BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art opened on Saturday 13 July 2002.
The inaugural exhibition, B.OPEN, featured work by:
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Chris Burden;
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Carsten Holler;
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Julian Opie;
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Jaume Plensa;
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Jane & Louise Wilson
and attracted over 35,000 visitors in the first week.
Since then BALTIC has presented over 40 exhibitions and welcomed 2 million visitors.