NewBridge Gallery is now closed until Friday 16 October.
You can join us on 5 September and 3 October for Saturday Social. You can still shop NewBridge Books throughout the weekdays!
We were honoured to share new work by artist Henna Asikainen, developed in collaboration with landscape architect Usue Ruiz Arana and composer Ben Ponton for our final exhibition of 2025.
“I am used to flowers being decorative elements in a photograph. Here, however, this relationship is turned on its head; it is the people who pick the flowers that become the decorative elements.”
– Silvia Hassouna
Geographer Silvia Hassouna wrote a beautiful reflection on Lintukoto and The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing for Coridoor8.
Thank you to Ahmadi Rouhalla, Grace Mbuende, Hesam Moshfegh, Kaltouma Hassabalah, Korey Kegan, Bonnett, Man Ouyang, Morlai, Rohullah Behzad, Sharafuddin Hakimi, Sunmaya Magdar, Vanessa Montesi, Yevheniia Kryvko, Zana Adnan, Zilan Kuzu, and others who wished to remain anonymous for sharing their voices. Thanks also to partners the Great North Museum: Hancock, and the Natural History Society of Northumbria, Arts Council England and The Finnish Institute.
We were also delighted to screen The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing by Theo Papangopoulos, marking the film’s first screening in the North of England. The film was developed and supported by Scottish Documentary Institute and Screen Scotland (2024). A huge thank you to everyone who made this exhibition possible — the artists, collaborators, visitors, and all who shared and supported the work.
Lintukoto was developed in partnership with the Great North Museum: Hancock and the Natural History Society of Northumbria with support from Arts Council England and The Finnish Institute.
The NewBridge Project is a charity, registered charity no. 1173849.
We are grateful to our funders, including Arts Council England, Newcastle City Council, Garfield Weston Foundation, Jerwood Foundation, Community Foundation North East, Newcastle University and the The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority.
We are proud to be a Gallery of Sanctuary.
