"Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (also known simply as Baltic, stylised as BALTIC) is a centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne alongside the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It hosts a frequently changing programme of exhibitions and events, with no permanent exhibition. It opened in 2002 in a converted flour mill. Baltic's director is Sarah Munro who joined in November 2015, the first woman in its history to hold the position. Baltic is a registered charity under English law. The founding director, Sune Nordgren"
"Zhen, Wolfgang Tillmans, Kendell Geers, Candice Breitz, Wang Du, Bruno Peinado, Katharina Grosse…), 8 group exhibitions (Translation, Hardcore, Live, GNS, Notre histoire…), and more than one hundred events, concerts and performances (Laurent Garnier, Marina Abramovic, Jan Fabre, Christophe). Jérôme Sans was from 2006 until 2008 the artistic director of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, one of the most important art place in Europe, which he contributed to re-establish Baltic as the most creative place in UK. In a former flourmill, the Baltic is an international centre for contemporary art, it presents a constantly changing programme of exhibitions"
"industry, has benefited from significant investment and gentrification in the past decade. It is now home to the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and the Sage Gateshead. The area is also an important retail hub, with the largest shopping centre in the European Union, and second largest in Europe as a whole, the MetroCentre, situated adjacent to the A1 trunk road. Further retail, and a significant number of engineering companies are located in the Team Valley Trading Estate, which at one time was the largest industrial estate in Europe. Gateshead is home to the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and"
"Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. The installation is a recreation of a park in autumn. Martin Boyce Martin Boyce (born 1967) is a Scottish sculptor inspired by early 20th century modernism. He is represented by the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York City and by The Modern Institute, Osborne Street in Glasgow. Boyce was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire and educated at Holy Cross High School in Hamilton. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating with a BA in environmental art in 1990, then a MFA in 1997. He lives in Glasgow with his wife and"
"Baltic Circle Festival The Baltic Circle Festival is an international contemporary theatre festival that takes place every November in Helsinki, both in theatre venues and on different sites in the city. Baltic Circle functions in the context of European contemporary performing arts, and is a platform for developing new trends and ideas. Baltic Circle presents new talents of contemporary theatre as well as organises training programs, seminars, workshops, discussions and club events. Baltic Circle functions in the context of European contemporary theatre and performing arts, and focuses on bringing the artistic communities of the Baltic and Nordic countries together. Festival"
"some Christians, one of whom has said she will bring a private prosecution against the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, which has exhibited the statue. 1500 Broadway houses a selection of works from the Zabludowicz Collection. The programme at 1500 consists of temporary exhibitions and events whilst the lobby is open to the public during office hours. Across three locations on Sarvisalo, an island in Loviisa, Finland, the Zabludowicz Collection has initiated an international residency programme for invited artists. The residency programme offers an environment for the production of art. In November 2015, it was announced that the"
"Barbican Centre The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe. The Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory. The Barbican Centre is member of the Global Cultural Districts Network. The London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra are based in the Centre's Concert Hall. In 2013, it once again became the London-based venue of the Royal Shakespeare Company following the company's departure in 2001. The"
"Southbank Centre Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames (between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge). It comprises three main performance venues (the Royal Festival Hall including the Saison Poetry Library, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room), together with the Hayward Gallery, and is Europe’s largest centre for the arts. It attracts more than six million visitors annually. Over two thousand paid performances of music, dance and literature are staged at Southbank Centre each year, as well as over two thousand free events and an education programme,"
"Museum of Modern Art, Oslo / Berardo Museum, Lisbon / Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery / The British Council, London / British Museum, London / Chester Beatty Library, Dublin / Contemporary Art Society, London / Courtauld Gallery, London / Department of the Environment, London / Falmouth Art Gallery / Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge / Frissiras Museum of contemporary Greek & European painting, Athens/ Hamilton Art Gallery, Ontario / Harris Museum, Preston / Harvard University Art Museums / High Museum, Atlanta / Ile de France Regional Fund / Isle of Man Arts Council / John Creasey Museum, Salisbury / Liverpool Cathedral"
"Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden. Union of the Baltic Cities Union of the Baltic Cities (""UBC"") is a voluntary, proactive network mobilizing the shared potential of over 100 member cities for democratic, economic, social, cultural and environmentally sustainable development of the Baltic Sea region. The Union of the Baltic Cities was founded in Gdańsk, Poland in September 1991, by 32 cities, with the aim of developing cooperation and exchange between its member cities. Inspired in part by the historic example of the Hanseatic League and supported by the European Union's Interreg programs to stimulate regional cooperation within the EU, it"
"premiere at the Baltic art gallery in Newcastle. Anton Hecht Anton Hecht is an English artist born in London. In 2007 he asked musicians from around the Durham area to contribute to a soundtrack for a film. In 2005 he was one of seven artists involved in a project to recreate the Cumbrian town of Whitehaven in Lego. His film ""Blinking Ballet"", made with old people using morphing technology, has been screened at the Gateshead Interchange metro station. A poetry film, made with children from Shotton Colliery, was shown at the Royal Festival Hall's Poetry International 2000 festival. An early"
"have been organized in Helsinki since year 2000, starting from 2007 annually. Festivals showcase the newest trends in contemporary theatre and serve as an important meeting place and networking platform for theatre professionals and audience. Baltic Circle International Theatre Festival is a project that develops together with its environment, and change is inherent to the nature of the festival. Q-teatteri, the City of Helsinki Cultural Office, The Ministry of Education and Culture (Finland), EU Culture Programme and Finnish Cultural Foundation. Baltic Circle Festival The Baltic Circle Festival is an international contemporary theatre festival that takes place every November in Helsinki,"
"Centre for Contemporary Arts The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is an arts centre in Glasgow, Scotland. The year-round programme includes exhibitions, film, music, literature, spoken word, festivals, Gaelic and performance. The Centre works with artists, commissions new projects and presents them to the widest possible audience. CCA is situated on Sauchiehall Street and houses a number of cultural tenants, including Saramago Cafe Bar, and also has a flat for visiting artists. The building was previously home to the Third Eye Centre (1975–1991), founded as a multi-media arts centre by Tom McGrath in 1974. CCA operates an open source programming"
"https://www.hlf.org.uk/our-projects/saving-southbank-centres-60s-buildings and https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/national-trust-run-southbank-centre-tours-brutalism-project/ ). These buildings re-opened in 2018 following completion of the works. The resident orchestras at Southbank Centre are: Southbank Centre Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames (between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge). It comprises three main performance venues (the Royal Festival Hall including the Saison Poetry Library, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room), together with the Hayward Gallery, and is Europe’s largest centre for the arts. It attracts more than six million visitors annually. Over two thousand paid performances of music, dance"
"Camden Arts Centre Camden Arts Centre is a contemporary art gallery in the London Borough of Camden, England which hosts exhibitions and educational outreach projects. The changing programme includes exhibitions, artist residencies, off-site projects and artist-led activities and courses. Exhibitions feature emerging artists, international artists showing for the first time in London, historic figures who inspire contemporary practice and artist-selected group shows. Camden Arts Centre also strives to support artists in making new artworks. Central to its programme is the artist residency programme, which aims to develop artists' practices with practical support, resulting in new work and public participation. Past"
"two naked young girls and had previously been exhibited around the world without objections. The installation, which had been scheduled for a four-month exhibition, opened with the remaining photographs but closed after just nine days at the request of the owner. In 2011, Baltic was the venue for the Turner Prize, this was the first time the event had been held outside of a London or Liverpool Tate in its 25 years. The Turner Prize exhibition at BALTIC attracted over 149,000 visitors, more than at any previous Turner Prize exhibition. The Baltic Flour Mill was built by Rank Hovis to"
"Citadel Arts Centre The Citadel Arts Centre, commonly referred to as The Citadel, is an arts and community centre situated in the centre of St Helens in Merseyside, England occupying a Victorian building on the corner of Waterloo Street and Milk Street. The centre opened in 1988 initially as a popular music venue and theatre. After refurbishment in 2000, it continued to offer a large programme of music, theatre and arts based workshops throughout the week. As of 2016, the space is primarily hired by St Helens Council for its adult social care and health activities. The building was originally"
"Katrina Brown (Director of The Common Guild in Glasgow), Vasif Kortun (Director of SALT (institution) in Istanbul), Nadia Schneider (Director of Kunsthaus Glarus in Glarus) and Godfrey Worsdale (Director of Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead). The prize ceremony was interrupted by the international streaker Mark Roberts who was hired by the artist Benedikt Dichgans. 149,770 people visited the exhibition at the Baltic making it the most visited Turner Prize exhibition ever. 2011 Turner Prize The prize exhibition was held at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead from 21 October 2011 to 8 January 2012, the first"
"Mermaid Arts Centre The Mermaid Arts Centre is a contemporary arts centre in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. The centre was launched in August 2002 and has programmed visual arts, theatre productions, opera, dance performances, cinema, comedy and music. Mermaid serves a population of 115,000 people and provides various local artistic groups with a performance space. In a year, Mermaid hosts on average 320 events. Since opening almost a quarter of a million visits have been made to Mermaid Arts Centre. Mermaid is a fully accessible, purpose built centre comprising three main performance and exhibition areas. The auditorium has 242 seats."
"CWS soap works is now occupied by a residential development. Dominic Williams of Ellis Williams Architects won an architectural design competition, managed by RIBA Competitions, in the mid-1990s to convert the 1950s Baltic Flour Mill into a centre for art. After ten years in the planning and a capital investment of £50m, including £33.4m from the Arts Council Lottery Fund, Baltic opened to the public at midnight on Saturday 13 July 2002. The inaugural exhibition, ""B.OPEN"", had work by Chris Burden, Carsten Holler, Julian Opie, Jaume Plensa and Jane and Louise Wilson and attracted over 35,000 visitors in the first"
"Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue; “The Memory of Images. Baltic Photo Art Today”, The State Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk (Poland); Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania); Berlinische Galerie – Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (Germany), Catalogue. 1993 – “Aujourd'hui les baltes,” École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (France), Catalogue; “Art MIF-93,” Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow (Russia), Catalogue. 1993 – 9th Vilnius Triennial of Painting, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue; “The Memory of Images. Baltic Photo Art Today,” Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel (Germany); Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock (Germany); Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga (Latvia); Exhibition Hall Nikolaj, Copenhagen (Denmark), Catalogue. 1992 –"
"formal institutions established to bolster the Baltic as a cohesive region within Europe. The city of Kalmar in Sweden took the initiative in founding the organization, but Gdańsk was chosen as the organization's headquarters to emphasize the desire to break down historic barriers between Western and Eastern Europe. Anders Engström, who was in office from 1999 to 2001, was the first President of the UBC. Since 2001 the office has been held by Per Bødker Andersen. The Union states its aims are to: In 2014 the Union comprised over 100 cities from ten countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania,"
"art installation at The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art on the Gateshead Quay of the Tyne. The art entitled ""Northern Rock @ Baltic"" included mobile light stem sculptures and large scale external graphics. Northern Rock sponsored the North East Premier League competition for recreational club cricket. In 2006 Northern Rock sponsored the All*Star Cup celebrity Golf match, which was shown on ITV. The bank also sponsors a junior golf tournament, The Northern Rock Junior Golf Festival, held at Matfen Hall. In 2007, almost three weeks before the bank had to appeal to the Bank of England for an emergency loan,"
"Battersea Arts Centre The Battersea Arts Centre (""BAC"") is a Grade II* listed building near Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth that operates as a performance space specialising in theatre productions. It was formerly Battersea Town Hall. In March 2015, while a major programme of renovation works were underway, the Grand Hall was severely damaged by fire. Approximately 70% of the theatre, including the 200-capacity Council Chamber, the Scratch Bar and the Members Library, was saved from the fire and remains open. The building, designed in 1891 by E. W. Mountford, opened in 1893"
"Trust Ltd. Lighthouse provides a wide-ranging programme, including: Eclectic mix of world cinema, and recent releases normally presented 4–8 weeks after general release. Lighthouse (Poole) Lighthouse is an arts centre in Poole, Dorset, England. According to the Arts council of England it is the largest arts centre in the United Kingdom outside London. It has a 669-seat theatre, a 1,500 seat concert hall, a 150-seat studio, a 105-seat cinema, an Image Lab/media suite, a large gallery for photography and digital art, a restaurant and three function rooms. The concert hall is home to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The Poole Arts"
"Harrow Arts Centre Harrow Arts Centre (HAC) is a professional arts venue in the London Borough of Harrow. HAC is located in Hatch End, Harrow, North London, in the Elliott Hall and other buildings that were previously part of the Royal Commercial Travellers School. It is the only dedicated performing arts venue in the borough and its aim is to provide a journey of a lifetime enjoying the arts for people from every background. The Elliott Hall was built in 1904 and was the assembly hall to a much larger, but sadly demolished, building of the Royal Commercial Travellers School"
"Gallery exposition, collection of contemporary arts; exhibitions of the Great Children of Daugavpils (former ""Dvinsk, Dünaburg""). DMRAC facilities: the residences for artists, video hall, archive/library, conference/seminar facilities, meeting rooms, restaurant. Project development of the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre: Six artworks loaned by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko are on display at the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Arts Centre: Mark Rothko Art Centre Mark Rothko Art Centre ( – DMRAC) is a multi-functional institution of culture, arts and education, located inside of the fortress' Arsenal building in Daugavpils, Latvia. It is a unique place in the Eastern Europe, where the"
"Midlands Arts Centre; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum of London; National College of Arts, Lahore; National Gallery, Cape Town; National Theatre, Islamabad; Natural History Museum, London; New Art Gallery, Walsall; New Haven Festival of Arts and Ideas; Notting Hill Carnival; Oval House Theatre, London; Queen Elizabeth Hall, London; REDCAT, Los Angeles; Romaeuropa Festival, Italy; Royal Albert Hall, London; Royal Court Theatre, London; Royal Festival Hall, London; Royal Geographical Society with IGB, London; Royal National Theatre, London; Science Museum, London; Serpentine Gallery, London; Sibikwa Theatre, Johannesburg; Singapore Arts Festival; Tamaseel Theatre, Lahore; Tate Liverpool; Tate Modern; Theatre Royal Stratford East;"
"North Atlantic House North Atlantic House () is a cultural centre located on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to preserve, promote and communicate culture and art from the North Atlantic area. It is made as a cooperation between Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands and includes three galleries and conference facilities. The centre also houses the Icelandic embassy and the permanent representations of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, as well as some commercial activities and enterprises related to the area. The centre is located in an old maritime warehouse from 1767 by the harbourfront in the Christianshavn"
"has shown in museums in Aix-en-Provence and Johannesburg. Conroy's work is part of a number of public and private collections including The British Council, London, England; The Contemporary Art Society, London, England; Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; National Portrait Gallery, London, England; Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd., London, England; The Royal College of Surgeons of England; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland; Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; and the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England. Stephen Conroy (artist) Stephen Conroy is a contemporary Scottish figurative painter. He was born in Helensburgh,"
"as well as to accompany exhibitions of work from Sven Berlin, Terry Frost, and artists at the Camberwell College of Arts. Belgrave St Ives Belgrave St Ives is a commercial art gallery, specialising in modern British and contemporary art in St Ives, Cornwall, southwest England. It gives emphasis to work produced in Cornwall from the 1930s onwards, when the town of St Ives became an internationally important modernist artistic centre. The original gallery opened in 1974 in Motcomb Street, Belgravia, London. It moved to various London locations, including Mayfair, St James’s, and Belsize Park until a St Ives sister gallery"
"A second multi-purpose room on the first floor is available for wardrobe, workshops, meetings, rehearsals, recording etc. The gallery provides a year-round programme of visual arts. Mermaid is home to Betelnut Café which provides a bar service for pre-show and interval drinks. Mermaid is publicly funded by The Arts Council, Wicklow County Council and Bray Town Council. Its current Director is Niamh O'Donnell (appointed in 2013). Mermaid Arts Centre The Mermaid Arts Centre is a contemporary arts centre in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. The centre was launched in August 2002 and has programmed visual arts, theatre productions, opera, dance performances,"
"group and private exhibitions around the world, for example at the Monaco Yacht Show, the Dubai International Boat Show - Marine Art gallery , the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show, the Sea Fair Yacht Exhibition or Superyacht Design Week in London. At the end of June 2017 did Mr. Beránek in cooperation with ArtSiO gallery and Crystal Caviar first ever underwater exhibition of his sculptures. Vlastimil Beránek Vlastimil Beránek (born 3 July 1960, Nové Město na Moravě) is a Czech sculptor, known for his mastery in working with Bohemian glass. Beranek works in his atelier in Stržanov, near Žďár nad Sázavou."