\n Simon Williams established his first gallery Startle in Holt in April 2023, before opening another in Thornham last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n He was approached by Jarrolds three months ago due to the previous occupier, Norfolk Reclamation, relocating.\n<\/p>\n
\n Gallery owner Simon Williams has opened a new art space in Jarrolds(Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cI was first persuaded by a friend of mine that opening a gallery in Norfolk would be a good idea.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe took over the [Jarrolds] space in early September, so it has been a quick turnaround.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019ve wanted to come to Norwich and working with Jarrolds, with all of their history, is just sensational.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cNorwich as a city is a really cool, vibrant place and being part of that is really special.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Gallery owner Simon Williams has opened a new art space in Jarrolds(Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n Startle features artists of international acclaim including Thierry Guetta \u2013 known as Mr Brainwash \u2013 who featured in Banksy\u2019s documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, and Emma Gibbons who previously worked with Damien Hirst.\n<\/p>\n
\n Nods to Norfolk can be found all around the gallery including a Monopoly board with Norwich landmarks created exclusively for the gallery by printmaker Jayson Lilley, and pictures taken in Great Yarmouth and Sheringham by photographer Richard Heeps.\n<\/p>\n
\n Gallery owner Simon Williams has opened a new art space in Jarrolds(Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Williams added: \u201cArt is such a personal thing. We want people to come and explore.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cMy whole ethos is making art accessible. I want people to walk into a gallery environment and feel comfortable.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Startle\u2019s opening event saw huge interest with more than 1,000 people booked up to attend.\n<\/p>\n
\n The gallery, which can be found on the second floor of the department store, is now open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simon Williams established his first gallery Startle in Holt in April 2023, before opening another in Thornham last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-147985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}