Harry Lawson’s ‘Stepney Western’ recasts Byker as the Wild West in his new film, which you can see at Newcastle Contemporary Art. ‘Stepney Western’ is an experimental documentary which has been made over the past two years in collaboration with a group…

Just opened at the National Gallery for Contemporary Art in Sunderland is the largest ever exhibition of UK hobbies. Award-winning artist and Spider-Man enthusiast Hetain Patel is the mover and groover behind ‘Come As You Really Are’, an exhibition tha…

The Wey Aye LEGO Man 2025 photography exhibition returns to Newcastle in early May. These exhibitions – which are a real celebration of creativity and community – proudly champion neurodiverse artists by providing them with a platform to showcase their…

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-…

You can see Luke Jerram’s stunning piece ‘Helios’ at Seaton Delaval Hall this spring. We’ve not seen much sun over the past few months, but that missing celestial body is set to make a stunning return this March and April when internationally renowned art…

Gillian Lee Smith explores the lost and found – and the connection between heritage and the past, along with how it has shaped us – in her new show at Bailiffgate in Alnwick. Scotland-born artist Gillian Lee Smith has lived in Northumberland for the past …

Artists Jane Gower, Omi Pharncote and Jenny Purrett connect with the landscape – and each other – for a fabulous new exhibition, which you can see at The Gallery in Gateshead Central Library. This pic shows Jenny Gower and Omi Pharncote working on a drawi…

The Biscuit Factory has Fiona Sturrock as their headline artist for their famed spring exhibition, which is set to open this March. Many artists try their hand at that still life staple that is the vase of flowers, but most don’t succeed in producing anyt…

We’ve had a sneak preview of some of the amazing exhibitions that are set to light up Baltic in 2025 – which we detail below – but one show that you simply must go and see is Mani Kambo’s ‘Ax-is Mun-di’, which is open to visitors now. Mani Kambo: Ax-is…

‘Sustainable Clay’ at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle explores the environmental impact of this naturally occurring material. Potters and artists have long valued clay for its connection to a particular place, the very earth beneath our feet, but they…

Work! That’s what’s going on here, and a new exhibition at the National Glass Centre is all about the changing face of work in Europe, Africa and South America. This fascinating show features photographs from the IPRN Changing Faces Collection and incl…

The wonderful Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle is celebrating the 200th anniversary and artistic vision of museum co-founder Joséphine Bowes with a fantastic new exhibition entitled ‘From Joséphine Bowes Trendsetters and Trailblazers’. Joséphine Bowes w…

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…