Tate Gallery

Porthmeor Beach, St Ives

www.tate.org.uk/stives

The Cornish town of St Ives has attracted painters for over a century, so it only makes sense that it is home to one of the infamous Tate galleries. The gallery is situated with a fantastic view over Porthmeor Beach close to the home of Alfred Wallis and the studios used by many of the artists whose works are exhibited here. It has been designed to show works of art in the surroundings in which they were created.

The gallery is a three storey building backing directly into the cliff face. The site is dramatic. It drops 50ft from cliff top to beach, with entrances at both levels.

On the roof, as on the deck of a ship about to set sail, is the restaurant. From it the view extends over the rooftops of the town and its harbour, out to sea, along the horizon from Clodgy Point over St Ives Bay to the Godrevy Lighthouse. The building is a spectacular piece of art in its own right.

There is always something for everybody in a family to do at the Gallery. Activity packs, interactive talks and a friendly staff team ensure that Tate St Ives provides ways for children and adults to explore the exhibition together and find out more about the art on display. You will all enjoy the sights, inside and out of the gallery.
 

Newlyn Art Gallery

Penzance

www.newlynartgallery.co.uk

The Newlyn Art Gallery was built with money from the well-known philanthropist John Passmore Edwards. It opened in 1895 where artists and craftspeople known as the Newlyn School exhibited their work prior to sending it to the Royal Academy and other prestigious showings. The Newlyn Art Gallery continues today, as it was originally established for, to serve as a place to show the works of contemporary artists. Alongside the changing programme of exhibits is an education programme to support the broad range of different works presented. This is just one of the features which have attracted the large amounts of funding from both local and national funds.

The gallery attracts visitor numbers of around 30,000 per year, and steadily increasing due to the large amounts of funding the gallery has attracted in recognition for its performance as a regional and national venue.

The Newlyn Art Gallery has received £3m capital funding for long awaited new developments. The planned scheme will refurbish the gallery, adding an education room, and improving the entrance area alongside a supporting Gallery Shop and café. Once complete, artists and makers in Cornwall will have a flagship venue to be proud of and give its visitors a real sense of the context of Cornwall’s lively arts sector.

Out of the Blue Gallery

Marazion, Penzance

www.out-of-the-blue-gallery.co.uk

The Out of the Blue Gallery is situated in a historic building in The Square, Marazion right by St Michaels Mount. The gallery shows some of Cornwall’s most prominent artists, holding regular exhibitions throughout the year, showcasing the best in local Cornish talent.

The gallery is open seven days a week, all year round, guaranteeing a ‘warm welcome to everyone and their dog’.

Badcocks Gallery,

Newlyn, Penzance

www.badcocksgallery.co.uk

The Badcocks gallery has established itself as one of the leading contemporary Art Galleries in the West Country with a reputation as an approachable, ‘unstuffy’ yet upmarket gallery. The gallery shows a variety of works from abstraction to figurative and occasionally landscape based, showing world renowned artists such as Terry Frost, Karl Weshke, Rose Hilton and Sandra Blow, alongside interesting new talent sourced around Cornwall.

The gallery has been established for 6 years and are regular exhibitors at AAF London and AAF Contemporary New York, reflecting the ‘standard of excellence that has become a trade mark for Cornish art’.

The gallery is a must see for discovering the history and the heritage of the artists and the rich and diverse talent that exists here.

 
Barbara Hepworth Museum – linked with the Tate

Barbara Hepworth's studio and garden have been run by the Tate since 1980, and are now an integral part of Tate St Ives. Hepworth, who died in 1975, asked in her will that Trewyn Studios and the adjacent garden, with a group of her sculptures placed as she wished, be permanently open to the public.

Visiting the Museum and Garden is a unique experience, which gives remarkable insight into the work and outlook of one of Britain's most important twentieth-century artists.


Lander Gallery

Lemon Street Market, Truro

www.landergallery.co.uk

The Lander Gallery is situated in the heart of Truro, showing one of the largest and finest collections of fine art with a Cornish connection. The gallery is upstairs in the award winning new Lemon Street Market, which holds a number of unique small shops.

Its huge space is light and airy, giving plenty of room for the display of art which is regularly varied. You will find many highly desirable images of Cornwall, both originals and high quality limited edition prints of Cornish art.

The gallery is accompanied by a Costa coffee shop, which makes a splendid place to sit, eat and drink and enjoy the surrounding art.