Please note that the Laing Art Gallery will be closed on the morning of Monday 15 April and will re-open at 1pm.

FREELANCE OPPORTUNITY - Laing Art Gallery seeking two artists/creative practitioners to work on schools project inspired by 'Turner: Art, Industry & Nostalgia' exhibition.

Deadline 26 April 2024. Read the brief and apply at twmuseums.org.uk/news/laing-art…

Gonna be one of the cultural highlights of the year...!

One month to go until Turner: Art, Industry & Nostalgia opens at the Laing Art Gallery ⭐️

Featuring over 20 works by JMW Turner alongside other important artists such as Tacita Dean, Chris Killip, LS Lowry, and James McNeill Whistler.

Find out more 👉laingartgallery.org.uk/whats-on/turne…

ONE MONTH TO GO! See the Greatest Painting in Britain at Newcastle’s Laing Art Gallery from 10 May – 7 Sept 2024.

J.M.W. Turner's 'The Fighting Temeraire' will be on loan from National Gallery as part of their bicentenary celebrations. Full-scale exhibition on art and industry.

Seventeen years since it first encouraged venues to keep their doors open after hours – and us to pile through them – The Late Shows has clocked up a reputation for offering a special couple of evenings on Tyneside. @SamWonfor takes a look at this year’s offer.

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Last Chance to see! Yevonde: Life and Colour: showcasing the ground-breaking work of 20th century British photographer Yevonde Laing Art Gallery. Yevonde was a pioneer of colour photography in the 1930s. Closes Sat 20 April.
laingartgallery.org.uk/whats-on/yevon…

We're hosting a very exciting event on Friday 12 April at 12.30pm! 📷

Clare Freestone, Curator of Photographs at National Portrait Gallery will take you behind the scenes into the planning and staging of Yevonde: Life and Colour

Find out more👉laingartgallery.org.uk/whats-on/curat…

📢 Fantastic news for Discovery Museum - just over £3 million in grant funding announced today for repairs to the roof above the Great Hall. Thank you Department for Culture, Media and Sport Arts Council England

Yevonde: Life and Colour closes on 20 April 📷⭐️

Luxe Magazine explores the exhibition in a new feature on their website here 👉luxe-magazine.co.uk/2024/03/last-c…

What a super evening at the TWAM Museums Laing Art Gallery Primary Art meeting tonight #PATERN network. Drawing pedagogy and practice. Fabulous Yevonde exhibition!!!! Thanks everyone involved.

Vacancies closing soon...

✍️ Documentation Officer (staff) - Apply by 17 March
🏺 Decolonisation Specialist (freelance) - Apply by 18 March
🔊 Artist in Residence (freelance) - Apply by 20 March

Find out more and apply online. twmuseums.org.uk/about/jobs

Chris Killip: The Last Ships exhibition will be closed to the public today (Monday 11 March). It will be open again as normal tomorrow.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

For #InternationalWomensDay we're highlighting 1,000 women artists on Art UK 🌟

This is just a place to start, and a call to explore more art by women 👉 ow.ly/tvX950QNtLG

🧑‍🎨 Laura Knight © The estate of Dame Laura Knight, DBE, RA / @bridgemanimages 📸 @laingartgallery

INFO - Major works on the Tyne Bridge will begin on 2 April. Traffic will be reduced to one lane in both directions. Plan ahead at bit.ly/3P0xei5

Image: Edward Dickey, The Building of the Tyne Bridge (1928), Laing Art Gallery collection, on display UK Prime Minister

VACANCY - we're looking to recruit a part time, permanent Documentation Officer. You'll have strong database skills as the role involves working with our museum collections management software. Find out more and apply by 17 March 2024 twmuseums.org.uk/about/jobs

Wonderful to see Laing Art Gallery featured in this new film profiling RNS violinist Maria Włoszczowska.

For #BritishScienceWeek it's Tiny Sparks Toddler Takeover on 13 March

It's when we let hordes of little people take over the museum in a quest for fun & curiosity

With learning staff & Great North Museum: Hancock Stephenson Steam Railway Shipley Art Gallery & Laing Art Gallery

Book bit.ly/3I6CdKd