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Featured events
This is not America: why black lives in Britain matter
- Adult Programmes
7 December 2023, 13.00-14.00
The Ondaatje Wing Theatre
£10 (£8 Members / concessions)
New Year’s Eve at the Gallery
Smartphone photography portrait workshop: how to capture your friends and family
- Adult Programmes
12 January 2024, 18.00-20.00
The Law Photography Studio
£70 (£56 Members / concessions)
Conversations with the past: Hockney and the old masters with Isabel Seligman
- Adult Programmes
18 January 2024, 13.00-14.00
The Ondaatje Wing Theatre
£10 (£8 Members / concessions)
Evening life drawing
- Adult Programmes
19 January 2024, 18.00-20.00
The Ondaatje Wing Theatre
£20 (£16 Members / concessions)
Adult programme
From performances and talks to practical workshops, DJs, drop-in drawing classes and more, our adult programme offers both free and ticketed events.
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Exhibition programme
David Hockney: Drawing from Life
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2023
The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In
Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024
Free displays
National and International
People Powered: Stories from the River Tees
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