Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art "Whenever I visit the North-East, it's to Sunderland that I look for excellent contemporary art exhibitions." Gill Hedley

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art has been bringing art from around the world to Sunderland and revealing the depth of talent in the North-East for 50 years. Working closely with artists, it stages exhibitions and events, creates publications and most recently, has begun to create a collection of contemporary art for the future. Since 2017, the gallery has been based inside National Glass Cent

re, where it has focused on new work made in photography, film & video, and twenty-first century media. National newspapers once described it as “the best small gallery” in the north-east, but its new home facing onto the north sea has five metre high ceilings that can present every type of artwork at its best. The gallery has a reputation for identifying new talent locally and internationally, having awarded artists with their first ever public exhibitions from Sean Scully in 1972 through to Marvin Gaye Chetwynd. It has brought artists who have never shown in the UK to these shores from Cory Arcangel to Harun Farocki.

Join us for an in-conversation with artist Anna-Marie Gallares and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Curator Jon Wes...
17/06/2026

Join us for an in-conversation with artist Anna-Marie Gallares and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Curator Jon Weston.

▶ The event coincides with I Carry It With Me, Anna-Marie’s Gallares’ first UK institutional solo exhibition and will touch on Gallares’ painting practice, her career development, the exhibition I Carry It With Me and her Artist Futures Fund residency at University of Sunderland.

▶ Saturday 11 July
2pm – 3pm
Free - booking essential

▶ Book now: https://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/whats-on/i-carry-it-with-me-event-anna-marie-gallares-in-conversation/

Gallery Event Alert▶ Join us on Thursday 2 July to hear from several artists whose work is currently on display as part ...
16/06/2026

Gallery Event Alert

▶ Join us on Thursday 2 July to hear from several artists whose work is currently on display as part of the Hands On: Pedagogy, Practice, Research exhibition.

▶ Free - booking essential
6:30pm - 8pm

▶ Secure your free tickets: https://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/whats-on/hands-on-event-artists-in-conversation-and-speaking-in-tongues-workshop/

🙏 Supported by University of Sunderland, Arts Council England, Sunderland City Council, UK Government

▶ Image credit: Fiona Larkin, I love the bones of you (detail), 2026, ink on paper and black and white photocopy, 29.7 x 21cm. Courtesy of the artist.

We are delighted to have six artworks from the collection on long term display in the Executive Boardroom at the Univers...
12/06/2026

We are delighted to have six artworks from the collection on long term display in the Executive Boardroom at the University of Sunderland's Edinburgh Building.

▶ The artworks have close ties to the University of Sunderland's Art and Design faculty with alumni students, residency programmes and key artist relationships illuminated.

🙏 We'd like to once again thank everyone who made it along on Friday to our exhibition previews. We hope you had a good ...
09/06/2026

🙏 We'd like to once again thank everyone who made it along on Friday to our exhibition previews. We hope you had a good time.

▶Hands On: Pedagogy, Practice, Research &
Anna-Marie Gallares: I Carry It With Me are now open.

📅 Both shows run until Friday 31 July
🕙 10am - 5pm / Free

ℹ More info: https://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/northern-gallery-for-contemporary-art/

🙏Supported by University of Sunderland, Arts Council England, Sunderland City Council, UK Government

Photo credits: Colin Davison Photography

We are open. 📢Hands On: Pedagogy, Practice, ResearchOur latest exhibition is available to view in our Main Gallery.📅 Run...
06/06/2026

We are open. 📢

Hands On: Pedagogy, Practice, Research
Our latest exhibition is available to view in our Main Gallery.

📅 Runs until Friday 31 July
🕙 10am - 5pm / Free entry

ℹ Find out more: https://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/whats-on/hands-on-pedagogy-practice-research/

🙏Supported by University of Sunderland, Arts Council England, Sunderland City Council, UK Government

🖌 Image: Lothar Goetz, Portrait of a Modernist – White, 2019, watercolour and pencil on paper, 42 x 29.7cm. Photo: Michael Franke. Courtesy of the artist.

Today's the day. 📢▶ The install is almost complete, and we can't wait to show you the incredible works. ▶ Join us for ...
05/06/2026

Today's the day. 📢

▶ The install is almost complete, and we can't wait to show you the incredible works.
▶ Join us for preview of Hands On and Anna-Marie Gallares: I Carry It With Me from 4pm - 6pm.

🎟 Book your free tickets: https://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/whats-on/preview-hands-on-pedagogy-practice-research-anna-marie-gallares-i-carry-it-with-me/

▶ Drinks on arrival. On-site parking available.

🙏Supported by University of Sunderland, Arts Council England, Sunderland City Council, UK Government.

The final touches are being made to our new exhibitions which open to the public on Saturday. We can't wait for you all ...
04/06/2026

The final touches are being made to our new exhibitions which open to the public on Saturday. We can't wait for you all to view the fabulous works on show.

▶ If you simply can't wait to see Hands On and Anna-Marie Gallares: I Carry It With Me join us for the preview on Friday 5 June from 4pm.

🎟 Book your free tickets: https://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/whats-on/preview-hands-on-pedagogy-practice-research-anna-marie-gallares-i-carry-it-with-me/

▶ Drinks on arrival. On-site parking available.

🙏Supported by University of Sunderland, Arts Council England, Sunderland City Council, UK Government.

Be the first to see our new exhibitions. 📢Join us on Friday for the preview of Hands On: Pedagogy, Practice, Research an...
03/06/2026

Be the first to see our new exhibitions. 📢

Join us on Friday for the preview of Hands On: Pedagogy, Practice, Research and Anna-Marie Gallares: I Carry It With Me.

▶ Drinks on arrival. On-site parking available.

📅 Friday 5 June
▶ 4pm - 6pm / Free - Booking essential
Limited free tickets available.

ℹ Book now: https://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/whats-on/preview-hands-on-pedagogy-practice-research-anna-marie-gallares-i-carry-it-with-me/

🙏Supported by University of Sunderland, Arts Council England, Sunderland City Council, UK Government.

🖌 Image: Hannah Gawne, Mixed Up Dotty Mess, 2026, screenprint, 52 x 52cm. Courtesy of the artist

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