My thoughts on local arts and culture in the North East
22nd February - 1st June 2025 | Woodhorn Museum | Annual Ticket Charge Applies Northumberlaand Open Exhibition - Workshop Galleries - Woodhorn. Image: Aisling I popped along to the Northumberland Open Exhibition at Woodhorn early in March 2025, soon after the exhibition opened to the public. Unlike previous years offerings, this iteration of the exhibition … Continue reading Northumberland Open Exhibition 2025
Vane Gallery - Gateshead - Free 16th to 18th January 2025 This exhibition taking place in Vane is a collection of works created by MA students who are responding to to themes relating to culture and identity. The opening night of the exhibition on 15th January was very well attended with the gallery being quite … Continue reading Cultr
Oriel Môn, Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales. Free Entry | 23 March 2024 – 07 July 2024 Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize Exhibition at Oriel Môn It has been a couple of months since I last attended an exhibition open to public submission. These are by far my favourite type of exhibition as I never know in advance … Continue reading Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize 2024.
Rheged, Penrith 14th March - 2nd June; The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle 29th June - 22nd September; Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate 12th October - 31st December | Free Entry The New Light Art Prize exhibition is a biennial exhibition – it takes place every two years. The exhibition has been designed to bring together and showcase … Continue reading New Light Art Prize Exhibition 2023 / 2024
Northumberland Open Exhibition - Woodhorn Museum Annual museum ticket £9.50 adult / £8.50 concession. The Northumberland Open Exhibition is an annual event at the Woodhorn Museum, in Ashington. The exhibition organisers set a different theme each year, this year it is ‘Northumberland Now’, and artists were invited to submit works for inclusion within the exhibition. … Continue reading Northumberland Now!
Hexham Abbey - February - November 2024 At Hexham Abbey, they seem to like hanging things from their ceiling. Stars for Eternity is the third installation to hang in a year. The installation was created as part of the abbey's 1,350th anniversary year alongside other events over the coming weeks. There are approximately 4,000 stars which have … Continue reading Stars For Eternity
Laing Art Gallery. 27th May -14th October 2023. The Essence of Nature is the current paid exhibition taking place in the Laing Gallery, this exhibition is one that I have so far avoided going to as it contains two distinct styles of art, Pre-Raphaelism and Impressionism. I am not a fan of the latter style. … Continue reading The Essence of Nature
19 February - 24 April 2023 - Woodhorn Museum Woodhorn currently has an exhibition of art in one of its galleries which are comprised of artwork submitted from an open call to the museum. From the artwork submitted they have selected over 130 pieces from a wide range of styles and mediums. The exhibition this … Continue reading Open exhibition 2022: A Portrait of Northumberland
Ad Minoliti - Biospheree Plush. Photo - Photo by amey I first visited this exhibit about six weeks ago, I walked away quite bemused at what I was visualising. The array of colours displayed seems chaotic to me, and quite overpowering. Now, however, I've had a few weeks to digest my initial surprise at what … Continue reading Ad Minoliti – biosphere plush
Tate St Ives – Visited 20th September 2021 Approaching this exhibition through the Tate St Ives galleries, I wasn’t so sure as to what I should expect to encounter when I finally reached the installation space. In the room before the main installation, I didn’t realise the pieces there were connected to the main installation … Continue reading Strange Attractors – Haegue Yang
Aisling on Art 