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2024

Kith and Kinship: Cornish and Lowry - The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle. July 20th 2024 to January 19th 2025
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2021

Behind the Scenes revealed, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, September 18th to October 8th.
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2020

The Sketchbooks - Palace Green Library, Durham. November 16th February 23rd 2020 The Definitive Collection - The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle. November 16th - February 23rd 2020 Norman Cornish Revealed - Gallery North, University of Northumbria. November 28th - December 20th.
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2019

The Norman Cornish Centenary Year is launched on April Sth 2019 at Spennymoor Town Hall with the opening of The Norman Cornish Trail, The John Kitson Archway and an exhibition showing the story of The Miners' Gala Mural. Centenary Exhibitions: A Slice of Life - The Mining Art Gallery Bishop Auckland. April 6th - Jan 10th. The Portraits - Gala Gallery, Durham, June 30th - September 1st. A Centenary - Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth. July 6th - July 27th. A Man of Destiny The Greenfield Gallery, Newton Aycliffe. October 10th - December 11th.
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2018

Planning commences with Durham County Council to celebrate the Norman Cornish Centenary in 2019. Spennymoor Town Council announces the planned development of the Norman Cornish Trail in and around Spennymoor.
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2017

Sarah Cornish dies on 24th July. Cornish at Castlegate - Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, September 16th to October 7th 2017. Commencement of PhD research into the Cornish Archive by University of Northumbria and development of instrumental analysis of all of the artist‘s materials in a joint project involving Northumbria University, Newcastle University and The University of Nara in Japan. ‘Behind the Scenes: the Norman Cornish Sketchbooks’, published by Norman Cornish Ltd, launched at The Durham Book Festival by Michael Chaplin with a foreword by Melvyn Bragg.
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2016

Northumbria University and Spennymoor Town Council jointly support the development and opening of the ‘Coming Home’ exhibition at Spennymoor Town Hall. The Bishop's Close Street exhibition opens at Tennant's, Leyburn, North Yorkshire in collaboration with Beamish Museum.
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2015

A Blue Plaque is installed at 67 Whitworth Terrace and supported by Durham County Council and Spennymoor Town Council. Beamish Museum announces plans to develop a 1950s town which will include the re-creation of the Cornish family home from 33 Bishop's Close Street. Castlegate House Gallery in Cockermouth is engaged to act on behalf of the Norman Cornish estate.
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2014

Norman Cornish died on 1st August, 2014. The eulogy at Norman's funeral was spoken by Michael Chaplin and later broadcast by BBC Radio 4 ‘Last Words.’ The Bishop‘s Close Street Exhibition. The Greenfield Gallery, Newton Aycliffe. A selection of sketchbooks exhibited for the first time. Two memorial lectures were presented at Spennymoor Town Hall by Norman‘s biographers Robert MacManners and Gillian Wales. Norman‘s studio is donated to Beamish Museum, County Durham.
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2013

One-man exhibition ‘The Lost World of Norman Cornish’ opens at the University Gallery, Northumbria University, touring to Kings Place Gallery, London. Launch of the book ‘The Lost World of Norman Cornish’, published by Northumbria University Gallery, October 2013.
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