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Front cover of Lindisfarne Gospels c. 700 (Cotton MS Nero D IV) (c) British Library Board

Lindisfarne Gospels to go on display in the North East

Helen Nugent November 3, 2021 Comments Off

It is a much-anticipated return, years in the planning. And it’s now less than 12 months until the North East homecoming of the Lindisfarne Gospels.

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Music: This Is Tomorrow 2021, Exhibition Park, Newcastle

Helen Nugent September 22, 2021 Comments Off

Festival season is (safely) back in full swing.

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James, This Is For the NHS. Image by Lewis Palmer

Music: This Is For The NHS, Exhibition Park, Newcastle

Helen Nugent September 22, 2021 Comments Off

Newcastle’s biggest outdoor music festival, This Is Tomorrow, hosted a free festival for NHS workers at Newcastle’s Exhibition Park to thank staff who have been risking their lives to curb the spread of COVID-19.

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‘Spilled Sunlight ‘ - Cat Moore - Reduction linocut - £350

Image Gallery: New Light Prize Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle

Helen Nugent May 19, 2021 Comments Off

The roadmap out of lockdown is well under way in the UK with galleries beginning to reopen their doors to the public.

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A Dark Pool , c.1917 (oil on canvas) by Laura Knight (1877-1970) / Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK / © Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums © Reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2020. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images

Image Gallery: Challenging Convention, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle

Helen Nugent April 28, 2021 Comments Off

Before the 20th century, the canon of western art was dominated by male artists.

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Courtesy of Discovery Museum, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums’

Image Gallery: The Female Form Through Time, Discovery Museum, Newcastle

Helen Nugent April 21, 2021 Comments Off

Instagram filters are not the first tool to be used to distort and manipulate the female form.

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Fenwick Christmas Window, Newcastle. Image by Phil Pounder

Photo Gallery: The Fenwick Christmas Window, Newcastle

Phil Pounder November 25, 2020 Comments Off

Ah, the Fenwick Christmas window in Newcastle.

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Summer 1929.32, Thomas Martine Ronaldson © Manchester Art Gallery, Bridgeman Images NEXTGEN GALLERY EDITDELETE

Picture Gallery: Art Deco by the Sea, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle

Helen Nugent September 28, 2020 Comments Off

Longing for a holiday by the sea?

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View of the Tyne Bridge from the High Level Bridge, 6 March 1928, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

Photo Gallery: the North East, Tyne & Wear Archives

Helen Nugent January 29, 2020 Comments Off

Located in the Discovery Museum in the heart of Newcastle, Tyne & Wear Archives is home to thousands of documents, housed on 14km of shelving, relating to the five local districts of Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside.

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