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Vane gallery
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Vane operates a gallery space, as well as a flexible workspace for artists to develop new work. Vane is based within the Orbis Community of creatives in Gateshead town centre.
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Previews Thursday 13 November 6-9pm! ‘COALFACE/25 is an exhibition mounted by RIBA North East Small Practice, featuring original works by North East based architectural practitioners past and present. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Thanks all who joined us on 8 October for the opening of the ‘What the Others Built’, an exhibition by Peter Hanmer, Paul Raymond and Stuart Mel Wilson. Open Wed-Sat 12-5pm to 1 November. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/what-the-others-built
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October 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Previews Wednesday 8 October 5-8pm! ‘What the Others Built’ reimagines the surrealist game of chance, Exquisite Corpse, bringing together the diverse work of Peter Hanmer, Paul Raymond and Stuart Mel Wilson. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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September 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Sunday 7 September 2025 10am - 4pm. People and Place: Creative Relay. Free drop-in community-led creative celebration to mark (and on the route of) the AJ Bell Great North Run 2025. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/people-and-place-creative-relay
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September 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Closing event Saturday 2 August, 4-7pm! Last chance to see, ‘Death Magic’, a solo exhibition by Sofia Barton for GemArts Masala Festival. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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August 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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New exhibition! 14 July – 2 August: ‘Death Magic’, by Sofia Barton for GemArts Masala Festival, a contemplation on the connections between life and remembrance. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Previews Tuesday 10 June 5-8pm! ‘Voices Of Pride’ brings together five LGBTQ+ artists working in North East England to mark Pride month: Chris Fleming, Will Hughes, Meg McWilliam, Davey Powell, Bethany Stead. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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June 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Thanks all who joined us yesterday for the opening of the 2025 Northumbria University BA Fine Art Graduate Exhibition. Presented with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art & Gallery North. Open 12-6pm to Sunday 25 May.
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May 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Vane is jointly presenting the 2025 Northumbria University BA Graduates’ work with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, and Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle.
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May 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Tonight! Saturday 17 May 2025 6-10pm. The Late Shows, art & creativity across two Gateshead town centre Orbis Community venues, 65 High St & West St, + many others within walking distance. thelateshows.org.uk
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May 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Saturday 17 May 2025 6-10pm. BEE DJ in the North. Part of The Late Shows, a performance by Berlin-based Jorn Ebner using bee sound samples with a bee waggle dance workshop for visitors. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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May 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Previews Wednesday 7 May 5-8pm! ‘Lead in the Pipes’ is an amalgam of liminal, surrealist and thought-provoking artworks by current Newcastle University Fine Art students. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/lead-in-the-pipes
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April 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Wednesday 2 April 6-7.30pm. To coincide with their exhibition at Vane, ‘Being’, Ali Cook and Kate Sweeney discuss their work in the gallery. Admission to the talk is free but booking is required. www.vane.org.uk/news/ali-coo...
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March 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Previews Wednesday 12 March 5-8pm! ‘Being’, two artists who employ the figure as a carrier and transgressor of narratives. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/being
Image: Kate Sweeney, Monkey, 2024, rotten elderberry, salt, rust on paper, 205x150cm
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March 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Previews Wednesday 5 February 5-8pm! ‘The Urbanites’, five artists who depict the urban landscape they inhabit. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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Image: Jack Coates, Bottom of Dean Street, Newcastle, 2023, pencil, watercolour, on board, 50x50cm
January 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Nick Fox is showing with Amanda Holiday in ‘Gloam’, Vivienne Roberts Projects, London, 7 January – 6 February 2025. viviennerobertsprojects.com/exhibitions/...
Image: Nick Fox, Circle of Love, 2024, cyanotype, water-based size, pencil and 24 carat gold on paper, 84x119cm
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January 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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David Fox is showing in ‘Contrasts’, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 18 December 2024 – 15 March 2025. www.oliviercornetgallery.com/contrasts-winter-group-show
Image: David Fox, Caravan, Slieve Bloom Mountains, 2023, oil on canvas, 70x100cm
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January 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Previews tonight Wednesday 15 January 6-8pm. ‘CULTR.’ is a cohort of 8 art & design students at The Northern School of Art, Hartlepool, who are presenting work under the theme of ‘culture and identity’. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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January 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Looking back: August 2024. ‘Latrine’s Haus of Art’, part of Pride in Gateshead, Chris Fleming (aka stencil artist IDa4 / drag artist Latrine Lurka) curated a collection of artists to celebrate queer excellence. www.vane.org.uk/news/latrine...
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January 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Looking back: May 2024. ‘People and Place’, a project across two venues of Orbis Community, for The Late Shows 2024, with work by Gateshead College, Newcastle University and Northumbria University students. www.vane.org.uk/news/the-lat...
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January 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Looking back: November/December 2024. ‘In League with Devils’, solo exhibition by Michael Petry, consists of bronze sculptures and more recent works that deal with historic and current belief systems. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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January 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Looking back: October 2024. ‘The Human Spaceship – Sea of the Edge’, solo show by Helen Schell, coinciding with World Space Week, work inspired by the challenges of twenty-first century human space exploration. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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January 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Looking back: June/July 2024. ‘When Earth Speaks’, solo show by Miranda Whall, offers a timely critique on how we understand and manage the complex interrelationship between nature, scientific data, and humans. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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January 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Looking back: May/June 2024. ‘We were never meant to survive’, solo show by Abdullah Qureshi, uses gestural, poetic, and hybrid methodologies to address autobiography, trauma, and sexuality. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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January 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Looking back: May 2024. ‘je suisse (or not)’, performance by Collettivo Treppenwitz / Camilla Parini. Presented as part of GIFT, North East England’s platform for contemporary performance. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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January 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM