Running from November 13-15, there’s 26 installations across Durham City and in Shildon.
Tickets for the central ticketed zone are all gone, but more than half the installations are outside of the ticketed zone.
It was announced earlier this year that this Lumiere will be the last after the biennial festival started in 2009.
Organisers Artichoke have said to sustain a festival of this scale and ambition requires investment and commitment at a level that is increasingly difficult to secure, which you can read more about here.
Before the lights go out, here’s some of this year’s artworks.
1. Elysium Garden by Jigantics, Palace Green
A supersized forest of giant illuminated flowers. Inspired by the mythical gardens of Elysium, a mythical place in the afterlife reserved for heroes, artist Jig Cochrane and the team at Jigantics have created a field of colourful giant blooms. Originally commissioned to celebrate the life of Bodyshop founder Anita Roddick, this joyous installation has been gradually built up over the last twenty years. The installation is ever-evolving and sustainable, with new varieties of flower being added each season. | Sunderland Echo Photo: Iconic Media
2. Solace by Amelia Kosminsky, Cathedral Cloister
Solace is a new artwork by artist Amelia Kosminsky, commissioned by Point North, responding to the Cathedral’s extraordinary history, created as an offering of comfort and hope during our century’s turbulent times. Composed of hundreds of handmade lanterns, Solace captures a suspended moment in time, as if each lantern has been caught mid-flight. Drifting into the distance, they invite audiences to imagine the lanterns’ journey and, in turn, reflect and consider their own. | Iconic Media
3. Run Beyond by Angelo Bonello, Framwellgate Waterside
Run Beyond is a work about the jump we all have to take in our lives: the jump to freedom. Bonello does not tell us what kind of freedom, the spectator has to make up their own mind about that. | Iconic Media
4. The River, Cédric Le Borgne, Prebends Bridge
Cédric Le Borgne’s simple yet evocative sculptures glowed from the rooftops of the South Bailey in the first ever Lumiere in Durham in 2009. Now he returns with The River, a series of three giant koi carp, suspended above Prebends Bridge. At once majestic and wild, they contemplate, explore and caress the world. | Iconic Media