The New Art Gallery Walsall
Gallery Square
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8LG
England
Website
www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Telephone
01922 654400
Fax
01922 654401
The New Art Gallery Walsall opened in February 2000 in the
heart of Walsall town centre. A unique civic building for Walsall, the gallery is also a rare example of a brand-new
building for the millennial arts. The 21 million world class gallery was made possible by £15.75 million Arts Lottery
funding (the 1000th lottery grant awarded since the lottery
began in 1994) and commissioned by Walsall Metropolitan
Borough Council, which wanted nothing but the best for this
vibrant West Midlands town.
Venue Type:
Gallery
Gallery Square
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8LG
England
Website
www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Telephone
01922 654400
Fax
01922 654401
On permanent display is The Garman Ryan Collection which was donated to the people of Walsall by Lady Kathleen Garman, widow of sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein, in 1973. This
unique collection is displayed in a two storey house consisting of a series of initimate, interconnecting rooms, each with a window, making a house for the collection over
the first and second floors of the gallery.
Key artists and exhibits
- Two remarkable women created The Garman Ryan Collection, Kathleen Garman, lover and later wife of artist
- Jacob Epstein, and her life-long friend Sally Ryan, a talented sculptor. Together, they formed an art collection that is
- initimate, adventurous and eclectic, reflecting their wide-ranging tastes. Works by well-known European artists, including Monet, Rembrandt, Constable, Van Gogh and Picasso, are displayed alongside beautiful artefacts from many different cultures across the world. The galleries chart the long, productive and often controversial career of Jacob Epstein, and serve as a memorial to the Epstein's extraordinary circle of family and friends - Augustus John,
- Modigliani, Gaudier-Brzeska and Epstein's one-time son-in-law Lucian Freud.
Collections services
- General guide to collections available
- Object identification and/or written enquiry service
- Specialist publications on collections available
Gallery Square
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8LG
England
Website
www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Telephone
01922 654400
Fax
01922 654401
Martin Parr: Black Country Stories
Black Country Stories brings renowned Magnum photographer, Martin Parr, on a photographic journey across the Black Country.
Starting in 2010 and finishing in 2014, Martin is visiting markets, temples, factories, social clubs, tea dances, dog training classes, summer fetes and a whole mixture of other places in Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Dudley.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free.
Website
http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/martin-parr-black-country-stories
There is a Place...
Artists include: Christiane Baumgartner, Graham Chorlton, Laura Oldfield Ford, George Shaw, Barry Thompson, Paul Winstanley
There is a Place...brings together a group of artists who explore our psychic connectivity to landscape. The drawings, paintings and prints within the exhibition reveal 'a sense of place' as seemingly generic urban and suburban views evoke personal and collective memories. The reverie of teenage hideouts, suburban housing estates and motorway junctions, each depicted in painstaking detail, are at once familiar yet unnerving for all.
The artists in this exhibition capture the most overlooked and peripheral spaces of our towns and cities, those unremarkable and unclaimed spaces that we each make our own.
Where
The New Art Gallery Walsall
Blue skies, nothing but blue skies....
Georges Braque, Phil Brooks, John Constable, Francis Dodd, Edward M Elliot, E M Flint, Andrew Gifford, David Gunning, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Hughes, Avan de Leeuw, Matt & Ross, Dawn Shorten, David Thorpe and Wolfgang Tillmans,
This exhibition, drawn from Walsall’s Collections, brings together artists who literally look to the skies! Working in a wide range of media and with different perspectives and priorities in mind, each of them share a concern with the power of the sky and its ability to add drama and expression to their work.
Suitable for
- Any age
Where
Floor 4
Admission
Free.
Website
http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/skies
Epstein's Rima: 'A Travesty of Nature'
Displaying a selection of Jacob Epstein’s preparatory drawings for the W.H. Hudson Memorial (1925), Hyde Park, London, this exhibition provides a rare opportunity to explore Epstein’s creative imagination, as well as delving into the extreme controversy that surrounded his work.
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
Admission
Free.
Website
http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/epsteins-rimaa-travesty-of-nature
Make Room2: Interventions into the Garman Ryan Collection
This exhibition uses some of the contemporary works acquired by the gallery in recent years to make interventions within the Garman Ryan Collection's themed rooms. The display dynamically merges together historic art and contemporary art, enabling viewers to explore the many unusual and exciting connections between new art and old and making room for new experiences.
Suitable for
- Any age
Where
The New Art Gallery Walsall
Admission
Free
Gallery Square
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8LG
England
Website
www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Telephone
01922 654400
Fax
01922 654401
In Conversation: Elin Morgan on Jacob Epstein's Rima
Curator Elin Morgan talks about Epstein's Rima: the design process and controversy it caused.
Suitable for
- 16-17
- 18+
When
2-3pm
Admission
Free
Website
http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/event/in-conversationelin-morgan
Gallery Square
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8LG
England
Website
www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Telephone
01922 654400
Fax
01922 654401
Gallery Square
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 8LG
England
Website
www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
Telephone
01922 654400
Fax
01922 654401
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