‘X – Contemporary British Painting’ is a huge new show highlighting, well, the clue is in the exhibition title… By all accounts, this exhibition is on a scale not seen in the north-east for decades – which, cards on the table, has got me excited because n…

‘To the Roar of the Crowd’ explores the depiction of popular Roman spectator sports on everyday objects, and you can see it at Segedunum Roman Fort. When it comes to the Romans, everyone always go a bundle for gladiator fights and chariot-races etc. Such …

Cory Arcangel’s exhibition at NGCA is a single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Instagram, screen captured by a smartphone in December 2019. Cory Arcangel is a leading US artist, but this isn’t the first time he’s exhibited at NGCA. I…

If you want to see artists exploring the alchemic premise: as above so below, then make tracks for ‘Solid Matter’ at the Gallagher & Turner gallery in Newcastle. Bridging the spheres of the earth and space, Jill Tate’s paintings and prints (that’s her ‘Ch…

Amy Dover’s art confronts speciesism perspectives on non-human animals and the often macabre and cruel hand of humans. Amy Dover – who lives in the north-east – had a residency in a remote Panamanian village in 2022 where she lived with the indigenous Kun…

Artist Marilou Chagnaud’s extraordinary residency for VARC (Visual Arts in Rural Communities) comes to an end this June with a final exhibition in Tarset in Northumberland. The work of Marilou Chagnaud – a visual artist based in the UK – belongs withi…

A new exhibition in Newcastle by photographer Harry Hall celebrates the sterling work being done by local institution Recyke y’bike. Can we really call Recyke y’bike a local institution? I think we can you know because they’re absolutely brilliant. The ch…

Mary Ann Rogers is one of the UK’s foremost wildlife artists and you can see her latest exhibition ‘Force of Nature’ at her own gallery this June and July. I’m forever in awe of the life that Mary Ann Rogers manages to breathe into her paintings with just…

57 emerging artists will be celebrated this June at an exhibition that is always one of the highlights of the north-east cultural summer: the Newcastle University Fine Art Degree Show. I love these degree shows as they give you a real snapshot of what’s h…

Not only can you see stuff at Baltic this summer – you can make it too. Imagine! It’s true! Baltic are running a new series of beginner-friendly workshops in June that they’ve slapped with the label ‘Baltic Shop Creates’. First up is ‘An Origami Bag’ (pic…

Coquetdale has been the focus of the Out of Town (OOT) Museum project over the last few months and its next port of call is at the wonderful Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery in Alnwick. Coquetdale is a sparsely populated rural area in North Northumberland but…

A taste of Versailles as experienced by King Louis XIV is coming to Ushaw this spring. And this exhibition has a show-stopping first in the shape of some of the rarest books in European history. Never before seen in public, the first edition volumes known…

This 3,000-year-old sun pendant features in a stunning new exhibition, which you can currently see at the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens. This stunning piece – known as gold bulla – is one of the most significant items of Bronze Age metalwork ever dis…

Discover the next generation of artists, makers and designers in the ‘Modern Makers’ exhibition at The Bowes Museum. The Bowes’ unique fine and decorative arts collection has inspired the artists at The Northern School of Art to create a 21st century seri…

The National Trust has a plethora of exciting things for art lovers to see over the next few months including this little lot… One of the feathers in National Trust’s extravagant hat is the gorgeous Seaton Delaval Hall, and it’s here that you’ll be able t…

‘Beach Scene’ by LS Lowry is now on permanent display at Berwick Museum and Art Gallery, and it’s also the centrepiece of their ‘Lowry at the Seaside’ show. LS Lowry is probably most associated with his urban scenes – all those belching chimneys – but he …

A bunch of amazing artists from the north-east are holding an exhibition at The Cluny in Newcastle, which has been inspired by the Fluxus art movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Trying to pin down an exact definition of what Fluxus is, is like nailing jelly …

The Farrell Centre – a new centre for architecture and cities, based in Newcastle – is opening to the public in April. Hooray! The Farrell Centre combines a public gallery, research hub, and community space, and will be free to enter. And their inaugural …

‘Deep Horizons’ at Mima starts with the topic of excavation and presents sculpture, drawing, painting, installation, ceramics, photography and moving image from the last 50 years. ‘Deep Horizons’ is a wide-ranging group show that has pulled out all sorts …

It doesn’t start until May, but we’re too excited about Conrad Milne’s new exhibition to keep it to ourselves any longer. Brace yourself for ‘Fragments’. The pieces in Conrad Milne’s new exhibition don’t have focal points. Instead, they send your eye skit…

Chris Killip was one of the UK’s foremost documentary photographers, and a wide-ranging retrospective of his work at BALTIC shines a particular light on his northern pictures. From old fellas dipping their heads against fierce winter winds, to kids playin…

Two fabulous new exhibitions at BALTIC have caught the attentions of Gail-Nina Anderson. As we hurtle towards the Spring Equinox, looking forward to that blessed day when we can turn off the central heating and prepare to loll about in pale sunshine on gr…

‘The Lost Spells: Listening to a Landscape of Voices’ is an immersive exhibition featuring original artwork, soundscapes and interactive experiences. ‘The Lost Spells…’ features artwork and words by artist Jackie Morris and writer Robert Mcfarlane, which …

‘Permanent Marker’ is a solo exhibition by Manchester-based artist Nina Chua, which you can see at Workplace Foundation. I love the feeling you get when you pop the top off a brand new marker pen (and no, I not talking about the heady aroma). When you’re …