took place throughout the UK in 2015. We want to mark it with an... -
Gallery Visit: Nordic noir - British Museum, London
Works on paper from Edvard Munch to Mamma Andersson 8 October, 2025The British Museum displays around 150 works from 100 different artists in an exhibition celebrating graphic works on paper from the nordic region. supported by a substantial grant from charitable... -
Gallery Visit: Stephen Cox - Myth
Houghton Hall, Norfolk - 4 May to 28 September 2025 September 28, 2025Myth was an exhibition of sculpture by the British sculptor and renowned stone carver, Stephen Cox. Consisting of around 20 large-scale stone sculptures in the park and gardens at Houghton... -
Out of Whack - Frank Watson at Grey Gallery, London
Exhibition of landscape photographs, including the Suffolk Coast 6 October, 2025Frank Watson is an artist we have worked with for several years. He has an exhibition called 'Out of Whack' that opens on Saturday 11th October - Sunday 9th November... -
Viewing Room 03
New paintings and works on paper by Linda Jamieson and ceramics by Steven Will October 1, 2025Our third viewing room opens today Wednesday 1 October through to Saturday 1 November (Wed - Sat). We are delighted to show new work by Norfolk-based painter Linda Jamieson and... -
Gallery Visit: Roger Hardy - Wood
New work at Snape Maltings, Suffolk - Saturday 13 September to Sunday 19 October 22 September, 2025For Roger Hardy's second solo exhibition at Snape Maltings that recently opened their autumn 2025 season he has installed two of the more workable spaces with new work. He has... -
Viewing Room 02
Showcasing paintings by Simon Carter and ceramics by Ella Porter 26 August, 2025Our second Viewing Room event showcases new paintings by Simon Carter and ceramic forms by Ella Porter. Our aim in presenting these Viewing Rooms is to give local artists, collectors... -
Gallery Visit: Wolterton Park
Sea State features work by Maggi Hambling, Ro Robertson and Nessie Stonebridge 23 June, 2025This inaugural exhibition, ‘Sea State’, features new work by Maggi Hambling and Ro Robertson and is co-curated by Simon Oldfield and Gemma Rolls-Bentley.. 'Responding to humanity’s enduring, complex, and increasingly... -
Viewing Room at Woolmarket House
Take a closer look at Viewing room 01: ends Friday 1 August 17 June, 2025Our 2024 season is underway and we are pleased to confirm our move to King's Lynn, North West Norfolk. From July, 2025 onwards we will be launching a regular monthly... -
New Exhibition - One Self: The Creative Life of Colin Self
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery - 29 March to 21 September 2025 Mar 3, 2025The Castle Museum and Art Gallery's capsule retrospective exhibition titled One Self, by the artist Colin Self has been long awaited. Although he has been generous enough to show small... -
Gallery Visit: Bruce McLean, I Want My Crown
Modern One, Edinburgh, 29 June 2024 to 23 November 2025 Jan 3, 2025Bruce Mclean has had a long and productive career, the exhibition coincides with his 80th birthday. His work has helped re-define the role of the artist, and how an artist...
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MEDIA COVERAGE
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North Norfolk Living
Autumn Edition 13 October 2025Thanks to Amanda Loose and her team at North Norfolk Living magazine (Autumn edition). Just out and coincides with the launch of our third - Viewing Roomin our new showcase... -
Lay of the Land on ArtRabbit
As featured on the country's leading art directory 25 September 2024Our latest exhibition 'Lay of the Land: East Anglian Landscape Now' was featured on the UK's leading Art Directory ArtRabbit on 25 September as we opened the galleries in King's... -
KL Magazine - North Norfolk
Lay of the Land: The East Anglian Landscape Now 25 September 2024We are grateful to the KL Magazine team for this article that was published in the September edition of this popular local magazine. In it they encouraged readers to explore... -
Life & Times in Norfolk October 2024
Celebrating a Unique East Anglian Landscape 20 September 2024Huge thanks to Emma Lee and her team at Norfolk Magazine for their feature in the 'Life & Times' section - p157 of the newly published October edition of Norfolk... -
Art & Culture in Norwich and Norfolk
New Exhibitions across the region 6 September 2024As the 2024 season of arts events comes to the end of 2024 we are delighted to be featured in the latest edition of Art in Norwich and Norfolk produced... -
Eastern Daily Press
An art exhibition celebrating the East Anglian landscapes set to open in King's Lynn 22 August 2024 -
Country Life - Heads & Tails makes it as an Unmissable Event
Unmissable Events 11 October 2023We are grateful to the editorial team at Country Life for giving us a mention in the 'Unmissable Events' section on p47 of this week's edition. -
An Arty Weekend in North Norfolk
23 March 2023We were delighted to get a mention in the Guardian on 23 March for 'EAST TO EAST' This year promises to be a wonderful opportunity to see lots of art...
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Contact Us
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