Shame Parade UK Tour
Academic’s Biennale exhibition heading to Newcastle
Published on: 22 October 2026
Venice Biennale exhibition Shame Parade, created by Newcastle University’s Angel Cohn Castle, is to go on show in the city.
Shame Parade
Shame Parade will go on a UK tour next year, starting at Mount Stuart in Scotland, on 17 April. It will head to Newcastle Contemporary Art as part of the tour, with dates still to be announced.
Fine Art lecturer Angel works with her artistic partner Davide Burgarin as Bugarin + Castle. Their multi-layered project which represented Scotland + Venice, uses the concept of the parade as a lens to explore the complex emotional legacies of shame, pride, and celebration. Drawing deeply on queer histories, Scottish archives, and Filipino cultural heritage, the installation features a 20-minute film and two sculptural installations. It examines how sound and costume can be used as instruments of social control, as well as tools for liberation. More than 20,000 people have visited the exhibition so far, and it continues in Venice until 22 November 2026.
Bugarin + Castle said: “In Shame Parade, we have been investigating what we call ‘auditory zones of shame’, questioning how spaces are controlled through sound and costume, drawing on Scottish, Filipino and trans perspectives. With these spatial dynamics central to our practice, we are excited to see how the work continues to evolve as it encounters new spaces and audiences in galleries across the UK and Norway."
Angel Cohn Castle added: "I am really looking forward to welcoming Newcastle audiences and students to the exhibition at Newcastle Contemporary Arts. The University has been a supporter of the project, and it’s great to be able to connect this international work with the creative and research community in the North East."
Energy and insights
Dr Morven Gregor, Curator of Contemporary and Learning, Mount Stuart, which curated the exhibition said: “In Venice, Shame Parade has touched and enthused diverse audiences. We look forward to sharing the exhibition, its energy and insights, with local, national and international visitors and offering a related programme of events and workshops throughout spring and summer.”
Alongside the homecoming exhibition at Mount Stuart, a satellite exhibition of expanded material from Shame Parade will travel across Scotland with the Travelling Gallery March to June 2027 and in summer 2027 the Travelling Gallery will host an exhibition of responses to Venice from participants of the Scotland + Venice Professional Development Programme.
Emma Nicolson, Head of Creative Arts, Creative Scotland said: “This touring model means audiences across the country and beyond can experience Scotland’s contribution to the world’s most prestigious visual arts festival for themselves.”
Following its domestic debut on the Isle of Bute, artworks from Shame Parade will travel to Kunsthall Trondheim in October 2027, where they will be shown with a suite of new works in a distinct presentation, before returning for the UK tour supported by Art Fund. Venues will include Newcastle Contemporary Arts and Inverness Museum and Art Gallery.
