Posts by venue: Hatton Gallery

Divine company!

I’ve been busy working on the conservation of some of the old masters from the Hatton gallery for their new exhibition. some of the paintings are really old and really dirty. This painting is by de Wit and was painted… Read more

Merry Christmas to all our readers!

All the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums bloggers would like to wish our readers a merry Christmas and happy new year! We will be taking a short break over the festive season but return in January with more new… Read more

The Winners! The Renaissance North East Volunteers Awards 2011

We celebrated our volunteers and staff who support volunteers in style at the Renaissance North East Volunteers Awards 2011 last weekend, at the Great North Museum:Hancock. The standard of nominations were exceptionally high this year and the judges had some very… Read more

Posters from the Hatton Archive

As part of the International Print Biennale, we’ve been showing a selection of exhibition posters from the Hatton archive. Until the early 90s the Hatton formed part of Newcastle University’s Fine Art department and between the 1950s and the early… Read more

A New Look at Some Old Friends

Emily, one of our Conservators, is this week steam cleaning sculptures in advance of their display in the upcoming exhibition at the Hatton Gallery.    John Graham Lough (1798-1876) (2 Dec 2011 – 18 Feb 2012)   My colleague Rob at… Read more