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:''This article refers to BALTIC, the arts centre in the United Kingdom. For other uses, see Baltic (disambiguation).'' Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (BALTIC) is an international centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne alongside the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, in North East England, United Kingdom. It presents a constantly changing programme of exhibitions and events. It opened in 2002 in a converted flour mill. The Director is Sarah Munro who joined Baltic in November 2015. Mrs Munro is the first woman to hold the position of Director in the history of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. BALTIC is a registered charity under English law. ==Reception== Publicly BALTIC’s profile has been considered rocky and despite its youth it has experienced three directorial changes and has fallen foul to much public gossip and speculation.〔(Trouble at t'Mill - Meltdown at Newcastle's Baltic? )〕 The founding director, Sune Nordgren was appointed in 1997 and was integral in BALTIC's pre-launch period, having overseen the building of the gallery and witnessed the first one million visitors through the doors. After almost six years, Nordgren left to take up a new post as founding Director of the National Museum for Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway.〔 He was briefly succeeded by Stephen Snoddy who was only with the organisation for one year. Snoddy was succeeded as Director by Peter Doroshenko in 2005, who approached the challenge with plans to increase visitor numbers and resolve the financial situation.〔(Baltic's new director unveils a vision of skateboards, football and art in the lavatories )〕 Doroshenko organized several exhibitions during his time at the BALTIC, including ''Spank the Monkey''.〔(Spank the Monkey-BALTIC )〕 In November 2007, Doroshenko left the gallery to head up the Pinchuk Art Centre in Kiev, Ukraine.〔(Baltic Boss Quits for Ukraine Job )〕 Since 2008, the director has been Godfrey Worsdale, founding director of the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. On 20 September 2007, BALTIC management contacted Northumbria Police for advice regarding whether or not a photograph should be displayed as part of the ''Thanksgiving'' installation, a forthcoming exhibition by American photographer Nan Goldin. The photograph entitled ''Klara and Edda belly-dancing'' (which, along with the rest of the installation, is part of the Sir Elton John Photography Collection) features two naked young girls and had previously been exhibited around the world without objections. The installation, which had been scheduled for a four-month exhibition, opened with the remaining photographs but closed after just nine days at the request of the owner. In 2011, BALTIC was the venue for the Turner Prize, this was the first time the event has been held outside of a London or Liverpool Tate in its 25 years. The Turner Prize exhibition at BALTIC attracted over 149,000 visitors, more than at any previous Turner Prize exhibition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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