In autumn 2011, a major survey explored a 20 year period in Soviet art and architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts.

One of the World’s most defining art prizes opened in 2011 at Baltic. We explore the shortlist with Godfrey Worsdale, Director of Baltic.

Silja Magg creates images that evoke another world. Her precise use of light and creates works that cross boundaries including photography, design and fashion.

Frankie Shea aims to elevate the status of street related art by referencing the roots of this genre, but also focusing on street art becoming more mainstream

Acclaimed photographer Michael Eastman’s work focuses on the grandeur of 1950s Havana, but most striking about Eastman’s images is their emptiness.

After winning the Turner Prize in 2007, and then being commissioned for The White Horse, Wallinger has become a part of our current discourse.

It is a known fact that Warhol was obsessed with contemporary culture, but the feeling was, and still remains, mutual.

Murakami is renowned for his exceptional imagination and this book does not disappoint; he weaves a myriad of worlds together in a moving combination.

A Love Song for India is a moving collection of short stories, all with an air of the fantastic, each with its own allegorical message to give.

From the author of Touching the Void, Joe Simpson’s latest novel is a harrowing account of love, loss and redemption.