History of Art Galleries

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Northumberland Institution for the Promotion of the Fine Arts

September 1822

Sept. 23. - The first annual exhibition of the Northumberland Institution for the Promotion of the Fine Arts took place in the rooms built for the purpose by Mr. T. M. Richardson, in Brunswick Place, Newcastle, and many capital pictures from artists of first rate talent were exposed to public view. This exhibition opened again, Aug. 27th, 1823, with an increased number of paintings; and it is announced that arrangements are now making for a third exhibition, to take place in Aug. or Sept. 1824.

From: T Fordyce, J. Sykes. Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed..., published 1867

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Baltic opens

July 13, 2002

The BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead were opened on the 13th July 2002.

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Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) - Opens

January 27, 2007

The Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) was opened on the 27th January 2007. The museum is run in partnership with Teesside University.

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Baltic - Turner Prize Exhibition

October 21, 2011

The Turner Prize exhibition, hosted at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, opens to the public on the 21st October, 2011. The exhibition had over 149,000 visitors.

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Northumberland Institution for the Promotion of the Fine Arts

Baltic opens

Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) - Opens

Baltic - Turner Prize Exhibition

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