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All upcoming · Exhibition in the North East
ExhibitionUntil 17 Jan · Gateshead
Chitra Ganesh & Tish Murtha at BALTIC
Two free, drop-in exhibitions on Gateshead Quayside — a Brooklyn artist's UK debut and Tish Murtha's Tyneside photography.
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, NE8Free
ExhibitionUntil 1 May · Gateshead
BALTIC Open Submission 2026
BALTIC's flagship open-call exhibition of around 100 works by artists from across the region and beyond, free to visit on Gateshead's quayside.
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead NE8 3BAFree entry
ExhibitionUntil 29 Mar · Middlesbrough
Turner Prize 2026
Britain's most talked-about art prize lands in Teesside — four shortlisted artists, free entry, no queue-worthy hype needed.
MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), Centre Square, Middlesbrough TS1 2AZFree
ExhibitionUntil 13 Feb · Newcastle
Pre-Raphaelites: Art and Poetry
The first exhibition to properly explore the Pre-Raphaelites' art and poetry side by side, with Rossetti, Millais and Elizabeth Siddall.
Laing Art Gallery, New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AGAdmission charge applies, concessions available
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