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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · 2d

📅 Next artist talk: For All At Last Return on Sat 8 Nov: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-tal...

Artist Talk: For All At Last Return

Artists Shezad Dawood, Kristina Õllek and Leticia Ramos, will take part in an in conversation chaired by Alice Sharp.

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · 2d

What a pleasure hearing artists Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster discuss their exhibition 'Remember, Somewhere' at Baltic. If you haven't experienced it yet, this is your final week – it closes this Sunday, 12 October.
#BalticGateshead #PaintTechniques

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · 7d

Baltic becomes a living video game for one night.

Created by Kerolaina Linkeviča this immersive club night blends DJ sets, live-action role-playing, quests & bioluminescent visuals.

Every guest becomes a character. Sat 22 Nov | 20:00-01:00 | 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kerolaina-...

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · 8d

Enter a playful dimension of hybrid forms in Saelia Aparicio's A Joyful Parasite. Open Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00
#BalticGateshead #ContemporaryArt #HybridForms

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · 10d

Dive into @Harold_Offeh's The Mothership Collective 2.0 - a sci-fi sound world inspired by Sun Ra's vision of music as intergalactic freedom. Jam with instruments, play, and reimagine the future. 🎹🎸

Open Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · 23d

Beyond our exhibitions, explore guided Behind-The-Scenes and Quayside tours, our viewing deck with the best views of NewcastleGateshead, a shop full of independent goodies and a menu of refreshments in our cafe. www.baltic.art/whats-on
Something for everyone this autumn 🫶
Open Wed-Sun 10:00 | 18:00

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · 26d

Rachel Lancaster transforms overlooked stills from 1980s-90s into luminescent paintings, capturing intimate details like light on skin. Her dreamy technique reveals beauty in insignificant moments, creating suspended-in-time scenes that feel familiar. 📅 Remember Somewhere is open Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Sep 6

Artist Ali Cherri speaks about the tangibility of mud as a primary material that brings together the sculptures found in his exhibition in our level 4 gallery.

Experience Ali Cherri: How I Am Monument, Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00 until 12 Oct.

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Sep 5

Baltic is a registered charity. Your donations are crucial in helping us to safeguard the incredible free access to our constantly changing exhibitions and quayside building.

On #InternationalDayOfCharity we ask you to support this by donating at www.baltic.art/donate

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Aug 19

☀️ While the sun shines enjoy a free scenic tour along the Quayside to learn more about NewcastleGateshead, and discover local stories and historical facts, led by our friendly Baltic Crew.

⏰ Every Thursday | 10:00-10:45 Book free tickets at baltic.art/quayside #BalticGateshead #FreeEvents

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Newcastle United Supporters Trust - NUST @nufctrust.bsky.social · Aug 11

Newcastle United launches art event to celebrate historic Carabao Cup win #NUFC

22 - 25 August 🏆 10am to 6pm
@balticgateshead.bsky.social

Full details ⤵️
www.newcastleunited.com/en/news/newc...

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jul 29

www.baltic.art/cherri

Ali Cherri How I Am Monument - Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Ali Cherri presents a major body of new work inspired by archaeological artefacts and the natural world.

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jul 29

🏺 Ali Cherri's 'Sphinx' reimagines ancient Assyrian and Egyptian civilizations. This winged hybrid sits with exaggerated muscles and a serpent coiling around its legs. Where monuments once declared permanence, Cherri's creature is made from mud, balanced on bronze prostheses - fragile yet defiant.

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jul 21

Laura Lancaster & Rachel Lancaster: Remember Somewhere is presented in our Level 3 Northumbria University Gallery, open Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00
www.baltic.art/lancasters
#BalticGateshead #PaintTechniques

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jul 21

“It gives the paintings this feeling of luminosity as if they’re almost backlit” Rachel Lancaster's technique of not using white paint gives her pieces a dream-like quality of faded memories, drawing on cinematic imagery 1980s and 1990s films as her inspiration.

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jul 15

The Mothership Collective 2.0 explores Harold Offeh’s interests in Afrofuturism, joy and imagination 🚀

Explore different sensory experiences where you can make patterns with sound, as well as prophecies and predictions for the future.

#BalticGateshead #HaroldOffeh #InteractiveArt

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jul 9

This exhibition is supported by Foundation Foundation and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)
Learn more at www.baltic.art/saelia

#BalticGateshead #SaeliaAparicio #HybridBodies #ContemporaryArt

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jul 9

Drawing on classical mythology and the transformative forms found in Ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, A Joyful Parasite by London-based Spanish artist Saelia Aparicio blends the state of animals and humans to shape a surreal and fictional world.

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jul 7

Saelia Aparicio: A Joyful Parasite is supported by Foundation Foundation and made possible thanks to the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) #NewExhibitions #SaeliaAparicio #HaroldOffeh #AfterFuturism #ContemporaryArt #BalticGateshead

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚀 Harold Offeh: The Mothership Collective 2.0
An interactive sci-fi playscape created with communities. Designed for young people and families, this imaginative space celebrates Afrofuturism, joy and creative play. Which world will you explore first?

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jul 7

Two new exhibitions now open ✨
🌱 Saelia Aparicio: A Joyful Parasite
Playful yet urgent – explore the body, ecology & care systems through surreal sculpture and installation. Surreal and speculative, Aparicio imagines alternative worlds where humans and non-humans coexist in unexpected ways.

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Film Hub North @filmhubnorth.bsky.social · Jul 1

Huge news for film lovers in the North East! @balticgateshead.bsky.social‬ in Gateshead are launching a year-round cinema programme this week. Whether you're local or just passing through, come support this exciting new chapter in Baltic's story: baltic.art/cinema 🎟️

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jun 26

Part of Laura Lancaster & Rachel Lancaster: Remember, Somewhere
📍 Level 3 Northumbria University Gallery
📅 Open Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00
www.baltic.art/lancasters

Laura Lancaster & Rachel Lancaster Remember, Somewhere - Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

A survey painting exhibition of works by Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster.

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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social · Jun 26

Dreaming of summer evening swims 🌊
Laura Lancaster’s work centres around the figure, often abstracting its presence to create ambigious and surreal imagery. Using found photos, cine films and slides of strangers, her work explores a dialogue between photography and painting.

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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · Jun 21

A quite nice #SummerSolstice event coinciding with #RefugeeWeek at the @balticgateshead.bsky.social today!

A great gathering of like minded people at a scenic venue!

I just about tolerated the heat…(thankfully).

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