Contact
Current hours: open by appointment only until the
Opening Reception on Saturday, August 10, 2019, at 5pm.
Matthew Swift Gallery is at
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary art fair till January 15. Meanwhile, please call or email.
Hours during
20/20 (ongoing, into February, 2020) are:
Current hours: opening reception TODAY Saturday, July 6, 5–7pm.
Hours
The gallery is open year-round.
Public hours vary with each exhibition.
Hours during
20/20, through February 29, 2020, are:
| Thursday |
12–5 |
| Friday |
12–5 |
| Saturday |
12–5 |
| Sunday |
12–5 |
| Monday |
12–5 |
| Tuesday |
closed |
| Wednesday |
closed |
Planned EXCEPTIONS to the above hours:
Installation photo, The Political Body, March 2017
Program
Matthew Swift Gallery shows beautiful and intelligent contemporary art at national fairs and in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Visitors to the public gallery will see an exhibition and may browse inventory on a large projection screen. The Director is available spontaneously or by appointment to guide visitors personally through the processes of discovery, evaluation, and selection of art.
Inventory includes hundreds of works of art hand-picked by the Director, which may be viewed in person by appointment at a private showroom near the gallery.
Matthew Swift Gallery works primarily with living artists residing in eastern Massachusetts, which allows the Director to develop an understanding of the artist’s practice over a period of years, and to keep current with the artist’s evolving concerns and projects. The gallery also represents significant estates and some artists residing outside the region.
History
Matthew Swift founded Trident Gallery in 2013. After six years, fifty exhibitions, and twenty-five live art performances, he retired the Trident name and has continued as Matthew Swift Gallery.
Installation photo, Vault Room, Harbortown 2014
Directions
Matthew Swift Gallery is located within the elegant Gloucester Safe Deposit and Trust building of 1880 in the heart of historic downtown Gloucester.
189 Main Street is at the corner of Duncan Street (Pleasant Street after it crosses Main).
Click here for a map and notes on nearby parking.
The MBTA Gloucester train station on the Rockport fork of the Newburyport/Rockport commuter rail from Boston is half a mile, a 10 minute walk from Matthew Swift Gallery according to Google Maps.
