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MOVING ON UP

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As reported in Issue 244, the Union Gallery will close its doors on Monday for the last time. 

After six-and-a-half years, the search is now on for larger premises in which to grow the business. 

‘I would like to say an enormous, heart-felt thank you from myself and all the artists who have shown here over the years,’ wrote Alison Auldjo in announcing the development to clients last week. 

‘The support and encouragement you have shown have been incredible, and we would never have achieved the things we did without your support.’

For those with commissions, gift vouchers or other business with the Union, normal service will continue behind the scenes until a new gallery space is secured.

Spurtle will miss what has been an outstanding creative and welcoming space on Broughton Street. We wish it a speedy return somewhere nearby, soon.

In the meantime, here are a few highlights, chosen as recollections of those moments when an artist’s work first hit home.

‘Learning to be Human’

‘Two’s Company’

'Heart and Horror'

‘Gone to Earth’

‘The Secret Social Life of Jugs’

‘Uncertainty of the Shore’

‘Life in the Moment and the Collective Thrum’