With a fantastic outing at Chelsea Flower Show (with a garden seen by over 200,000 people), our first True Spirit commission - Tornado by Fiona Banner - on Gateshead's Quayside, and a blockbuster exhibition In The Long Run at The Great North Run, this was a hugely successful year for Great North Run Culture. We were particularly delighted to commission new work by Claire Leona Apps and Sir Peter Blake which was also displayed at the museum show.
We'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone who rang the bell, took part in the family and schools' workshops, heard the talks, shared their memories at the museum, dressed up, watched films and loved the sight of 55,000 violas crossing the Tyne Bridge at Chelsea Flower Show.
Tornado is a new temporary public artwork by Turner Prize nominee Fiona Banner. Banner has transformed a decommissioned RAF Tornado plane into a large single bell which can be rung by all who encounter it.
Celebrating the 30th staging of the Bupa Great North Run, this major new exhibition explores this enormously popular event.
Sir Peter Blake RA is producing an exclusive series of prints Running Suite to celebrate the 30th staging of the Bupa Great North Run.
The 2010 Moving Image Commission by award winning film-maker Claire Leona Apps was launched at the In The Long Run exhibition. Girl Blue Running Shoe follows the daughter of a runner participating in the Bupa Great North Run as she makes a film as he trains and runs the race.
Celebrating the 30th Bupa Great North Run, this RHS Chelsea Flower Show display captures the spectacle of the world's largest half-marathon.
Pupils from Gateshead's Thomas Hepburn Community School have taken part in an education project about Fiona Banner's Tornado.
Join us for a special Great Late Night at the In The Long Run exhibition the night before the Bupa Great North Run...
The Great North Talks bring together a group of people closely connected with the Bupa Great North Run to give a unique insight into the world's largest half-marathon.
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