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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art is an international centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the river Tyne at the foot of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.


It presents a constantly changing programme of exhibitions and events, and is a world leader in the presentation, commissioning and communication of contemporary visual art.

Whats On

14 June - 26 October 2008. Early summer sees BALTIC present a magical new exhibition by internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, in collaboration with design unit graf. The exhibition will feature a village brought to life with Nara’s iconic characters, turning ordinary life into art.

21 May - 14 September 2008. Japanese, New York based artist Mariko Mori is best known for her video and self-portraiture focusing on the imagination and fantasy. Her work has investigated Native cultures and universal consciousness in relation to nature and her belief in the potential power of technology. Mori’s recent work explores consciousness and investigates the existence of an invisible world.

10 September - 9 November 2008. BALTIC presents a David Shrigley exhibition injected with his typical dead-pan humour and intuitive wit. Shrigley's nonsensical and anarchic voice is ever present in work that he describes as in a sense 'about everything and nothing'.

10 September - 23 November 2008. Steve McQueen will present two recent works that will transform BALTIC's level 3 gallery into an immersive and disorienting experience for the viewer. Together the two works will combine architecture and film to create a visual and aural kaleidoscope.

10 September - 26 November 2008. BALTIC presents the work of photographer and film-maker Beat Streuli, as part of the Great North Run Cultural Programme. His work documents the mundane, transient, pedestrian activity of urban life through photography and film. Beat visited the 2007 BUPA Great North Run weekend to create portraits of runners and spectators at the event. Capturing people in their natural state, often unawares, he used a long lens camera to create uncontrived images, free from artifice.

From 10 September 2008. BALTIC presents a new work by artist duo Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, as part of the Great North Run Cultural Programme. The filmed portrait of the Great North Run, Run for Me, embodies the spirit of the event by looking at the emotions and stories that surround it. They have created a portrait of the real people and emotions that make up the event.

South Shore Road,
Gateshead,
NE8 3BA

Tel : 0191 478 1810
Fax : 0191 478 1922
E-mail : info@balticmill.com

Open daily 10.00-18.00 except
Tuesdays 10.30-18.00
Last entry is 15 minutes
before gallery closing time.

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