Posts by venue: Exhibitions

Newcastle foodship crew witness the devastation of Guernica bombing in the Spanish Civil War

Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on May 1, 2015     Permalink     Comments (1)

This photograph of refugees on the road from Guernica was taken by Norman Ramsey of South Shields shortly after the city was bombed on April 26th 1937. He had arrived on the Newcastle steamer Hamsterley, which had docked in Bilbao… Read more

Wor Life Poppy Project

Art   Discovery Museum   Education   Exhibitions   Hatton Gallery   Laing Art Gallery   Local History   Segedunum Roman Fort   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   World War 1
Posted by administrator on April 30, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

As part of our Wor Life project, commemorating the role of the North East in the First World War, we have been involving schools, families and community groups in creating poppies in our venues.  The poppies have been interpreted differently… Read more

A Cry from the Heart – Picasso, Guernica, and British artists

Art   Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on April 6, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

In this masterpiece painting, style and subject are completely united, with the jagged fragmentation of the face, thick black lines and harsh colours expressing the woman’s agonised grief. Weeping Woman is part of Picasso’s emotional response to the bombing of civilians in the city… Read more

Memories of the Hancock Museum (part 1)

Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History
Posted by administrator on March 31, 2015     Permalink     Comments (5)

Like many people who grew up on Tyneside, my first memories of the Great North Museum: Hancock (then the Hancock Museum) came as a child.  For me, however, the most enduring memory is that of standing outside the museum.  From… Read more

Conscience and Conflict – Campaigning Artists

Art   Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on March 18, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

The Spanish Civil War (1936-9) brought together abstract, realist and Surrealist artists in Britain in opposition to the actions of Franco and his fascist allies. The war broke out after Franco led Nationalist rebels in a violent attempt to overthrow… Read more