Winifred Nicholson was a dab hand at many things, not least making traditional rag rugs, and you can see 28 of them at MIMA in Middlesbrough. Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981) was an influential figure in British 20th century art, not least for her lumino…

Harry Griffin’s photographs provide a unique insight into the vibrant comedy circuit. See them at the NGCA and Pop Recs in Sunderland. This pic shows Aussie comic Becky Lucas living the high-life of a modern comedian. Glamorous it often isn’t. But from…

‘Heartwood’ by artist printmaker Shona Branigan brings together five works at Baltic, all inspired by the tree at Sycamore Gap, which were commissioned by the National Trust. The deliberate cutting down of the tree at Sycamore Gap remains a shocking ev…

Gail-Nina Anderson looks forward to a new exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery, which celebrates the life and work of local artist and curator Nerys Johnson. The moment I encountered Nerys Johnson’s idiosyncratic watercolours I fell in love with them, tho…

Michael James McCormack has created three pieces of work in response to The Bowes Museum’s collection that can be seen on flagpoles on the terrace at the front of the Museum in Barnard Castle. Naturally, if you’re an artist tasked with responding to one o…

The Story – the knockout visitor attraction, which opened in Durham earlier this year (pictured) – has been a roaring success, and its latest visitor attraction sees them exploring the experiences of children and young people at different points in histor…

The Laing Art Gallery is exploring over 200 years of landscape painting in the north of England and Scotland in their new exhibition ‘Romance to Realities: The Northern Landscape and Shifting Identities’. If there’s one thing that we’ve got an abundanc…

‘Towards New Worlds’ sees fifteen artists exploring their experiences of seeing, hearing, feeling and sensing the contemporary world. You can see it at MIMA in Middlesbrough. Each of the artists involved in this show is disabled, D/deaf and/or neurodiverg…

Textile artist extraordinaire Sue Bowhay Pringle is showing her incredible work at Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery in Alnwick from October onwards. Most of the pieces in Sue Bowhay Pringle’s new show are abstract but look closely and you can sometimes find s…