Kings House

Close to the gallery facing the sea, the rather magnificent Kings House was built around 1870 and became Hove’s most prestigious hotel in the early 20th Century. During WW2, it was requisitioned by the Royal Navy to become HMS Lizard and latterly was best known as the Council Headquarters.

Now, the new phase in its history sees it become a stunning development of flats and we were delighted to be asked by the developers to source art for the common areas. It has been a really fascinating project and a real treat working with them.

This morning we took the first of the paintings down to the site ready for the opening of the Show Flat. The site is still a very busy, bustling, noisy place but the Show Flat is an oasis of calm in amongst it all. After lots of discussions, drawings and proposals it was great to see the work on the walls and our ideas come to life - I have to say we are very pleased with the result.

As the decoration dries and other areas are finished we will be back with more artworks, but today was a very exciting start. We look at the building from our own home and walk past it every day, so it is very nice to think that Cameron Contemporary is playing a little part in Kings House and in Brighton and Hove’s next chapter .

Nearly back to business…….

Almost back to business in the gallery with new work arriving and the smell of fresh paint filling the air. In some ways it seems wrong, when so many people have suffered illness and loss that we are looking to get back to some sort of normality.   It has however been a real pleasure to watch the gallery come alive again and for us to start hanging the new show and re-opening.

The solo show by Victoria Kiff, Synesthesia was on the wall, ready to go and looking stunning when we had to close the gallery so we will have several of Victoria’s works from that show at the heart of this exhibition.   Alongside that there will be new works from Graham Dean, Victoria Graimes, David Scott Moore, Kate Burns, Kevin Hendley, Amy Dury, Sam Hewitt, Luke Hannam, Luella Martin and Kirsty Wither. New ceramics too from Ulla Mead and Joanna Osborne as well as work from 2 jewellers new to the gallery; Katrina Alexander and Hilary Brown.   

Obviously for the moment there can be no Private Views or gallery events and we will have various measures in place so that anyone who visits the gallery can enjoy the work and feel safe at the same time. We are also still very happy to bring work to customers to try out at home if you would rather.  We look forward to catching up with everyone soon and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.

New Yorker Magazine

We were delighted to see one of Kirsty’s paintings, Buttery Posy, featuring in the wonderful New Yorker Magazine this week.

Click here to see it in all its glory!