About TCG Gallery
Independent. Artist-run. Built for photography.
TCG Gallery, formerly The Chateau Gallery, is an independent, New York City–based online photography gallery with roots in Louisville, Kentucky.
The gallery presents curated photography exhibitions, international open calls, publications, and special projects featuring emerging, mid-career, and established photographers from around the world. Its purpose is straightforward: present strong work, make opportunities accessible, and maintain a durable public record of every exhibition.
The gallery began in a Châteauesque Victorian mansion on Third Street in Louisville’s Historic Old Louisville Preservation District. The building inspired the former name and remains part of TCG’s history; it is not the gallery’s present location.
TCG’s current program is dedicated to photography and lens-based work. Historical pages may include other media shown during earlier chapters, but current opportunities are governed by each published prospectus.
Bockee Manor, 1888
"Another fashionable Louisville home was the Third Street residence of tobacco broker Charles Bockee, which was built at the onset of the boom that would populate the neighborhood with hundreds of new residences. A striking feature was the keyhole motif incorporated in the front entry and third floor balcony, details featured in a Harper's Weekly Supplement article from 1888 touting the city's growth."
Text: Courtesy of David Domine, Old Louisville, 2010. Illustration: "Louisville: A City of Beautiful Homes." Harper's Weekly, 1888.
A Building with a Long History
Before it became an exhibition space, the building served as a funeral home from the 1930s into the early 1960s. Its mortuary history later made it a stop on Old Louisville ghost tours.
Photo: Courtesy of UofL Photographic Archives, Caufield & Shook Collection, Louisville, Kentucky, 1935.
The Chateau Gallery. Est. 2019.
