Newcastle’s Discovery Museum has launched a new Special Exhibitions Gallery with the first show being ‘Things That Go!’. In the 1950s you wouldn’t find kids gawping at Bluey on an iPad. You’d find them whizzing round terrorising all and sundry in this …

‘Light and Fire: 500 Years of Tyndale’s New Testament’ is an exhibition celebrating perhaps the most dangerous book in history... Staged at Bishop Auckland’s Faith Museum, this landmark showcase marks half a millennium since William Tyndale risked—and …

‘Snapshot’ at Ushaw in Durham is a fascinating show that explores the history of photography, from its early beginnings to the present day, revealing how the medium has shaped the way we capture and remember the world around us. Most of us walk around …

‘No Yesterdays, No Tomorrows, Only Today’ is group show at Arts Centre Washington that focuses on the here and now. Celebrating over a decade of the vital ‘Creative Age’ initiative, this moving exhibition brings together artwork, stories, and shared mo…

Artists, makers, crafters and sundry small businesses in the region will be setting out their stalls when the first ever HBW X NCA Arts Market takes place at High Bridge Works in Newcastle this early October. The picture above doesn’t depict a HBW x NC…

An exhibition of works by Audrey Amiss, entitled ‘Kitchen Sink Realism’, is the first exhibition to take place at the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art’s new home at Culture House in Sunderland. The inaugural exhibition at the NGCA’s new home is al…

There’s a new family day out in Sunderland city centre this autumn. Culture House, The National Centre for Creative Smart Cities on Keel Square is now open, with four floors packed with things to discover, enjoy and explore together. At its heart is Sund…

The UK’s most prestigious art award, The Turner Prize, is coming to MIMA this autumn for what promises to be one of the cultural highlights of the north-east year. Established in 1984, the Turner Prize quickly grew into one of the world’s most feted—a…

‘Tour for Tusks: Drawing Hope for Wildlife’ is a special evening coming to The Common Room in Newcastle in October, focusing on how each of us can help create a better future for wildlife. The lovely Common Room is the place to be for this event which…

A new exhibition in Newcastle looks at the bold intersection of ceramics and fine art. Opening at the Hatton Gallery, ‘The Potter’s Canvas: Ceramics and Painting in the 20th Century’ explores how British studio potters transformed raw clay into vibran…

Sublime Landscapes at the Laing Art Gallery offers a sweeping journey through nature’s raw power and dramatic beauty. Drawing from the gallery’s rich permanent collection, this exhibition traces how artists have captured awe-inspiring environments from…

‘Streets to Sea’ is a new exhibition of stunning landscapes from Kev Oldham and you can see it in Alnwick. Kev Oldham: “I find inspiration from the things I see around me, from atmospheric seascapes to sunlit buildings to create a “frozen moment in tim…

A burst of expensive ultramarine blue on the walls of South Shields Museum should tell you you’re looking at a very posh painting indeed—Pierre Mignard’s portrait of the Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Sons (1691). Not that this French noblewoman ap…

The extraordinary work of Tish Murtha is celebrated in the latest exhibition at Baltic in a new show which also highlights the keen eye of Kuba Ryniewicz. As titles go, ‘Close to Home’ couldn’t get much closer to the home area it reflects. The photograp…

This year, the Mining Art Gallery at The Auckland Project are marking the centenary of Tom McGuinness with a powerful retrospective, ‘Out of the Darkness’. A true “quiet man” of the north-east, Tom McGuinness used his art not merely to document the minin…

‘Following the Eagle’ at Segedunum is an extraordinary showcase of rare bronze Roman military artefacts and military diplomas. And when I say ‘diplomas’, I don’t mean those things universities dish out on bits of paper. I’m talking diplomas inscribed …