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Laing Art Gallery

Newcastle's Fine Art Collections

Laing Art Gallery

The Laing Art Gallery is located on New Bridge Street just to the east of Grainger town. Designed in the Baroque style with a little Art Nouveau embellishment the Gallery is Grade II listed building.

The Laing was financed by Alexander Laing, a Newcastle wine merchant and is now operated by Newcastle City Council.

The collection includes oil paintings and watercolours by the likes of William Holman Hunt, Paul Gauguin and Victor Passmore not to mention small sculptures by Henry Moore and wood carvings by local wood engraver Thomas Bewick.

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New Bridge St,

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AG

+44 0191 278 1611

The Laing

Open: Tue-Sat 10.00-17.00 & Sun 14.00-17.00

No charge for entry - donations welcome

Art & Architecture

Grainger Town Sights

Text © Paul Shawcross

Image by © Paul Shawcross.co.uk