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North East Arts & Exhibitions News

Portraits for the ears at Baltic

WHAT links a botanist, a criminal and a gay activist? DAVID WHETSTONE enters the world of Jordan Baseman.

Wise words at top speed in new Baltic exhibition

DAVID WHETSTONE revels in the new Jenny Holzer exhibition at Baltic

Tripping the light fantastic at mima

THERE’S something illuminating going on at mima - quite literally. From today the Middlesbrough gallery launches its new exhibitions linked to the AV Festival running right across the North-east.

Relax and pull up a deckchair at mima

VISITORS to mima look forward to more special events in the months ahead

Fifth Hexham Book Festival fires up

THE programme for the Hexham Book Festival was unveiled yesterday, and will doubtless cause a flurry of date-circling in the diaries of literature lovers all over the North East

Photos with flair at the Opus Gallery

THE Opus Gallery, Gosforth, which specialises in contemporary art, has a new exhibition devoted to the work of Scottish-born photographer Simon Jauncey.

AV Festival promises to be visually stunning

THE AV Festival is back, bringing genre-blending sensory delights to audiences across the North East.

Cerebral couple to give talk at Centre for Life

HAPPY birthday, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, 60 today and bound for Newcastle next month with her husband, Steven Pinker.

When a miner met a princess

STARDOM was different in Jackie Toaduff’s day, particularly if you were brought up in a County Durham village where gainful employment meant the pit.

Enjoy Teesside exhibitions this half-term

WITH the weather still decidedly chilly, why not stay warm and explore one of the region’s galleries this half-term?