Gallery 78 in Fredericton is celebrating 50 years. The gallery was started by Inge and James Pataki at 78 Brunswick St. in 1976.
From Richard Hatfield to Bruno Bobak, Gallery 78 holds 50 years of memories
Hannah Rudderham · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 17, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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In 1989, the family moved Gallery 78 to Crocket House at 796 Queen St. in Fredericton. It is still there today. (Hannah Rudderham/CBC)
Fifty years ago, James and Inge Pataki decided to open an art gallery in their own home in Fredericton.
Now the oldest private art gallery in New Brunswick — with three generations of family involved — Gallery 78 is celebrating the milestone with an anniversary exhibition.
And, according to Inge Pataki, the story begins even earlier than 1976.
“The whole idea began in about ’72,” she said. “We looked for a house, a building, to start the gallery in, and it started then at 78 Brunswick, which is our residence, and I still live there.”
Inge Pataki in 1977 posing with a Molly Lamb Bobak painting.
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