Mike Moor

A collection of etchings, paintings and drawings by West-Yorkshire based artist Mike Moor. The dreamlike abstraction of animal and figurative symbols reflects physical and psychic split that humans have created between ourselves and the rest of nature whilst themes of vulnerability to forces beyond our control and a search for solace in a complex, fractious age often sit below the surface.

Venue:

The Biscuit Factory, 16 Stoddard Street, Newcastle, NE2 1AN

Date:

Feb 1st 2025 - Feb 28th 2025

Opening Times:

Daily 10:00 - 17:00

Price:

Free

The Lost and Left Behind: The work of Gillian Lee Smith

This exhibition explores connections and memories that are accumulated, embellished, diminished, and sometimes lost and even rediscovered over time. Whilst the work represents and honours our collective heritage, our ancestors, and those who have come before us, we are also invited to view ourselves with the same curiosity and reverence as those we hold dear. What if we were to create/recreate (and even imagine!) stories that are familiar and celebrate our uniqueness - to connect with ourselves, our memories, and our human experience?

Venue:

Bailiffgate Museum, 14 Bailiffgate, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1LX

Date:

Feb 4th 2025 - Mar 30th 2025

Opening Times:

Sun and Tue-Sat 10:00 - 16:00

Price:

Adults £6/conc £5/children £1

The Lost and Left Behind

This exhibition by Scotland-born artist Gillian Lee Smith explores connections and memories that are accumulated, embellished, diminished, and sometimes lost and even rediscovered over time. Whilst the work represents and honours our collective heritage, our ancestors, and those who have come before us, we are also invited to view ourselves with the same curiosity and reverence as those we hold dear. What if we were to create/recreate (and even imagine!) stories that are familiar and celebrate our uniqueness - to connect with ourselves, our memories, and our human experience?

Venue:

Bailiffgate Museum, 14 Bailiffgate, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1LX

Date:

Feb 4th 2025 - Mar 30th 2025

Opening Times:

Sun and Tue-Sat 10:00 - 16:00

Price:

Adults £6/conc £5/children £1

The Urbanites

An exhibition that brings together five artists from the UK and Ireland, each of whom has an individual approach, and employs a variety of different media, to depict the urban landscape they inhabit. Featuring Iona Frances Brown, Jack Coates, David Fox, Bernard Quinn, Beth J Ross.

Venue:

Vane, 65 High St, Gateshead, NE8 2AP

Date:

Feb 6th 2025 - Mar 1st 2025

Opening Times:

Wed-Sat 12:00 - 17:00

Price:

Free

From Josephine Bowes: Trendsetters and Trailblazers

A landmark exhibition honouring the pioneering spirit and 200th anniversary of museum co-founder, Joséphine Bowes. This visually stunning exhibition showcases three centuries of eclectic art and creativity including a curated selection of works from The Bowes Museum’s collection and major loans from across the UK, Europe and United States. Expect to see an extraordinary mix of paintings, sculptures, textiles and ceramics from world-renowned artists including Pablo Picasso and Sir Grayson Perry CBE, rising contemporaries such as Joy Labinjo and Lucy Waters, and a special commission by Phoebe Cummings. The exhibition offers a glimpse into how Joséphine’s remarkable understanding of artistic trends and cross-genre approach to collecting might have shaped the collection today.

Venue:

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8NP

Date:

Feb 8th 2025 - Jun 29th 2025

Opening Times:

Daily 10:00 - 17:00

Price:

£19/under 18s Free

Behold; We Will Do A New Thing… New Paintings by Paul Harvey

"Behold, we will do a new thing..." is a collaboration between designer Chris Morton (C-More-Tone) and painter Paul Harvey, exploring the complex relationship between fine art and graphic design. This collaboration delves into the creative processes of both pre- and post-digital ages, celebrating ‘Graphic Artists’. Chris Morton, original art director at Stiff Records, created iconic covers for Punk & New Wave artists. Paul Harvey, a Stuckist since 2001, has exhibited internationally. Their project explores the complex interplay of fine art and graphic design

Venue:

Newcastle Arts Centre, 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SG

Date:

Feb 8th 2025 - Mar 15th 2025

Opening Times:

Sat 00:00 - 17:00 , Mon-Sat 09:30 - 17:00

Price:

Free

Conversations with Stone – Curated by Elizabeth Oughton

A group exhibition that includes local artists, current students and graduates from the MFA (Fine Art) programme at Newcastle University. The show explores the spiritual, social, cultural and economic histories of the building, interpreted through artistic practice. The exhibition, featuring works by Alia Gargum, Bex Etheridge, Bridget Kennedy, Carol McCourt, Elizabeth Oughton, Sarah March and Sean Auld, will express the many voices contained within the material of the building, inviting a wider audience into these conversations with stone.

Venue:

Newcastle Cathedral, Newcastle, NE1 1DF

Date:

Feb 11th 2025 - Feb 15th 2025

Opening Times:

Mon-Fri 08:00 - 18:00 , Sat-Sun 08:00 - 17:00

Price:

Free

MA Curating Art

Newcastle University’s new MA Curating Art presents three exhibitions of roughly one month each. First is a ‘one-work’ exhibition, looking again at a treasure from the Hatton’s permanent collection. The second exhibition is a re-examination of historical and modern artworks acquired by the Hatton across its first century of teaching fine art. The third exhibition combines contemporary art and historical artworks in unexpected ways.

Venue:

Hatton Gallery, The Quadrangle, University of Newcastle, 6 Kensington Terrace, Newcastle, NE1 7RU

Date:

Feb 14th 2025 - May 7th 2025

Opening Times:

Mon-Sat 10:00 - 17:00

Price:

Free

History of Black Music on Tyneside Photography Exhibition

Celebrating four decades of Black Music on Tyneside featuring artists Chaka Khan, Bhundu Boys, Jimmy Cliff, Candi Staton, Richie Havens together with contemporary Newcastle artists Kema Kay and Kay Greyson and many more at legendary venues Jumpin’ Hot Club, Hoochie Coochie, World Headquarters and festivals Boss Sounds and Evolution. Images will be projected above the iconic Turbina at Discovery Museum Newcastle.

Venue:

Discovery Museum, (Closed on all Bank Holidays) Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA

Date:

Feb 15th 2025 - Feb 23rd 2025

Opening Times:

Sat-Sun 11:00 - 16:00 , Mon-Fri 10:00 - 16:00

Price:

Free

Koestler Arts: Almost Home

Koestler Arts and Baltic are partnering to present a showcase of artwork made in criminal justice settings in the North East of England. The showcase will present an array of fine art, design, writing and music from prisons, secure hospitals and probation services in the North East, all entered into the 2024 Koestler Awards for arts in the criminal justice system. The show features 70 works from the region, selected after a week The Koestler Arts team spent working with 6 women in the prison’s art class.

Venue:

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, South Shore Road, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 3BA

Date:

Feb 19th 2025 - May 11th 2025

Opening Times:

Sun and Wed-Sat 10:00 - 18:00

Price:

Free

Andy Davey: Backbone

Documentary photography exploring the everyday challenges of living on a remote farm. Working with children who live on farms, the photographs were produced collaboratively to allow them to show their own lived experiences.

Venue:

Shieldfield Art Works, Formerly The Holy Biscuit, Opposite The Biscuit Factory, 1 Clarence Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1YH

Date:

Feb 19th 2025 - Mar 5th 2025

Opening Times:

Tue-Thu 11:00 - 16:00

Price:

Free

SHOAL

An exhibition featuring 12 photographs by artist Mandy Barker. The series reveals evidence of marine plastic debris collected during the Japanese Tsunami Debris Expedition in June 2012. The work focuses on plastics collected and photographed from trawls and net samples at various points between Japan and Hawaii, and also from the tsunami affected shoreline in Fukushima Prefecture. Each image includes a different trawl sample, in some cases represented as tiny plankton, and captioned with the grid reference of where each sample was collected.

Venue:

Great North Museum: Hancock, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PT

Date:

Feb 21st 2025 - Nov 2nd 2025

Opening Times:

Mon-Fri 10:00 - 17:00 , Sun 11:00 - 16:00 , Sat 10:00 - 16:00

Price:

Free

The Northumberland Open Exhibition 2025

Housed in Woodhorn Museum’s stunning Workshop Galleries, the annual Northumberland Open is the largest exhibition of its type in Northumberland. The exhibition attracts submissions from artists from across Northumberland and beyond. Works are selected for exhibition by a professional panel of artists and curators who also select an Overall Winner and Highly Commended artworks to be awarded prizes. During the exhibition run, thousands of visitors vote for the ‘People’s Choice Award’ which is announced at the end of the exhibition.

Venue:

Woodhorn Museum , Queen Elizabeth 2nd Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF

Date:

Feb 22nd 2025 - Jun 1st 2025

Opening Times:

Sun and Wed-Sat 10:00 - 16:00

Price:

£9.50/£8.50/under 18s Free

Claire White - Soul conversations

Spiritual and emotional explorations in textiles. Claire is a disabled, queer, non-binary, neurospicy, textile artist. They make work that explores social and personal issues often using textiles and recycled materials.

Venue:

Wild & Free Gallery, 3A Ilfracombe Gardens, Whitley Bay, NE26 3ND

Date:

Feb 23rd 2025 - Mar 15th 2025

Opening Times:

Wed-Sat 09:30 - 17:00

Price:

Free

Berwick Parade

In an event that’s not to be missed, you are invited to gather in the Parade Ground of the Berwick Barracks to witness a stirring and magical light installation created for and with the community of Berwick-upon-Tweed by the celebrated artist Matthew Rosier. Featuring many hundreds of local people this is a parade like no other ever seen in Berwick and over three spectacular evenings the walls of the historic Barracks will be transformed into a parade of giants moving and dancing in a joyful procession.

Venue:

Berwick Barracks Parade Ground, Northumberland, TD15 1DF

Date:

Feb 28th 2025 - Mar 2nd 2025

Opening Times:

28th Feb - 2nd Mar 2025 18:30 , 28th Feb - 2nd Mar 2025 19:30 , 28th Feb - 2nd Mar 2025 20:30

Price:

Free

Fire & Ice Durham

Experience the magic of Fire and Ice in Durham, a spectacular winter event transforming Durham City centre into a captivating wonderland. Stunning ice sculptures, carved by world-class artists, are displayed throughout the streets, each illuminated with vibrant lights. As day turns to night, fiery performances ignite the atmosphere with dazzling displays of heat and flame. This family-friendly event offers interactive installations, live entertainment, and themed displays inspired by the elements of fire and ice. Stroll through Durham’s historic streets, enjoy the warmth of local cafes, and marvel at this unforgettable celebration of art and creativity.

Venue:

Durham City Centre,

Date:

Feb 28th 2025 - Mar 1st 2025

Opening Times:

28th Feb - 1st Mar 2025 10:00 - 17:00

Price:

Free

20 Historical Women Who Changed The World

This bold, colourful, educational and historically-inspired exhibition features the works of Nigerian-born Doncaster artist, curator, and art advisor Chinwe Russell. It gives an insight into the lives of some incredible women from around the world, whose work in different sectors have had a massive impact on the contemporary world and continue to do so. The collection contains some well-known historical figures such as Marie Curie, Elizabeth I and Florence Nightingale, but most importantly, it also contains many lesser-known women whose works continue to shape our daily lives.

Venue:

Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Market Place, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NP

Date:

Mar 1st 2025 - May 24th 2025

Opening Times:

Mon-Sat 10:00 - 16:00

Price:

Free

Land, Sea and Air

Ken Devine, an EDAN artist will be holding a personal exhibition together with some other EDAN artists.

Venue:

EDAN Gallery, The Art Block, 74 Church Street, Seaham, County Durham, SR7 7HF

Date:

Mar 4th 2025 - Mar 30th 2025

Opening Times:

Tue-Fri 11:00 - 15:00 , Sat 10:00 - 16:00

Price:

Free

Samantha Cary: Unravelling

In this new body of work Samantha Cary moves between painting, mono prints, etchings and woodcuts to build complex, layered and often darkly humorous images. Tackling subjects including jealousy, career isolation, dating and heartbreak through a process of meticulous making and a prism of cultural references ranging from music videos, television and films to fairytales and art history, her stories unwind and unravel.

Venue:

Granary Gallery, Dewar’s Lane, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1HJ

Date:

Mar 8th 2025 - May 18th 2025

Opening Times:

Sun and Wed-Sat 11:00 - 16:00

Price:

Free

Parallel Play in Red and Blue

A body of work produced during a self-imposed Artist Residency in Motherhood (ARIM). Through a visual language, the identities of artist and mother are separated with the former responding to the latter’s experiences with and around small children.

Venue:

Shieldfield Art Works, Formerly The Holy Biscuit, Opposite The Biscuit Factory, 1 Clarence Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1YH

Date:

Mar 12th 2025 - Mar 26th 2025

Opening Times:

Tue-Thu 11:00 - 16:00

Price:

Free

'The Secret Lives of Bottle of Notes: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen'

Discover the story behind Bottle of Notes (1993), Middlesbrough’s iconic public sculpture and the only UK work by celebrated artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Over its 30-year life this nine-metre-tall steel bottle has been adopted as a symbol for the Tees Valley. The Secret Lives of Bottle of Notes, delves into how public art shapes identity and place. Through historical and contemporary artworks, archival materials, and creative contributions from Tees Valley communities, the exhibition traces the making of this significant sculpture, its meaning to the region, and its lasting impact on Middlesbrough’s cultural landscape.

Venue:

Mima, Centre Square, Middlesbrough, TS1 2AZ

Date:

Mar 14th 2025 - Oct 5th 2025

Opening Times:

Sun 12:00 - 16:00 , Tue-Sat 10:00 - 16:30

Price:

Free

Stepney Western

Newcastle Contemporary Art is delighted to announce Stepney Western, an exhibition comprising a new film by Newcastle-based artist / filmmaker Harry Lawson. At the heart of Stepney Western is Lawson’s experimental documentary, made over the past two years in collaboration with a group of young inner city horse riders from Stepney Bank Stables in Newcastle. It is loosely centred on their Alternative Provision programme — a unique alternative for young people in Newcastle who struggle in mainstream education settings.

Venue:

Newcastle Contemporary Art, High Bridge Works, 31-39 High Bridge, Newcastle upon-Tyne, NE1 1EW

Date:

Mar 15th 2025 - Apr 27th 2025

Opening Times:

Thu-Sat 12:00 - 17:00

Price:

Free

Pamela Ormston - Sand and Salt

Paintings entirely inspired by life at the seaside and the busyness that is drawn to it; both in the colour and forms that present themselves as well as imagery that evokes memories and dreams of summer migration to the seaside. I like to find elements that are a bit flamboyant, a bit marvellous and a bit curious... and then exaggerate them just a little.

Venue:

Wild & Free Gallery, 3A Ilfracombe Gardens, Whitley Bay, NE26 3ND

Date:

Mar 16th 2025 - Apr 5th 2025

Opening Times:

Wed-Sat 09:30 - 17:00

Price:

Free

The Discovery of Birds

Drawing on Ushaw Library’s rich and varied natural history holdings, The Discovery of Birds illuminates the development of bird art and ornithology from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. The exhibition takes in the Enlightenment, exploration and discovery and includes the work of many of the leading naturalists and bird artists of the period.

Venue:

Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels and Gardens, Woodland Road, Durham, DH7 9RH

Date:

Mar 22nd 2025 - Jun 22nd 2025

Opening Times:

Mon-Sat 11:00 - 16:00

Price:

£10/under 18s £6/under 5s Free

Hetain Patel: Come As You Really Are

From makers and modifiers to crafters and collectors, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, alongside award-winning artist and Spider-Man enthusiast Hetain Patel and Artangel present Come As You Really Are. Beginning as a nationwide call-out inviting members of the public to share the creative activity they dedicate their spare time to, Come As You Really Are will feature hundreds of unique hand-crafted objects and collections submitted from across the North East of England standing shoulder to shoulder with existing artworks and a new film commission by Patel.

Venue:

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, c/o National Glass Centre, Liberty Way, Sunderland, SR6 0GL

Date:

Mar 22nd 2025 - Jul 6th 2025

Opening Times:

Daily 10:00 - 17:00

Price:

Free

Josephine: A Woman of Taste and Fashion

Discover the timeless elegance, craftsmanship and innovation of Joséphine Bowes’ textile collection in this captivating display. From opulent historical textiles to the cutting-edge creations of French haute couture, highlights include iconic designs from Yves Saint Laurent, Jeanne Paquin and Elsa Schiaparelli, as well as intricate embroideries and breathtaking lacework. Examples of Joséphine’s style influences from the mid-18th century will also be on show, alongside rare surviving pieces from her personal wardrobe and material from the archives.

Venue:

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8NP

Date:

Mar 22nd 2025 - Mar 1st 2026

Opening Times:

Daily 10:00 - 17:00

Price:

£19/under 18s Free

Andy Martin's Portraits of East Durham Women

Venue:

EDAN Gallery, The Art Block, 74 Church Street, Seaham, County Durham, SR7 7HF

Date:

Apr 1st 2025 - Apr 28th 2025

Opening Times:

Tue-Fri 11:00 - 15:00 , Sat 10:00 - 16:00

Price:

Free

Ali Cherri: How I Am Monument

Ali Cherri works across film, sculpture, installation, drawing and performance. His practice is inspired both by archaeological artefacts and the natural world, exploring the temporal shifts between ancient civilisations and contemporary societies. Using artefacts as a starting point, he considers the links between archaeology, historical narrative and heritage, reflecting on the processes of excavation and the relocation and preservation of cultural objects in museums. His work addresses colonial histories, cultural loss, nationhood and different geographies of violence in his native Lebanon but also in the broader region, interrogating the ways in which political violence is witnessed, and disseminates into people’s bodies, and how it scars the physical and cultural landscape.

Venue:

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, South Shore Road, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 3BA

Date:

Apr 12th 2025 - Oct 12th 2025

Opening Times:

Sun and Wed-Sat 10:00 - 18:00

Price:

Free

Laura and Rachel Lancaster

A survey painting exhibition of works by Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster. Identical twins and prolific painters, the Lancasters have carved out distinct painting styles and have exhibited nationally and internationally. This exhibition at Baltic will be the first institutional exhibition showing the sisters’ paintings side by side, and the exhibition location, in North East of England, where they were born and still live and work in their shared studio in Ouseburn, Newcastle.

Venue:

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, South Shore Road, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 3BA

Date:

Apr 12th 2025 - Oct 12th 2025

Opening Times:

Sun and Wed-Sat 10:00 - 18:00

Price:

Free