Art

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  • Unfurl Opens

    Step into Stapleford Granary Cambridge
    Paul Barratt, Director and Curator at Contemporary and Country by Paul Barratt
    Liff Top Posey [Detail]. Chalk pastel, gouache, watercolour and pencil crayons by Elizabeth Merriman
    Liff Top Posey [Detail]. Chalk pastel, gouache, watercolour and pencil crayons by Elizabeth Merriman
    C&C's new exhibition is opening today! Unfurl explores botanical beauty by eight artists and makers featuring new and recent work by:
    Claire Coles, Carolyn Brookes-Davies, Helen Derbyshire, Mark Edwards, Elizabeth Merriman, Tim Plunkett, Ella Porter and Layne Rowe.
  • Spotlight: Linda Jamieson

    New paintings for Spring 2023
    Paul Barratt, Director and Curator at Contemporary and Country by Paul Barratt
    I didn’t see that coming, 2022
    I didn’t see that coming, 2022
    Linda Jamieson is a painter whose work has been closely associated with the North Norfolk coastal landscape for a while now. It is where she spends much of her time. For the last two years her work has moved away from observation and memory, toward a more imaginative use of landscape as a barometer of her own state of mind.
  • Paul Vater, Director of Contemporary and Country by Paul Vater
    Peter Wylie at the Royal Academy Summer Show 2020
    Peter Wylie, currently included in our pop-up exhibition at Houghton Hall Stables, has had a painting selected by artist Jane and Louise Wilson, for their Curated Room at this year's Royal Academy Summer Show - October 2020.
  • The Space between sky, land and sea

    The paintings of Lorraine Bewick
    Paul Vater, Director of Contemporary and Country by Paul Vater
    The Space between sky, land and sea
    Lorraine Bewick has taken tried and tested techniques in the tradition of figurative landscape painting and applied them to her own perspective of the English landscape. Based in North Norfolk her interest in interpreting Norfolk’s expansive skies and coastal reaches as liminal space treads a path mapped out by acknowledged masters of the genre, such as John Robert Cozens and JMW Turner.

  • Paul Vater, Director of Contemporary and Country by Paul Vater
    Norfolk landscapes captured in pastel, oil and acrylic
    Our pop-up is now open and we are welcoming visitors with an array of works from designers, artists and craftspeople from across Norfolk and the wider eastern region. See full details of opening times and entrance fees at houghtonhall.com. We hope to see you soon - come visit a wonderful shop with a glorious exhibition by Damien Hirst attached!

  • Final Touches Completed

    Welcome to our first exhibition of contemporary art and handmade objectcs in the stables at Houghton Hall
    Paul Vater, Director of Contemporary and Country by Paul Vater
    Houghton Hall Pop Up installation 2017
    Houghton Hall Pop Up installation 2017
    We opened our new exhibition in the stables to the public, Sunday 30 April. Houghton Hall opens between 11am to 5pm every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays,

  • Paul Vater, Director of Contemporary and Country by Paul Vater
    Our first pop up at Houghton Hall, 2017
    Our first pop up at Houghton Hall in 2017 (when known as Norfolk by Design)
    We are pleased to confirm that our next event will take place at Houghton Hall this year. We will open an exhibition space in the Stables at Houghton Hall, home to the Marquess and Marchioness of Cholmondeley.