London-born Gormley, known for using his own body to create metal castings – including his famous 20-metre tall Angel of the North sculpture in Gateshead – advocated in favour of art schools ...

I feel very good about it." Twenty five years on, it's hard to imagine Tyneside without Gateshead's Angel of the North.

saying the Star would stand taller than the Angel of the North in Gateshead. Ms Houston said: “It’s quite difficult to describe – it’s almost like a DNA double helix. “It’s in painted ...