9 January 2010
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Exhibition
Peace for Your Time?
Peace for Your Time? explores Britain's involvement in international conflict and peace post-1945.
It challenges the idea that we are no longer a 'nation at war' and examines changing public attitudes towards conflict and the concept of 'victory' in the modern era.
The exhibition includes people’s memories of the end of the Second World War and also examines more recent conflicts, including the Falklands War and the Gulf War, as well as the effects which conflict has had and continues to have on life in Britain.
2 May 09 - 10 Jan 10.
Exhibition
Names Set in Stone: the Builders of Hadrian's Wall
Who built Hadrian's Wall? How did they overcome the challenges of this massive undertaking? This exhibition pieces together information from surviving inscriptions recording basic details of the workforce and the supervising centurions involved. In doing so, it takes us closer to an understanding of the origins and skills of the soldiers who built the largest Roman structure in the world.
16 May 09 - 1 Mar 10.
Exhibition
POSITIONS: The Primitives
POSITIONS: The Primitives is the first part of an exciting new project curated by the Laing Art Gallery together with artists CullinanRichards, called POSITIONS.
Significant pieces of modern and contemporary British sculpture will be on show in the Laing's Marble Hall, starting with Sir Anthony Caro's Early One Morning, 1962 (on show from August 2009). CullinanRichards will respond with newly commissioned artworks.
Their installation, Savage School Window Gallery Sculpture No.2 Position 4, announces the imminent arrival of Caro's work.
Free event:
Artists CullinanRichards will host a free event at the Laing Art Gallery on Friday 30 October, 6-9pm, including a one-off film screening. No booking required.
7 Jun 09 - 7 Feb 10.
Exhibition
Reinventing Newcastle: Views Over the Ages
Newcastle got its name from the castle built by the army of William the Conqueror in 1080. The previous Anglo-Saxon town had been known as Monkchester. This followed on from the Roman fort of Pont Aelius.
19 Sep 09 - 26 Sep 10.
Exhibition
Life on the Wall
This exhibition features paintings by Ronald Embleton depicting life on Hadrian’s Wall.
Born in Stepney, London in 1930, Ronald S. Embleton was originally a commercial artist who worked for publishers producing comic book strips for the likes of Mickey Mouse Weekly and even Captain Scarlet. By the end of the 1960s, Embleton had moved away from cartoons to produce other types of work and had been elected a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the National Society of Painters and Sculptors.
Ronald Embleton’s historical art career took off in the 1970s when he met Newcastle Publisher, Frank Graham. He painted over 140 images of the North East, including 80 pictures of Roman life on Hadrian’s Wall to be included in Graham’s publications. Embleton’s work is still considered to be amongst the most authentic reconstructions of Roman life on the Wall ever produced.
10 Oct 09 - 9 Jan 10.
Exhibition
Dance
A new exhibition jointly curated by Newcastle's Laing Art Gallery and the National Galleries of Scotland, and featuring works by artists including Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, and Diane Arbus, is to open at the Laing on 17 October 2009.
Dance centres on Degas’ 19th century painting A Group of Dancers, and juxtaposes paintings, sculpture, prints and photography. The works on show range in date from Nicolas Poussin’s A Dance to the Music of Time which dates from around 1640, to Diane Arbus’s 1970 photograph Two Men Dancing at a Drag Ball, NYC, 1970, and show how artists have explored the universal theme of dance.
The exhibition features many outstanding works on loan from the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland which are rarely seen in the North East.
Dance is a subject which Degas is particularly well known for, often painting scenes of dancers backstage or in rehearsal. A Group of Dancers is one of his most well known works, showing ballet dancers at rest between rehearsals.
The exhibition will tour to Duff House Gallery in Aberdeenshire and the National Gallery of Scotland between February and June 2010. Youcan see a virtual tour of the exhibition on the National Galleries of Scotland website.
The exhibition will be complemented by a range of free events at the Laing, including a day of live dance performances and demonstrations on Saturday 14 November, from 10am to 5pm.
Saturday 14 November, 10am - 5pm
Live dance performances and demonstrations throughout the day. Click here for more details.
Free talks
Saturday 9 January, Saturday 16 January, Saturday 23 January at 11am
A free talk led by the Friends of the Laing, focusing on Edgar Degas' A Group of Dancers. No booking required - meet in the Laing's Marble Hall to take part.
The exhibition is supported by the Friends of the Laing.
We need your continuous support to bring exhibitions like Dance to the Laing Art Gallery and help keep admission free. You can make a donation to the Laing Art Gallery quickly and securely through this website. Click here to donate now.
If you don't want to donate online you can donate in person at the Laing Art Gallery or call: (0191) 277 2173.
Tyne & Wear Museums Development Trust is a registered charity. Charity number 1055974.
17 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10.
Exhibition
Dancing
Two film installations by contemporary artists take a look at the importance of dance in society today. Drum and Bass by Sarah Miles reminds us of the energy and lack of inhibition we have as children, and the sense of fear we develop as adults.
My Culture is Beautiful by Sophie Lisa Beresford uses footage of the artist dancing to Spanish Makina music within the Laing Art Gallery, juxtaposing traditional ideas of 'culture' with the artist's own personal understanding of culture and its associated music, dance and fashion rituals.
The pieces complement the exhibition Dance, which is centred on Edgar Degas' A Group of Dancers and brings together works by major artists including Pablo Picasso, Walter Richard Sickert and Diane Arbus.
17 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10.
Exhibition
The Story of The Supremes from the Mary Wilson Collection
Set against the backdrop of the rise of Motown Records and of the American civil rights movement, this fascinating exhibition explores the inspirational role The Supremes played in changing racial perceptions, and their influence on today's performers.
Featuring over 50 costumes, the exhibition examines how the group was carefully styled by Berry Gordy and his Motown associates to appeal to the widest possible audience. Watch out for our glamorous events programme!
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We need your support to bring exhibitions like The Story of the Supremes from the Mary Wilson Collection to the Shipley Art Gallery and offer free admission to everyone.
You can make a donation to the Shipley Art Gallery quickly and securely through this website. Click here to donate now.
If you don't want to donate online you can donate in person at the Shipley Art Gallery or call: (0191) 277 2173.
Tyne & Wear Museums Development Trust is a registered charity. Charity number 1055974.
Exhibition organised by the V&A, London in collaboration with the Rock and Roll Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Supported by the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Business Partners Fund.
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24 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10.
Exhibition
No Such Thing As Society
An exhibition of work by documentary photographers recording Britain's state of transition and unrest between the 1960s and 1980s.
No Such Thing As Society brings together 150 photographs by photographers including Martin Parr, Keith Arnatt and Victor Burgin. The exhibition takes its name from Margaret Thatcher's famous statement, 'society? There is no such thing. There are individual men and women and there are families.'
The exhibition includes a shot by Tish Murtha, taken in the 1980s, of teenagers in Newcastle’s West end which originally included the caption, 'they see no real future for themselves.'
A Hayward Touring exhibition from the Arts Council Collection, on behalf of Southbank Centre, London.
31 Oct 09 - 7 Feb 10.
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