Category Archives: Exhibitions

5 Things… To Look Forward to on Tyneside in 2015

Posted on 5 February 2015 by Laura Brewis

Written by: Hannah Whitehead 2015 is set to be a pretty exciting year in terms of music, theatre and other local events in the North East…. and particularly on Tyneside.

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REVIEW: Jesse Wine @ BALTIC

Posted on 5 January 2015 by Laura Brewis

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Until 22nd February REVIEW: Eve Knowlson Jesse Wine is an artist raised in Chester who works with ceramics, using traditional techniques for the process of making. Wine doesn’t record his methods, however he mixes … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Gone With the Wind by Claire Morgan @ Laing Art Gallery

Posted on 30 December 2014 by Laura Brewis

Newcastle Upon Tyne 19th September 2014 – 11th January 2015 More information on the Tyne and Wear Museums Website Review by: Katy Willis As I always do when I go into museums or art galleries, I wandered into the Laing … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: David Lynch Naming @ mima

Posted on 19 December 2014 by Laura Brewis

12 December 2014 – 26 March 2015 Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima) More information on the mima website REVIEW BY: MAXINE DAVIES  “What’s in a name?” mused Shakespeare’s Juliet in the sixteenth century, “That which we call a rose … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Yellow Wallpaper. Women and Mental Health: An Evening of Art, Performance, Music and Writing @ Star and Shadow Cinema

Posted on 21 November 2014 by Laura Brewis

Newcastle upon Tyne 11 November 2014 More about the Star and Shadow Cinema Review by: Antonia Velikova Yellow Wallpaper was definitely not what I expected. To be quite fair, I always seem to have expectations of exhibitions before I go … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Screaming Steel: War, Art and Trauma 1914-1918

Posted on 29 September 2014 by Laura Brewis

Hatton Gallery, Newcastle 20th September – 13th December 2014 More information on Screaming Steel at Tyne and Wear Museums Review by: Jacob Armstrong The First World War was a cataclysmic event in more ways than one, bringing forth the collapse … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Daniel Buren: Catch As Catch Can – Works In Situ @ BALTIC

Posted on 28 September 2014 by Laura Brewis

The BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead 11th July – 12th October 2014 balticmill.com Review by: Hannah Ord As an art enthusiast, I have been a regular visitor to the BALTIC over the years and during that time have seen … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Anne Frank Museum, Amsterdam

Posted on 18 September 2014 by Laura Brewis

Review by Aicha J. Krasik This museum simply astonished me. As soon as you walk into the building, silence falls. It really feels as though everybody who went in there wanted to pay their respects to the family by spending … Continue reading →

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Marine Hugonnier: Apicula Enigma @ BALTIC

Posted on 6 September 2014 by Laura Brewis

Marine Hugonnier: Apicula Enigma BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead 15 August –16 November, 2014 REVIEW: MAXINE DAVIES Born in Paris in 1969, Marine Hugonnier works across film, photography, installation and collage. Hugonnier’s work is informed by her academic background … Continue reading →

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ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois: A Woman Without Secrets @ MIMA

Posted on 28 August 2014 by Laura Brewis

Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) 18 July – 12 October 2014 Mima website exhibition review: hannah ord My first encounter with Louise Bourgeois work was a retrospective at Tate Modern in 2007. The exhibition immediately had a profound effect on me … Continue reading →

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Moving Stories: Children’s Books from Page to Screen

Posted on 25 August 2014 by Laura Brewis

Moving Stories: Children’s Books from Page to Screen Seven Stories | National Centre for Children’s Books, Newcastle upon Tyne Runs until 27th April 2015 For more information, click here. review: maxine davies Seven Stories’exciting exhibition, Moving Stories: Children’s Books from … Continue reading →

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Body Worlds Vital @ Centre for Life

Posted on 27 July 2014 by Laura Brewis

Centre for Life 17 May 2014 – 2 November 2014 More information about the exhibition  exhibition review: Hannah Morpeth “Plastination transforms the body, an object of individual mourning, into an object of reverence, learning, enlightenment and appreciation” – Gunther von … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Deller: All That is Solid Melts into Air @ Laing Art Gallery

Posted on 26 July 2014 by Laura Brewis

Laing Art Gallery 12 July – 26 October 2014 More information on exhibition  EXHIBITION review: Jacob Armstrong It is possibly the most extreme contrast in any photograph I have seen: the theatrical figure of Adrian Street, heavily made up and … Continue reading →

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Durham Brass: HJEM

Posted on 17 July 2014 by Laura Brewis

Review by Jack Auty Brass: Pitch is a series of newly commissioned works by artists and performers from across the UK. Hjem is presented by Edwin Mingard and Isaac Sakima during Durham Festival of Brass, with the show time spanning … Continue reading →

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Victorian Childhood at The Bowes Museum

Posted on 5 July 2014 by Laura Brewis

The Bowes Museum 21 June – 7 September 2014 EXHiBITION REVIEW: ELIZABETH DAWSON Driving past the sandstone Georgian houses on the way to The Bowes Museum, you are not prepared for such a magnificent French chateau in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Lorna Simpson

Posted on 2 June 2014 by Laura Brewis

BALTIC 21 March – 22 June Free admission For more information, visit the exhibition webpage. EXHIBITION REVIEW: MARY WINN I’m often struck by how privileged we are to have the Baltic towering at our doorstep.  A bus journey to the … Continue reading →

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Spectacles – The Oliver Goldsmith Collection

Posted on 9 May 2014 by Laura Brewis

National Glass Centre, Sunderland 25 April 2014 EXHIBITION REVIEW: SAMMY TEASDALE At first glance, I knew the exhibition was going to be out of the ordinary. Right from the word go, I was inspired by Oliver Goldsmith’s work, which is … Continue reading →

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Bruce McClure: Showshadows Surrounded by Obscurity

Posted on 6 March 2014 by Laura Brewis

BALTIC ART GALLERY 1-31 MARCH 2014 REVIEW BY: SAM TEASDALE Bruce McClure is a licensed architect living in Brooklyn, New York. In 1994 he began working with stroboscopic discs as an entry into cinematic pursuits. Since 1995, his film and … Continue reading →

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RIFF/T – BALTIC 39

Posted on 12 February 2014 by Laura Brewis

BALTIC 39 12 December 2013 – 19 January 2014 REVIEW: WILLIAM IBBOTT Riff/Rift is a two-part exhibition housed in the BALTIC’s bespoke project space, BALTIC 39, located rather inconspicuously on High Bridge (the cobbled alleyway linking Grey Street and Bigg … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Monroe: A British Love Affair

Posted on 7 February 2014 by Laura Brewis

Hatton Gallery 25 January – 18 May 2014 REVIEW: EMILY PARK Everyone knows Norma Jean Mortenson, or Marilyn Monroe as she’s more commonly known. She was an actress, sex symbol and is still, to this day, the poster girl for … Continue reading →

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