Attention art lovers! You can see work from the latest three winners of the North East Emerging Artist Award at Seaton Delaval Hall this September and October. This prestigious award is always one of the cultural highlights of the year and this year’s …

The wondrous Luxmuralis is returning to Durham Cathedral this October with their latest show ‘The Storytellers’. Show-stopping. Jaw-dropping. Brain-scrambling. All of these can be applied to Luxmuralis who will be lighting up Durham Cathedral – quite …

Artist Harold Offeh has transformed the ground floor gallery of Baltic into a sci-fi playground, which is very nice of him. Brace yourself for ‘The Mothership Collective 2:0’. ‘The Mothership Collective 2:0’ invites visitors of all ages to imagine pote…

‘Guiding Entities’ is a solo exhibition at Mima by the Glasgow-based artist Zoë Tumika that spans ceramics, film and sound. It draws on Black radical traditions of resistance and creativity. This exhibition takes the River Tees and River Clyde as start…

‘Us’ is a fabulous retrospective coming to the Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery in Alnwick that features two very special artists indeed. And those artists are Sarah Bradford (that’s her piece ‘Feasting on the Light’ – pictured) and Geoffrey Bradford. Of h…

‘The Ribs Begin to Rise’ is the first institutional solo show by Ro Robertston, and you can see it in all its glory at National Gallery for Contemporary Art in Sunderland. Fittingly, this show is being staged in Ro Robertson’s hometown of Sunderland – …

In a major new commission at The Bowes Museum, acclaimed artist Pippa Hale has reimagined the museum’s renowned ceramic collection into a vibrant interactive experience for all ages. Naturally, The Bowes Museum’s ceramic collection is rather fragile. N…

‘Past and Future Pact’ is a new body of work by artist Jill McKnight, which comprises sculpture, works on paper and video, all of which is inspired by Sunderland’s industrial heritage. See it at the NGCA. Jill McKnight has brought together research fro…

Gail-Nina Anderson checks out the work of Cedric Morris, which is currently bringing untold joy to the Granary Gallery in Berwick. It’s an understated little accolade to which few twentieth century painters might aspire, but the inscription on Cedric Mor…

‘Spirit of the North East’ is a very excellent retrospective currently showing at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery that showcases the paintings of Richard Hobson. Richard Hobson (1945-2004) was a painter who managed to capture the changing landscapes…

Three rare Magna Cartas are going on display at Durham Cathedral in order to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the 1225 issue that is in the cathedral’s collection. Oh, my! What a show ‘Magna Carta and the North’ is. This magnificent exhibition has no…

Gail-Nina Anderson checks out “With These Hands” at the Laing Art Gallery, the new exhibition that explores the representation of craft in paintings, drawings and prints. In the days before Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry, there was a time when “Craft” and…

Visit The Bowes Museum to discover the timeless elegance, craftsmanship and innovation of the Joséphine Bowes’ textile collection. This captivating display features everything from opulent historical textiles to the cutting-edge creations of French hau…

‘Remember, Somewhere’ is a remarkable exhibition at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art that brings together the work of twin sisters Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster. What do we speak of when we speak of a life? Look around you. Is it your house, y…

Go deep into the story behind Middlesbrough iconic sculpture ‘Bottle of Notes’ at Mima. ‘Bottle of Notes’ is the only UK work by celebrated artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, and over the last thirty years that it’s been in situ, the nine-…