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Tony Cragg at Castle Howard

Striking art in stunning surroundings

This special exhibition by internationally renowned artist Sir Tony Cragg included several large-scale sculptures in the Gardens, as well as sculptures and works on paper in the historic rooms of the House. 

This was Castle Howard’s first ever headline contemporary sculpture exhibition. Visitors enjoyed the artworks set against the backdrop of the beautiful Gardens and landscapes, and inside the magnificent House.

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Purchase a limited edition Tony Cragg print

Our limited-edition Tony Cragg print, Bluescape, is available to purchase from the House Gift Shop, or online.

The print is exclusive to Castle Howard, with each one of only 50 signed and numbered.

Exhibition Curator Dr Jon Wood said: ‘Bluescape continues Cragg’s fascination with anthropomorphism and with the representation of the landscape and the human body in union. This is a characteristic feature of his column sculptures where we see profiles of human heads and eroded geological formations merging together to become one. Several such sculptures, in polished stainless steel and wood, are presently on display at Caste Howard.

Bluescape carries a similar ambiguity. It presents a landscape of hills and clouds, which also reads as two faces, each looking up and down at the other. In keeping with this duality, Cragg has used the vertical portrait format for this landscape image, further underlining the combination of genres, and of the admixture of people and places.’


Bluescape is available to purchase in the House Gift Shop or online with delivery available to the UK, Europe, and the USA. Castle Howard Members can earn Membership Points on their purchase when they buy from our House Gift Shop.

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