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Step into the Spanish Gallery and explore world-class art, history and culture in the UK’s first gallery dedicated to the art and culture of the Spanish Golden Age.

Guided tours at 11 AM, Wednesday to Sunday.

Join our popular Garden Tours for an insider's look at our historic grounds. Journey through the beautiful landscapes, while gaining insights about our plant collections, design elements, and centuries of garden heritage. Discover what makes these gardens special as you explore seasonal highlights and hidden features. A perfect experience for both gardening enthusiasts and casual visitors alike.

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Please note that the tour includes steps and is not suitable for wheelchair users. Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome, and as the tour goes ahead in all weather, appropriate footwear and outdoor clothing are recommended.

Film Screening: Zurbarán and His Twelve Sons
16 July, 13:30–15:30
Spanish Gallery Conference Suite
Free, pre-booking essential

Discover the remarkable journey of Jacob and His Twelve Sons, a powerful series by Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán. This documentary by Arantxa Aguirre traces the paintings’ origins in 17th-century Seville to their lasting legacy in Auckland Castle, exploring their cultural, religious, and social impact across centuries.

Supported by Instituto Cervantes Manchester and CEEH.

GOING BACK BROCKENS: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners’ Strike

Following the recent launch of a new exhibition in Bishop Auckland, The Auckland Project is pleased to support by hosting a special in-conversation event with award-winning artist Narbi Price and acclaimed writer Mark Hudson.

Marking 40 years since the end of the miners’ strike, the exhibition sees Narbi and Mark explore the post-strike landscape of County Durham. The combination of paintings and sound explores not only what was lost, but what remains, what has changed, and how people continue to define their places and memories decades after the last coal was mined.

This event offers a chance to hear more about the process behind the work, the collaboration between artist and writer, and the ambition behind creating 40 new paintings paired with an immersive sound installation drawn from archival interviews recorded in the early 1990s. 

You’ll also hear about the curatorial ambition behind GOING BACK BROCKENS, and the challenges of presenting the work across County Durham in unconventional spaces. The exhibition launched at The Warehouse in Bishop Auckland, a new grassroots arts space developed by MINE Collective in a former Wilko storage unit. This unusual setting demanded a unique curatorial approach - one that will evolve again as the exhibition travels to two further distinctive locations across the county in the coming months. 

All 40 paintings and the full sound installation are currently on display at The Warehouse, just a short walk from the talk venue at the Newgate Centre

We encourage attendees to visit the exhibition before or after the event to experience the work first-hand.

The organisers, No More Nowt and Building Culture CIC, would like to thank The Auckland Project for hosting this event and making it available to a wider audience. 

For full details about Going Back Brockens, please visit: https://nomorenowt.org/big-projects/going-back-brockens