We're hoping to help banish boredom this summer holidays with our summer school for 10-15 year olds. http://t.co/WB1qKfSXG0
@LaingArtGallery 11:10am 24 May 2013
Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration
13 Oct - 02 Dec 12
Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton, Buckingham Palace, 2 June 1953 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
To celebrate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, this exhibition will show portraits of Her Majesty by photographer Cecil Beaton (1904-1980).
Presenting highlights of the V&A's archive of Beaton's royal photography, the exhibition will depict the Queen in her roles as princess, monarch and mother. The exhibition will feature nearly 100 portraits, from wartime photographs of Princess Elizabeth with her family, to tender images of The Queen with her own young children and official portraits that convey the magnitude of her role as Britain's monarch.
This exhibition is organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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@nclphotog Our Divine Bodies exh is a collaborations with the NG & we have touring exhibitions with national partners to be annouced soon!
@LaingArtGallery 12:42pm 23 May 2013
We're hoping to help banish boredom this summer holidays with our summer school for 10-15 year olds. If you know any young artists, they might be interested in this
http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing-art-gallery/whats-on/events/laing-art-summer-school-2013.html
Laing Art Summer School 2013 - Laing Art Gallery
www.twmuseums.org.uk
Looking for a bit of artistic creativity for your summer holidays? This summer the Laing is hosting a four day art summer school for young people, led by a professional artist.
11:10am 24 May 2013
Old Master paintings are alive with vivacious, seductive and curious figures. Divine Bodies combines exceptional European pre-1800 paintings from the Hatton, Shipley and Laing Art Gallery collections with important loans, including many exciting contemporary artworks. The exhibition ranges from historical pictures by Zurbarán, Wtewael and Procaccini to contemporary works by Cindy Sherman, Marina Abramovic and John Currin. They reveal intriguing links across the centuries, depicting themes such as idealisation and imperfection, allure and shame, and youth and ageing in relation to both male and female bodies.
Divine Bodies
Old Master paintings are alive with vivacious, seductive and curious figures. Divine Bodies combines exceptional European pre-1800 paintings from the Hatton, Shipley and Laing Art Gallery collections with important loans, including many exciting contemporary artworks. The exhibition ranges from historical pictures by Zurbarán, Wtewael and Procaccini to contemporary works by Cindy Sherman, Marina Abramovic and John Currin. They reveal intriguing links across the centuries, depicting themes such as idealisation and imperfection, allure and shame, and youth and ageing in relation to both male and female bodies.
9:05am 23 May 2013
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Message in a bottle
The last message from Robert Mustard who died when the SS Princess of Sunderland sank in 1893.
A short film made by Gateshead College with Tyne & Wear Archives.
Andrew Parkin, Keeper of Archaeology from the Great North Museum
Andrew Parkin, Keeper of Archaeology from the Great North Museum, tells us about his favourite Greek object in the museum's current exhibition.
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