Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Welcome to Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne. You are standing on the vibrant Quayside, preparing to enter one of the most culturally significant and architecturally imposing structures in the North East of England, the Baltic…

As we step through the heavy glass doors and cross the threshold into the ground floor of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, we are immediately struck by a profound architectural juxtaposition. You are standing inside the…

Stepping onto the first level of the gallery, we are immediately enveloped by the expansive vision of Carolina Caycedo, a London-born artist of Colombian heritage currently based in Los Angeles. This monumental exhibition, her…

As we ascend to the second floor of the Baltic Centre, Carolina Caycedo’s narrative elegantly transitions from the rivers of South America to the waterways right outside these very walls. We find ourselves standing before the…

Continuing our journey to the third floor, the spatial and sensory atmosphere shifts dramatically as we enter the world of Ali Cherri. A Lebanese artist currently residing in Paris, Cherri brings a profoundly different yet…

Ascending to the fourth floor, Ali Cherri’s exploration of history and trauma narrows its focus onto the specific mechanisms of political power and the physical structures we build to memorialize it. As you step into this hushed,…

Leaving the heavy historical reflections of the lower floors behind, our arrival on the fifth floor introduces a startlingly different artistic endeavor, one focused on adaptation, survival, and the paradoxical nature of the…

For the final section of our interior journey, we leave the formal gallery spaces behind and ascend to the absolute summit of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. Stepping out onto the enclosed panoramic viewing platform, you…

As our comprehensive journey through the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art draws to a close, we find ourselves back on the ground floor, preparing to step out of this transformed industrial cathedral and back onto the bustling…