For Newcastle and North-East based artists working in print, drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and jewellery.

About Us

Gallagher & Turner was established in 1990 in Newcastle by Clare Turner and Paul Gallagher. Our gallery on St. Mary's Place hosts a lively programme of changing exhibitions, featuring well known, international and local emerging artists. We have exhibited and framed work by many highly regarded artists, including David Hockney, Francis Bacon, Barbara Rae, Antony Gormley, and Elizabeth Blackadder.

For more information about Gallagher & Turner please visit our website
https://gallagherandturner.co.uk/

Open Call

This year we are holding our third open submission exhibition for local artists from 26th November 2022 – 21st January 2023. We invite submissions from artists based in North East England, working in two-dimensional media*, small sculpture, textile, ceramics, glass and jewellery. There is no theme for submissions. Please only submit work that is available to exhibit.

*Please note that we cannot accept photography, digital, moving image, audio or performance work.

The exhibition will include the opportunity to sell your work to our established network of collectors from our gallery space in central Newcastle. There is no application fee. Please note that commission on sales is 40% + VAT (to equal 48%)

The exhibition will be open from 26th November 2022 – 21st January 2023, with a preview on the evening of 25nd November, which participating artists, families, friends and the public are invited to attend. 

Links to images of our previous Open Exhibitions in 2019 & 2021:

https://gallagherandturner.co.uk/open-exhibition-2019

https://gallagherandturner.co.uk/open-exhibition-2021

Entry Criteria

·      Work submitted must be for sale directly by the artist, not from a collection or other gallery.

·      Submissions will only be accepted via Curatorspace. Please do not bring work to the gallery in person unless your submission has been accepted.

·      2D work should be less than 100 x 100 cm, including framing. To be included works on paper must be framed (this is because we use a gallery hanging system where the pictures hang on hooks attached to clear cables, connected to a rail on the ceiling). We are also a picture framing business, so we may be able to frame some work for the exhibition with due notice, although work that is already framed is preferred. The cost of framing is the artist's responsibility. Please be aware we will need to be able to attach fixings to any artwork or frame in order to hang it on the wall.

·      3D work should be no larger than 50cm in any dimension. Please note that we cannot accept work that is floor standing. We have a small number of plinths and surfaces to show small sculptures, ceramics and glass pieces. We have glass cases to display jewellery in.

·      Any delivery or collection costs are the artist's responsibility, and therefore this opportunity is open only to artists local to the North East.

·      The artist must be available to deliver and collect the work on the dates outlined below.

What to Submit:

-       The works title, date, size and media.

-       Up to 3 images of your work in JPG, GIF, or PNG format. These should be no more than 4MB in size. Your file should be labelled with your name and the title of work, eg. JSmith_Fireworks.jpg.

-       Artist bio (100 words max)

Please note images & text will be used for promotional purposes if your work is selected.

Please be aware we will need to be able to attach fixings to any artwork or frame in order to hang it on the wall.

Selection

Selection will be decided by our gallery team, and we will let you know the outcome by Friday 4th November.

We will take into account suitability for our gallery, potential for same and the overall context of the group exhibition. Our previous Open Exhibitions have been a great way for us to discover new talent. We are still working with artists from previous Open Submissions.

Last year we received over 200 submissions. If you are not selected on this occasion this does not reflect on the quality of your work. We are aiming to balance the overall exhibition. Unfortunately, due to the number of predicted submissions we are unable to offer individual feedback.

Key dates

Deadline for Submissions by Curatorspace - Midnight Wednesday 19th October, 2022

Selection confirmed – Friday 4th November, 2022

Delivery of work to the gallery by the artist - 10:30am – 5pm, 16 - 18th November, 2022

Exhibition Preview - 5-7pm, Friday 25th November, 2022

Exhibition open - 26th November – 21st January, 2023

Collection of unsold work - 10:30am - 5pm, 26th - 27thJanuary, 2023