Michael Rakowitz exhibition takes the North East by storm

’The Waiting Gardens of the North’ is centred around a relief panel from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BCE) in Nineveh depicting the Assyrian gardens, believed to have preceded what is now known as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 

Reader’s will also be interested to know, ’The Waiting Gardens of the North’ has been created by Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz and has been commissioned by Baltic Arts in partnership with the Imperial War Museums 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund. 

The Baltic Centre is open Wednesday-Sunday 10am-6pm. It’s situated on the Quayside in Gateshead, a 10-15 minute walk from Gateshead Town Centre. Baltic is accessible for pedestrians from the Newcastle Quayside over the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.