http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/william_varley en http://www.newstatesman.com/200509050021 http://www.newstatesman.com/200509050021 Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT William Varley The Baltic gallery was supposed to be the north-east's answer to Tate Modern. At a cost of £33.4m of Lottery money, this flagship for contemporary art was opened in 2002 in an old Gateshead flour mill, with much fanfare. Since then, as William Varley comments, it's been downhill all the way

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