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Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. At the 2021 census, the population was 196,151.
The Baltic Centre in Gateshead
Sage Gateshead
Angel of the North, Gateshead, United Kingdom
Saltwell Towers, Saltwell Park, Gateshead
Angel of the North
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The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is seen by an estimated 33 million people every year due to it
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…town was made a county borough, meaning it was administered independently of the county council. The town's attractions include the twenty-metre-tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The town shares…
Above: Front view. Below: Rear view within the surrounding landscape.
Angel of the North 2010
Maquette (1986) for Antony Gormley's proposed Brick Man sculpture, at Leeds City Art Gallery. The work would have been around 120 feet (37 m) tall.
Gateshead Garden Festival was held in 1990 and signalled an emerging arts policy in the borough.