Chitra Ganesh & Tish Murtha at BALTIC

Two substantial new shows have just opened across BALTIC's upper levels: Chitra Ganesh's "Journey to the Great Below", a Brooklyn artist's first major UK exhibition, and "Close to Home", pairing the late Tish Murtha's photographs of working-class Tyneside with new work by Kuba Ryniewicz. Both are drop-in, both are free, and both run for months, so there's no need to rush it into a single weekend.

It sits right on Gateshead Quayside, so it's easy to fold in a walk across the Millennium Bridge, a coffee overlooking the Tyne, or a gig at the Glasshouse next door. A solid, no-cost, step-free option for a culture-led afternoon in Newcastle-Gateshead.