Charmaine Watkiss
The things we hold sacred
Until 11 April 2027
Floor 3
Charmaine Watkiss, The warrior’s presence is safeguarded for generations to come , 2024, water soluble graphite, pencil, watercolour, coloured pencil and ink on paper. © 2026 Charmaine Watkiss. All rights reserved, DACS.
Charmaine Watkiss
The things we hold sacred
Until 11 April 2027
Floor 3
Laura Onions, Gaping #5, 2025, Monotype on newsprint. Courtesy the artist.
Laura Onions
Until 6 December 2026
Artists’ Studio, Floor 1
Laura will use her residency to explore the processes of contact, transference and pressure within her printmaking practice and how these physical actions might correspond to personal, social and environmental landscapes, including the burgeoning pressure of the climate emergency.
The two Mothers photographed inside The New Art Gallery Walsall, July 2025. Photo: Carl Gibbons
Tereza Bušková
Mothers without Hands
Until 15 November 2026
Community Gallery, Ground Floor
Curated by Dr. Nicola Baird
The exhibition takes its title from The Girl Without Hands, a 1200-year-old fairy tale collected and revised by the Brothers Grimm. Featuring a girl whose hands are cut off and magically restored, it is a story not only about patriarchal oppression, persecution, violation and trauma, but also survival, strength and healing.
Claire Buckerfield & Black Country Type, Logo (2026), Digital drawing
Coming Soon….
Vibration Calibration: Black Country Type & Claire Buckerfield
31 October 2026 – 28 February 2027
Preview: Friday 30 October, 6-8pm. Free, all welcome.
Taking its name from a mechanical process that measures the accuracy of vibration sensors, the exhibition offers a recalibration of our perceptions of the Black Country through the artists’ portrayal of the area.
The Garman Ryan Collection
Permanent Collection
This prestigious collection was donated to the people of Walsall in 1973 by Kathleen Garman. Kathleen had grown up in Wednesbury, lived her adult life in London, but wanted to give something back to her home county, believing it was important for culture to exist outside of the capital.
Andrew Tift, Portrait of Kitty (Transition), 2006, acrylic on board. Permanent Collection, The New Art Gallery Walsall.
Face Value
Contemporary Portraits from the Collections
Until 23 May 2027
Inspired by the strong focus on portraits in the Garman Ryan Collection, this temporary exhibition brings together a selection of artworks from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection.
Sunday Art Club
Free, drop-in
Our weekly art club for children and young people. Meet artists and creatives and learn to paint, print, sculpt, craft and more!