Projected through 24 silk panels, Saodat Ismailova's As We Fade was filmed on Kyrgyzstan's sacred Sulaiman-Too mountain. It weaves together rituals, 1929 archival footage, & recent drone material. The panels form fragments of narratives, filtering & fading between layers to symbolise waning memory.

Baltic extends its condolences to the family and friends of British photographer Martin Parr.

We’re joining forces with @balticgateshead for Uncommon Voices – an evening dedicated to bold short films that spotlight contemporary working-class perspectives across Britain. Expect powerful storytelling, a lively filmmaker Q&A, and a BFI NETWORK mixer. bit.ly/3JDO336

Nadia Huggins swims daily, documenting her body in the ocean alongside marine life near her home in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Transformation No. 4 explores separation between human and marine worlds through a self-portrait & an image of a brain coral which can live up to 900 years.

We’re teaming up with @balticgateshead.bsky.social for Uncommon Voices, a special evening of short films exploring how working-class filmmakers are capturing class experiences in Britain today. 4 December | BALTIC, Gateshead Book your ticket: bit.ly/3JDO336 🎟

✨ Now Open: For All At Last Return 🌊 Explore ocean ecology through sculpture, video, photography & installation by 12 international artists, highlighting their concern for the health of the ocean. Open until June 2026 | Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00 🤝 Exhibition Partner: Schmidt Ocean Institute

✨ Now Open ✨ Saodat Ismailova: As We Fade Journey through the rich, layered culture of Central Asia in this major new exhibition. Swan Lake is made with the support of @Kunstenfestivaldesarts, @sava.uea and Baltic. See the exhibition now until 2026, Wed-Sun | 10:00-18:00 www.baltic.art/saodat

Today marks a milestone for the arts in the Government's Curriculum and Assessment Review. Shaped by over seven thousand voices, it sets out a bold vision for a rich, inclusive, and innovative education plan. We're proud to have championed this movement and to be a part of this conversation.

✨ Now open: Qi Fang Colbert pop-up shop Limited-edition linocut prints, original collage paintings & handmade ceramics inspired by Phenomenology, Taoism, Renaissance art & Surrealism to embrace alternative storytelling. All works available to purchase from Baltic Shop #BalticGateshead #BalticShop

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

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-...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

☀️ 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

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...

🏺 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.

“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.

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

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.

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.

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 🎟️

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.

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).

Baltic Cinema is a new year-round film programme that brings new+ otherwise rarely screened work to the North East.To launch the prog,we present 2 films about the power of cinema itself. www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/baltic-ci... Close-Up screens Wed 2 July, 18:30 & Tale of Cinema on Thu 10 July, 18:30

During @refugeeweek.bsky.social & always, we champion solidarity for those rebuilding lives in the North East. As a Gallery of Sanctuary, we offer language cafés, pay-what-you-can refreshments, wi-fi & charging, and essential supplies including nappies & wipes. 👉 Learn more: baltic.art/communities

Now open ✨To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World Presented by @hennaasikainen.bsky.social with Roua Horanieh for Moomin's 80th Anniversary, and created with migrant communities from Gateshead & Newcastle to raise awareness of climate emergency and displacement during @refugeeweek.bsky.social

Congratulations to Baltic Honorary Patron, Sir Antony Gormley OBE who has been made a member of the Order of the Companions, for services to art in the King's Birthday Honours. Revisit the artist’s 2003 Baltic exhibition at Baltic Archive site archive.baltic.art/exhibition/a...

To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World 🍃🌱 Opening 11 Jun 2025 Baltic presents a new installation by @hennaasikainen.bsky.social & Roua Horanieh for Moomin's 80th Anniversary. Created with migrants and displaced communities, this exhibition explores home & belonging through local foraged materials.

On Thursday, 22 May 2025, … 2,222 kittiwakes were recorded in the close proximity of Newcastle and Gateshead Quaysides. Of these gulls, 257 were noted at the @balticgateshead.bsky.social. (Photograph: Kittiwake at nest, Baltic Art Centre, 24 May 2025 by D M Turner).

A bold celebration of colour, shape and form 🔵🔺🔸🟩 You can find artist Andy Welland’s pop-up shop full of colour-bursting, joyous and abstract artworks on our ground floor opposite Baltic Shop. 🛒 Shop his complete collection online or in person on your next visit. Open Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00

✨ Now Open ✨ Northumbria University Grad Show. @northumbriauni.bsky.social @vanegallery.bsky.social & Baltic 📍 Gallery North, Northumbria University campus: Wed 21 - Sat 24 May 📍 Vane, Orbis Community: Wed 21 - Sun 25 May 📍 Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art: Wed 21 - Sun 25 May

Vane is jointly presenting the 2025 Northumbria University BA Graduates’ work with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, and Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle. @northumbriauni.bsky.social‬ @balticgateshead.bsky.social @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Announcing a new artistic commission coming to Baltic from 11 June 2025 🌱 “To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World” by artists ‪Henna Asikainen‬ and Roua Horanieh is presented as part of Refugee Week and #Moomin80, celebrating 80 years of the Moomin stories. www.baltic.art/moomin

Don't miss our annual REVEAL degree shows. The showcase provides final-year students across a wide variety of programmes at Northumbria with the opportunity to share their skills with the public and industry experts. 💡Discover more: www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Ali Cherri on 'How I Am Monument' 📍 Level 4 Gallery Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00 www.baltic.art/cherri #BalticCentreForContemporaryArt #BalticGateshead

Took advantage of being in #Gateshead for GIFT today by carrying on to @balticgateshead.bsky.social to see Remember, Somewhere by Hartlepool-born sisters Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster. Two very distinct styles, but their paintings sit alongside each other so well in this exhibition. Go see!

Laura Lancaster & Rachel Lancaster share their inspirations and approaches to their paintings in 'Remember, Somewhere', open Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00 www.baltic.art/lancasters

"This richly fascinating show incorporates ancient artefacts into its primeval sculptures, asking pointed questions about how value is assigned to artworks" - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian Ali Cherri: How I Am Monument is open Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00 📍 Level 4 gallery www.baltic.art/cherri

Really interesting exhibition at the Baltic by Lebanese artist Ali Cherri. How I Am Monument looks at history through a material lens - mud-based sculptures take inspiration from archaeological artefacts & the natural world. shorturl.at/ygiEO @balticgateshead.bsky.social #archaeology #art #Newcastle

Remember, Somewhere... ☁️ A major body of work by sister painters Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster. This exhibition marks the first time these Hartlepool-born artists have their paintings displayed together. Northumbria University Gallery, Level 3 Wed–Sun, 10:00–18:00 www.baltic.art/lancasters

Opening this weekend... Laura Lancaster & Rachel Lancaster: Remember, Somewhere 💭 Identical twins from the North East with distinctive styles, this exhibition marks the first institutional showing of the sisters' work side by side in their native region. 📅 12 Apr - 12 Oct www.baltic.art/lancasters

Applications now open for Art Car Boot Fair stallholders ☀️ Art Car Boot Fair is back at Baltic this summer on Saturday 12 July. Fancy selling your artwork or handmade goods alongside other artists and makers? Apply for a stall by Sunday 18 May: baltic.art/whats-on/xxZ...

APRIL ISSUE OUT NOW! This month cover stars are HotWax - they play @thegeorgiantheatre.bsky.social. Laura & Rachel Lancaster's new show @balticgateshead.bsky.social. Plus Northumberland Open Exhibition, Printfest & Redcar Contemporary Art Gallery & more - there's a lot going on in April!

🎤 Artist Talk: Ali Cherri | Sat 12 Apr 14:00 Get a glimpse into the creative mind behind Ali Cherri's new exhibition 'How I Am Monument' on its opening day at Baltic with Baltic Curator Emma Dean, and Vienna Secession Curator Jeanette Pacher. Book tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-tal...

Book now for: Baltic Preview Party ✨ Fri 11 Apr | 18:00-23:30 Celebrate the opening of two exhibitions, Ali Cherri + Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster. With DJ sets from Paul Smith (Maximo Park) & Ross Millard (The Futureheads). 🎫 Book tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/baltic-pre...

Hello Bluesky 👋 The sun is shining today in Gateshead ☀️ Here’s Baltic under blue skies over the years… We're free entry & open Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00