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Preview: Discovery Nights: Wonder Women (06/03)

TV’s Vera costume and creator Ann Cleeves at Discovery Museum’s event for International Women’s Day

Mon 9 Feb 2026 | VIEW

Preview: Between Dialogues @ Vane Gallery

Ben Robinson previews Vane Gallery’s new exhibition, highlighting how the region’s varied artistic voices connect through shared cultural, theoretical and practical influences.

Wed 4 Feb 2026 | VIEW

News: Festival of Thrift

Festival of Thrift Returns to Kirkleatham from 4th-5th July in new multi-year partnership with Redcar and Cleveland

Mon 2 Feb 2026 | VIEW

My Inspiration: Graham Dolphin – Teenage Angst Has Paid Off Well

Graham Dolphin discusses the ideas driving his latest exhibition, made with students from Durham Sixth Form Centre and shaped by Nirvana’s role as a sharp lens on culture’s tangle with capitalism.

Tue 27 Jan 2026 | VIEW

News: Side @ Baltic

Side to establish curatorial office in Baltic expanding Working-Class Documentary into a New Era

Mon 19 Jan 2026 | VIEW

Preview: Between Work and Play @ Globe Gallery, North Shields

The Globe Gallery is set to launch its collaborative exhibition, bringing together Graham Patterson, Helen Pailing, and Helen Maurer and exploring the tension between seemingly opposing states

Fri 16 Jan 2026 | VIEW

Preview: Curious Works @ Bottleworks, Newcastle

Ali Barden and Diane Westwood present a ceramics and mixed media exhibition at Bottleworks from 4th-9th December

Mon 1 Dec 2025 | VIEW

Preview: Books on Tyne @ Lit & Phil & Newcastle Libraries

Isabel Johnson looks ahead to the 13th Books On Tyne festival at Newcastle Libraries and the Lit & Phil, taking place 22nd-29th November

Thu 20 Nov 2025 | VIEW

Preview: COALFACE/25 @ Vane

The Gateshead gallery presents an exhibition mounted by RIBA North East Small Practice, featuring original works by North East based architectural practitioners past and present.

Tue 11 Nov 2025 | VIEW

Interview: Lucy Nichol

Niamh Poppleton chats to the North-East author about, Girls To The Front, her new revenge thriller taking inspiration from the 90s ‘Riot grrrr’ movement

Wed 5 Nov 2025 | VIEW