Exhibitions 2016

ACQUISITIONS

26 November 2016 - 5 February 2017
Focusing on recent acquisitions, this exhibition celebrates the breadth and depth of the Newcastle Art Gallery collection which continues to grow.
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HOLDING: Contemporary fibre art

26 November 2016 - 5 February 2017
Showcasing 25 local, national and international fibre artists, the exhibition explores, through textile mediums, the idea of containment and ownership.
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JOHN OLSEN: The City's Son

5 November 2016 - 19 February 2017
Born in Newcastle in 1928, Olsen considers himself a Novocastrian and has returned home to curate an exhibition that captures the essence of his birthplace.
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KILGOUR PRIZE 2016

27 August - 13 November 2016
The KILGOUR PRIZE 2016 is the 6th iteration of Newcastle's annual $50,000 art prize for figurative and portrait painting. Each year the Gallery receives hundreds of applications from across...
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MARION BORGELT: Memory & Symbol

28 August - 28 October 2016
With a prodigious career spanning over 40 years, Marion Borgelt’s distinctive and highly attuned practice encompasses painting, sculpture and installation
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BLACK WHITE & RESTIVE

28 May - 7 August 2016
Celebrating the work of over sixty artists, the exhibition reveals the diversity of approaches to cross-cultural art practice, from direct collaborations to shared – and sometimes contested...
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A DIRTY BUSINESS: Devine, Styan and Tilley

20 February - 15 May 2016
With images set in local and industrial landscapes - combined with personal and political narratives - this exhibition is both entrenched and excavated from Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.
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JOHN PEART: Homage

6 February - 1 May 2016
Drawing on Newcastle's own holdings, this exhibition pays homage to John Peart, featuring 18 works across a range of media, including paper, paintings, collage and tapestry from the period 1968...
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JUST DRAW

6 February - 1 May 2016
'Just Draw' celebrates drawing and its many possibilities, performance, multimedia, installation, sculpture, kinetics and robotics.
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