Paul Clerkin
18th July 2002, 06:22 PM
The Baltic centre opens at last. Can an "art factory" revive Britain’s post-industrial North-East?
For anyone who knew Gateshead and Newcastle, twin gatekeepers of the Tyne, in the days when they were industrial rather than post-industrial cities, the picture they present today is an extraordinary transformation. Most impressive of all is Baltic, which at £46m is the biggest contemporary art centre outside London. Back in the 1970s, they’d have hit you if you’d suggested anything so fancy would ever appear on the quayside.
http://www.hughpearman.com/articles3/baltic.html
For anyone who knew Gateshead and Newcastle, twin gatekeepers of the Tyne, in the days when they were industrial rather than post-industrial cities, the picture they present today is an extraordinary transformation. Most impressive of all is Baltic, which at £46m is the biggest contemporary art centre outside London. Back in the 1970s, they’d have hit you if you’d suggested anything so fancy would ever appear on the quayside.
http://www.hughpearman.com/articles3/baltic.html