The Latest Breaking News from Newcastle Art Gallery

When the doors open again, it will be more than a new building

Newcastle art, parades and food will kick off Sydney WorldPride

The Newcastle Art Gallery may have its doors closed, but there is still action going on. The gallery launched a six-part podcast, Conversations from the Collection, in January featuring gallery audience lead Zana Kobayashi in conversation with six artists. Each episode dives into a different collection area of the Newcastle…

The gallery will commission four new works of art to be displayed on the hoarding around the site during construction, which is on track to begin mid-year.

Four companies have been shortlisted for construction of Newcastle Art Gallery's $40 million expansion, City of Newcastle says.

"The hang requires you to do the work, you're making the connections."

James Rogers and his sculpture Turning Light has won first prize in the Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival. Rogers, of Walcha, collects $25,000 for first prize. He describes the winning piece as "a composition of hand cut strips of steel pipe that continues a body of work where space, structure and…

Thousands of cubic metres worth of grout will be injected into abandoned mine voids under the Newcastle Art Gallery site, before the facility's $40 million expansion takes place.

As solitary as the pursuit of art as a career may seem at times, there would be little doubt a helping hand or collaborator can change an artist's direction in life or career. With that thought in mind, Newcastle Art Space, a longtime local creative collective, began a mentorship program…

'WARWAR: The Art of Torres Strait' won all three of its shortlisted categories

In collaboration with The Olive Tree Market, 2 Footprints Indigenous Corporate is bringing a special cultural event to Civic Park.