Newcastle Art Gallery expansion project render. Image supplied.
A few days ago, Newcastle City Council (NCC) signed off on committing fund for the long awaited expansion of Newcastle Art Gallery.
The $35.6 million project has been on and off the table for the better part of 16-years.
‘We have had a couple of goes at it previously,’ gallery director Lauretta Morton told ArtsHub. ‘The first proposal was to knock down the existing building, and a design competition was run in 2005/6. Then in 2021/13 a new redevelopment plan didn’t go ahead either.’
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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