It commissions, collects and re-thinks modern and contemporary art. As the artistic heart of the School of Arts & Creative Industries at Teesside University, MIMA is dedicated to learning, research and innovation.
An international art gallery and museum, MIMA connects art, people and ideas to enable creative lives and positively contribute to society.
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Middlesbrough
Past Events
People Powered: Stories from the River Tees
Tue – Sat, 10am – 4.30pm; Sun 12 – 4pm
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Stephen Waller: The Middlesbrough Model
Tue – Sat, 10am – 4.30pm; Sun 12 – 4pm
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Gail Henderson: Tees Valley Response Award Self-portrait, Periskepsi
Tue – Sat, 10am – 4.30pm; Sun 12 – 4pm
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Summer Holidays Family Art Trolley
Tue – Fri, 11am – 1pm
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A Man Called Adam present the Pioneer Sunday Music Sessions
Every Sun, 12.30 – 3.30pm
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MIMAZINA: Things to Do – Field Trip with Nell Catchpole
1pm - 4pm
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Ian Giles: A Reflection in Time live performance
Performances at 2pm and 3pm
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Middlesbrough Collection: Soft Structures
Tue – Sat 10am – 4.30pm; Sun 12 – 4pm
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Practising Duets #1: Ranjana Thapalyal and Olivier Marboeuf
5 – 7.30pm
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Jacqueline Poncelet: In the Making
Tue – Sat, 10am – 4.30pm; Sun, 12 – 4pm
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Towards New Worlds
Tue – Sat, 10am – 4.30pm; Sun, 12 – 4pm
Preview 18 July, 5 – 7.30pm
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Art + Social No. 18: Towards New Worlds Launch Party
5 – 7.30pm
Relaxed preview, 4 – 5pm
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Winifred Nicholson: Cumbrian Rag Rugs
Tue – Sat, 10am – 4.30pm; Sun, 12 – 4pm
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Hearing From Artists: ‘Towards New Worlds’
2.00 – 4.15pm
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The Secret Lives of Bottle of Notes: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Tue – Sat, 10am – 4.30pm; Sun, 12 – 4pm
Opening event 13 March, 4.30 – 7pm
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IN/Visible National Disabled Women’s Arts Collective: Rising in Our Power
11am – 3pm
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Zoë Zo, Zoë Tumika & Zoë Guthrie: Guiding Entities
Tue – Sat, 10am – 4.30pm; Sun, 12 – 4pm
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Remember Nature: A Man Called Adam, ‘Birdy’
10.30am – 3.30pm
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Desire Lines: Art, Place & Possibilities
Tue – Sat, 10am – 4.30pm; Sun, 12 – 4pm
Launch event 4 December, 4.30 – 7.00pm (quiet exhibition preview 4.30 – 5pm)
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New Contemporaries 2026
Tue – Sat, 10am – 4.30pm; Sun, 12 – 4pm
Preview 14 May, 4.30 – 7pm
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Related Organisations
Teesside University
Tees Valley