Kilmorack Gallery is one of Scotland's foremost commercial fine art galleries and specialises in work by some of the country's most interesting and collectable artists.
Please visit us in our fine 18th century church or explore this website to find out more about our artists and our exhibitions
I established Kilmorack Gallery in 1997 with an unfashionably elitist love of the best. At this time I had little money and slept on a hidden mattress upstairs in the gallery but this philosophy has worked well and people now travel hundreds of miles to visit and you’ll no longer find the odd dirty sock in our stores.
Over these thirteen years we’ve had many memorable exhibitions with incredible works. We’ve shown Gerald Laing’s 16’ high Anna Karina (1964) along with his weighty Hamburg Triptych. We’ve also shown Helen Denerley’s unforgettable wolf pack at the same time as James Hawkins’ first large Triptych which took up the whole end wall of the gallery. Peter White’s amazingly geological heads, shown together with Lotte Glob’s books, managed to move me as well as many others. I have always tried to push things to make them as good as possible and there have been many wonderful things shown – surreal, beautiful, large and small – too many to attempt to recall them here. 2012 will be another exciting year in the gallery. The spring show brings together David Cook and Henry Fraser, two collectable and talented painters. Later in the year we will have exhibitions with Allan MacDonald and Lynn McGregor, Kirstie Cohen and Christopher Wood as well as mixed Summer and Christmas exhibitions.
The beautiful rural Old Kilmorack Church (1786) which houses the gallery is also note-worthy. This magnificent building was disused for over twenty-five years before we took it over, starting a trend for reusing old churches as galleries in the Highland.
Joining the mailing list
Please contact the gallery if you wish to be added to the mailing list
01463 783 230
The Own-Art Scheme
Kilmorack Gallery is part of the OwnArt scheme so why not buy art with a 0% loan. The Own art scheme (run through Creative Scotland and a major bank) offers art buyers a 0% loan of up to £2000. This is always paid back over 10 months so payments are easy to calculate. After an on-line form has been completed, an almost instant decision is given, and the work can be taken home. Its a great scheme.
Please contact the gallery via email: art@kilmorackgallery.co.uk or ask at reception when you visit us or phone on 01463 783 230.
Tony Davidson, Gallery Director
Tony's Top Tips for Buying Art
1. Only buy work you love.
2. If you are looking for an investment, make sure the artist is devoted to his work beyond everything other than the muse (this can be many things; a woman, a mountain, a colour or God but it can’t make logical sense.)
3. It might be possible to hang a piece at home or to see it in different light.
4. Ask to be put on a gallery’s mailing list, and follow artists whose work you like.
5. If you want to appear knowledgeable and taken seriously in a gallery, scrutinise the paint on a canvas up-close and talk freely. Don’t ask whether the bubble wrap is a work of art or assume that staff have painted all the work.
6. The high cost of a piece of work will seem less in a year or two.
7. ‘The Rebel’ (1961) starring Tony Hancock gives a good insight into the art world. There are many levels there.
8. Be open minded and creative with any bare walls you want to fill, rather than trying to buy something to fit.
9. If you are looking for an investment, don’t buy from a gallery that sells food, coffee or gifts. Eat first and then look. Professional artists show in dedicated gallery spaces.
10. Buy work that is complex enough to grow with you.
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