Hooray! Summer is (sort of) here. Need something to do that isn’t sitting in an almost-not-quite sunny park? Here are some ...

Newcastle upon Tyne, often referred to as Newcastle or ‘the toon’ (to locals), stands proudly on the banks of the River Tyne ...

Local historian Tony Seward reflects on a four-day visit by artist, JMW Turner, right, who needed toughness and stamina ... He probably stayed that night at Barnard Castle, before a long day of ...

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He makes the case that a serious art lover must cultivate the feelings spurred ... no less than in museums. Norham Castle, Sunrise (c1845) by J M W Turner. Courtesy Tate Gallery, London In a footnote ...

From Landscape painting to Pop Art, there is a wealth of exhibitions to see in the UK outside of London this summer, ...

Conventional wisdom has it that Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was the first modern artist, his impressionistic landscapes and seascapes preceding French Impressionism by at least half ...

This being the 250th anniversary of JMW ... world art, an Impressionist avant la lettre. Check out in particular the sketchbooks and drawings in a show at the Tate called Cataloguing Turner ...

VINCENT VAN GOGH was bored. He’d tired of painting sunflowers and chairs and was looking for new challenges. When the local news vellum ...