20 Stories
Discover 20 stories about BALTIC.
Enjoy the below interviews exploring BALTIC’s past, present and future. There will be new stories and updates throughout each month.
What happens when artists venture off the beaten track?
David Whetstone spoke to five contributors to Hinterlands, Baltic’s new exhibition offering a sideways view of our North East landscape
View StorySahej Rahal
The new attraction at BALTIC is billed as “an immersive virtual playground that responds to chaos, luck and chance”. David Whetstone met the man behind Mythmachine
View StoryBaltic Foundation Club
How does a 21-year-old get a prime spot to exhibit at BALTIC? David Whetstone finds out from Joe Seymour, the first Foundation Club young artist in residence
View StoryWhat has honey got to do with BALTIC?
What has honey got to do with BALTIC, Gateshead? David Whetstone meets some young North East dads to find out
View StoryNeighbours across the Tyne
Neighbours across the Tyne, BALTIC and North P&I Club have joined forces to nurture children’s natural creativity
View StoryTaking part at BALTIC
Some of the artworks BALTIC has had a hand in over the past 20 years have involved volunteers. David Whetstone picks out some of the most memorable and dramatic.
View StoryBALTIC at 20: Looking Forward with Sarah Munro
BALTIC celebrates two decades, David Whetstone talks to director Sarah Munro about running an art institution in challenging times
View Story20 years of BALTIC Memories
Present at its opening 20 years ago, David Whetstone reflects on the BALTIC story as it approaches its Birthday Weekend with the official visitor figure standing at 8.8 million
View StoryCarolina Caycedo
Internationally Carolina has become known for her work about rivers and the threats posed to them. In her BALTIC exhibition, the first major survey of her work in the UK, rivers are variously represen
View StoryTying the knot at BALTIC
Every year sees more couples choosing BALTIC as the venue for their special day. David Whetstone talks to some of the people who tied the knot at BALTIC
View StoryWhere would we be without BALTIC?
Without BALTIC, where would Laura Harrington and Peter Evans be? Probably not in the North-East and almost certainly not together...
View StoryBALTIC Shop
Who doesn’t love the BALTIC shop? It has got better and better over two decades and plans in this anniversary year include covetable limited-edition products and more focus on local designers.
View StoryArchive & Residency
In BALTIC’s archive, presided over by Sarah Bouttell, you’ll find evidence of what the exhibiting artists have done over the years. But now, for the first time, artists have been given the run of the
View StoryBxNU Partnership Refresh
Creativity is key in a new partnership between BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and Northumbria University. David Whetstone reports
View StoryThe Vasseur BALTIC Artists' Award 2022
The late Isabel Vasseur, friend to many in the North East and further afield, is remembered in the Vasseur BALTIC Artists’ Award exhibition. David Whetstone met one of the award winners
View StoryBehind the scenes
You walk into a BALTIC exhibition with its high production values and perhaps don’t think about how it happened. But here two vital members of the BALTIC team offer a peek behind the scenes
View Story20 Babies
If you didn’t think BALTIC was a place for babies, think again. David Whetstone meets some of those involved in its lockdown-inspired 20 Babies project.
View StoryMounira Al Solh
A beautiful tent has pride of place in Mounira Al Solh’s exhibition and it would be enough just to stand and admire its rich colours and fine embroidery.
View StoryGallery of Sanctuary
Ever since it opened, people have found sanctuary at BALTIC. Now, in its twentieth anniversary year, that aspect of its work and appeal has been recognised.
View StoryWhat's For Tea?
Want to see some art? Then hop on the bus. David Whetstone previews the Travelling Gallery which is venturing south of the border as part of BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art’s 20th birthday
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