More grim news for Newcastle Art Gallery

A notion to rescind funding for the Newcastle Art Gallery has been passed.
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The future of the Newcastle Art Gallery was already looking dark but yet another nail was hammered into its coffin last night after city councillors voted to rescind funding.

The motion was passed by a narrow margin with City Council voting seven to six to remove its support for the redevelopment project, which is already underway.

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Sarah Adams is a media, film and television junkie. She is the former deputy editor of ArtsHub Australia and now works in digital communications - telling research stories across multiple platforms - in the higher education sector. Follow her @sezadams