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12 Jan - 02 Mar 2011

This is a dynamic exhibition bringing together the scientific and artistic communities by exploring aspects of ageing and life expectancy.

Featuring works by Edgar Degas, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Henry Moore, Nicholas Nixon, John Coplans, Melanie Manchot, Carla Bromhead, Susie Rea, Valerie Laws, Susan Aldworth, Linda Kosciewicz-Fleming, Jordan Baseman and Sharon Bailey, and new commissions by Annie Cattrell, Andrew Carnie and Jennie Pedley.

Inspired by Newcastle University’s Changing Age campaign, which seeks to challenge the negative perceptions about older people in society, Coming of Age uses art to explore how and why we age, the effects of ageing and the lives of older people through the eyes of both artists and scientists.

The exhibition is built around three themes of biology, frailty and vitality.

For more information please see the Coming of Age website which includes infoarmation about the commissioned works and the research behind the art.

See reviews and comments in the national and regional press - The Guardian, Grazia magazine, and  The Journal.

Coming of Age: the art and science of aging is supported by the Wellcome Trust.