Expansion Project
Newcastle Art Gallery has been at the heart of our city’s rich arts and cultural history for over forty years. Now, the story of its future is set to begin.
The expansion project will deliver an additional 1,600 square meters of exhibition space to showcase our city's collection and our artists’ most groundbreaking ideas.
The project will also deliver a new café and retail shop, multi-purpose and educational program spaces, a secure international standard loading dock, and will extend the building's footprint east along Darby Street and Queen Street.
The reimagined Gallery is set to launch a new era of cultural tourism that will consolidate the Hunter's reputation as an active and vibrant centre for the arts in NSW.
Recognised as one of the finest public collections in Australia, Newcastle Art Gallery is the custodian of over 7,000 works of art valued at $126 million. It is a significant and diverse permanent collection, that provides a time capsule of Australian art from the colonial era to contemporary works of today.
As a major cultural asset for NSW, Newcastle Art Gallery offers the ability to both tell local stories and inspire new ones through the creation, collection and display of works of art that hold local, national and international importance.
While Newcastle Art Gallery is being reimagined, we will continue to deliver ambitious offsite and digital programming for the community.
For the latest information on the Newcastle Art Gallery Expansion, visit our project page here.
Together we can reimagine our Gallery
Community contributions to the Newcastle Art Gallery expansion are welcomed and are tax deductible. Newcastle Art Gallery Foundation has launched a public fundraising campaign to further support and enrich the Gallery expansion over the coming years. To make a donation towards the expansion of the Gallery, please visit the Foundation website here.
To discuss corporate sponsorship or partnership opportunities, please contact the Galley team at artgallery@ncc.nsw.gov.au
Newcastle Art Gallery's expansion is proudly funded by City of Newcastle
with the Australian Government, NSW Government and Newcastle Art Gallery Foundation
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01 Sept 2024First Nations art to take pride of place in Newcastle Art Gallery
Newcasttle Art Gallery is proud to announce the acquisition of a significant work of art by globally acclaimed Quandamooka artist Megan Cope.
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21 Aug 2024Newcastle Art Gallery unveils sculptural solution to accessibility issue
Internationally renowned artist Fayen d'Evie has been commissioned to create two groundbreaking sculptures to help improve the accessibility of the expanded Newcastle Art Gallery -
01 Aug 2024First new work commissioned for expanded Newcastle Art Gallery
Art lovers are being given an early glimpse of the six-metre-wide suspended sculpture that will eventually fill the atrium and greet visitors at the new-look Newcastle Art Gallery. -
25 June 2024Sneak peek inside expanded Newcastle Art Gallery
City of Newcastle is giving Novocastrians their first look inside the expanded Newcastle Art Gallery as construction progresses on the landmark project. -
26 Mar 2024Sparkly addition to Newcastle skyline as Art Gallery expansion progresses
Five-year-old Mabel Read swapped the playground for a construction site today as she helped officially name the crane being used to deliver the expanded Newcastle Art Gallery. -
29 Feb 2024New cafe on the horizon as part of Newcastle Art Gallery expansion
Interest is being sought from potential operators of a one-of-a-kind cafe to be located at the reimagined Newcastle Art Gallery. -
23 Jan 2024Arts Minister marks milestone as Gallery expansion lays the foundation for cultural tourism boom
NSW Arts Minister John Graham officially unveiled the foundation stone for the expansion of Newcastle Art Gallery today as work on City of Newcastle's landmark infrastructure project continues. -
30 Nov 2023Newcastle Art Gallery expansion reaches new heights
The expansion of the Newcastle Art Gallery will reach new heights today with the installation of a 33 metre high hammerhead tower crane on site. -
13 July 2023Artists to make their mark on Newcastle Art Gallery expansion
Its doors may be temporarily closed to visitors but that hasn't stopped Newcastle Art Gallery bringing art to the city, commissioning new works to be displayed on the construction fencing around the site.
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27 Apr 2023Tender awarded for Newcastle Art Gallery expansion
The second stage of the Newcastle Art Gallery expansion will begin next month after councillors last night unanimously awarded the $43.8 million contract for the main construction works to Hansen Yuncken Pty Ltd.
