12 October 2019 to 02 February 2020
Image credit: Mikhail Karikis, ‘No Ordinary Protest’ (2018), Whitechapel Gallery In this first survey of Mikhail Karikis’s practice, the exhibition includes six major bodies of work made across ten years…
29 June to 29 September 2019
Image Credit: Climavore – On Tidal Zones, Cooking Sections 2017, Atlas Arts Our summer exhibition presents artistic responses to current urgencies around ecological change. Fragile Earth: seeds, weeds, plastic crust…
23 March 2019 2:00 pm - 29 March 2020 4:00 pmMiddlesbrough Institute of Modern Art’s (MIMA) year-long Middlesbrough Collection display reveals new narratives within the institute’s collection. Through a collaboration with research group Black Artists & Modernism, the collection is…
23 February 2019 10:00 am - 16 June 2019 4:00 pmImage credit: Courtesy of the artist Waad AlBawardi, The Hidden Life of Crystals, 2017 Contemporary artworks, historic artefacts and minerals from the Middlesbrough area are combined through this exhibition. The…
17 November 2018 10:00 am - 17 November 2019 4:30 pmOur display Art in Action, reflects the voices, stories and experiences of the extraordinary people we work with. Each season we share projects that contribute to life in our area. …
Tuesday 17 May, 2.00pm - 5.00pm
This workshop explores the philosophy of the Bauhaus, the German avant-garde art school known for its functionalist approach to creative practice (founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar in 1919, it…
9 June 2016 5:30 pm - 9 June 2016 6:30 pm
Artist Alan Hathaway discusses how a consideration of ‘usefulness in art’ has informed his recent work. He focuses on the way in which the activities of certain counter cultural groups,…
Saturday 11 June, 11.00am - 4.00pm. Free, open to all.
Featuring areas for learning, service provision and debate, this exhibition explores the subject of migration on Teesside and elsewhere, bringing together documents, artefacts and artworks made by Middlesbrough-based asylum seekers…
7 July 2016 5:30 pm - 7 July 2016 7:00 pm
Artist Mathieu K. Abonnenc presents three films as part of the Artists’ Moving Image Network (AMIN) touring programme. These works explore themes of identity and memory in post-colonial situations. Films Secteur…
22 July 2016 - 25 July 2016
Responding to Current Urgencies – Toolkit for an Institution This open international summit brings together the leading protagonists and affiliates of the Arte Útil, to reflect upon the geneology of…
29 July 2016 10:00 am - 29 July 2016 12:00 pm
Explore some of Teesside’s hidden industrial sites with monthly tours of local workshops, labs and works. This month’s tour is of Middlesbrough’s Materials Processing Institute. An independent, open access and not-for-profit technology…
6 October 2016 5:30 pm - 6 October 2016 6:30 pm
6 October 2016 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Dr Ben Lamb, Research Lecturer in Media Studies at Teesside University, explores how alternative forms of regional media challenged nationally implemented…
25 October 2016 10:00 am - 28 October 2016 8:00 pm
Tuesday 25 October – Friday 28 October 2016 Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art presents a week of conversations, workshops and site visits organised with Broadcasting the Archive in collaboration with…
16 June 2018 11:00 am - 16 June 2018 4:00 pm
Please join us for our Summer exhibition opening event. We have a day talks and tours of exhibitions, music and poetry. Our friends from LIKE Boro are playing music…
2 July 2018 5:30 pm - 2 July 2018 7:30 pm
An information and networking event hosted by Teesside University and MIMA in partnership with the Ministry for Building Innovation and Education (MOBIE) and Tees Valley Combined Authority. Register your participation…
20 October 2018 11:00 am - 20 October 2018 4:00 pm
Please join us from 11:00 on Saturday 20 October for the opening of our new exhibitions. There are activities for the family, curator tours and talks throughout the day. Artist…
27 Oct 11:00-16:00
Together with partners including Paul Ingram and North York Moors Chamber Music Festival, we are bringing the Boosbeck story to life. Sir Michael Tippett, who became one of the country’s…
6 January 2018 1:00 pm - 29 December 2018 4:00 pm
Children of all ages enjoy these free drop-in sessions with their family and friends. The Art Trolley takes place every Saturday in our atrium, from 1.00pm – 4.00pm. During the…
22 December 2018 4:30 pm - 2 January 2019 10:00 am
Our museum and café close at 16:30 on Saturday 22 December 2018 and reopen at 10:00 on Tuesday 2 January 2019. Our activities including; Community Lunch, Community Garden, Cloth Club,…
2 February 2019 11:00 am - 2 February 2019 4:00 pm
Queering Space is a one-day study day exploring an array of perspectives on queer identity in the current exhibition Living Beyond Limits. Through conversations, creative workshops and a shared meal, we…
18 May 2019 1:00 pm - 18 May 2019 4:00 pm
Image: Matterlurgy, Geofictions 2016 During Middlesbrough’s Local History Month, we sail down the River Tees with artists duo Helena Hunter and Mark Peter Wright of Matterlurgy. Together we look…
Cloth Club is on every Thursday from 10.30am to 12.30pm This workshop is a chance to learn textile skills within a relaxed group. This season we explore recycled fabrics experimenting with…
Every Thursday during 2018
Our weekly Community Day involves various creative and discursive activities, complemented by a free communal lunch at 1pm. Held on Thursdays, the day is open to all and sessions include: Mini…
