Visual Art in Barnard Castle

Lace and Legacy: Fashion Treasures from The Blackborne Collection

Commemorating the extraordinary gift and enduring national significance of the Blackborne lace collection and marking 20 years since the landmark exhibition Fin…

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Rebecca Moss: Dream Machines

Inspired by The Bowes Museum's iconic 18th-century Silver Swan automaton, Rebecca Moss's Dream Machines began as a live performance in London's Olympic Park, wh…

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Josie Brookes and Tom Madge: The Colour Collective

Leave your mark on a collective work of art.Step inside an immersive world of line, pattern and colour, created by artists Josie Brookes and Tom Madge and inspi…

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Unquiet Earth: Labour and Landscapes

Bringing together paintings, works on paper and objects from three major UK collections – The Bowes Museum, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum and Watts Gallery…

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Catharina van Hemessen: The Artist and Her World

Catharina van Hemessen was the only known 16th century Flemish woman painter to have signed her works, leaving a remarkable record of her ambition and artistic…

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David Bowie: On Tour

Over 100 highlights from the V&A’s David Bowie’s archive on display at The Bowes Museum.Bringing together 100 highlights from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s (…

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Front Row Talk: The Cornish Sketchbooks

Join Mike Thornton, Norman Cornish’s son-in-law, for an intimate walkthrough of The Bowes Museum’s Norman Cornish: A Life in Sketchbooks exhibition.

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