19 September — 24 November 2002
Coming Of Age
This exhibition brought together twentieth century works from the Tate collections which deal with the process of growing older:...Free Admission
12 July — 24 November 2002
Fire Drawings
Thirty young people from Walsall and Sandwell worked with artists from Walk The Plank to create massive fire drawings...Free Admission
27 June — 31 August 2002
Copper Jubliee by Gavin Turk
Gavin Turk’s sculpture is characterised by an...Free Admission
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27 June — 31 August 2002
Rural Walsall
Using painting, prints and drawings from the gallery’s collections, Rural Walsall aims to challenge the popular perception of the...Free Admission
19 April — 6 July 2002
Colouring Landscapes
Pupils from three special schools in Walsall Mary Elliot, Jane Lane and Castle School have used the landscape pictures...Free Admission
4 April — 8 June 2002
Vivencias. Dialogues between the Brazilian artists from the 1960’s to 2002
Lygia Pape, Artur Barrio, Cildo Meireles, Ernesto...Free Admission
1 February — 17 March 2002
Jigar
films by Alia Syed
Jigar featured three evocative and poetic films by Alia Syed, bringing together a significant body of work made over...
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30 November 2001 — 24 February 2002
Inspiration and Creation
The Garman Ryan Collection is the sourse of inspiration for this exhibition of work by special needs pupils from Walsall’s Castle School. Using many different mediums and following ideas put forward in the National Curriculum, the student’s work offers the opportunity to see what...Free Admission
7 December 2001 — 13 January 2002
Forty Part Motet by Janet Cardiff
Canadian artist Janet Cardiff’s work combined sound, movement and the surrounding environment. Forty Part Motet was a new audio work co-commissioned by The New Art Gallery Walsall, based on a renaissance choral music Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis (1514-1585.) Forty separately recored voices...Free Admission
7 December 2001 — 13 January 2002
Gifts to Walsall
This was the first chance to see new additions to Walsall’s permanent collection, this included gifts from the Contemporary Art Society and the Saatchi Collection. The exhibition featered works in a range of media by artists including Jordon Baseman, Layla Curtis, Philip King, Marysia...Free Admission
7 December 2001 — 13 January 2002
Walsall Society of Artists
Walsall artists exhibited their latest works in...Free Admission
24 July — 25 November 2001
Gaudier-Brzeska’s Animals
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska’s drawings highlight the artist’s fascination...Free Admission
27 September — 18 November 2001
Magnetic North
Magentic North brings together five Finnish artists working with large scale coloured photography. Elina Brotherus draws on her own...Free Admission
Galleries 3 and 4
28 June — 8 September 2001
Being Here – paintings by Estelle Thompson
An exhibiton of new and exciting work...Free Admission
Floors 1 and 2
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1 February — 30 March 2001
From Tate to Walsall
Epstein’s Doves
This temporary display focued on Epstein’s sculpture ‘Doves-third version’ 1914-1915. This master-piece from the most inventive period of the artist’s career is on loan from the Tate through the Tate Partership Scheme-an inititive designed to increase public access to the Tate Collection through a...
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7 February — 25 March 2001
The Walsall Open Exhibition
An opportuntity to show some of our local artistic talent. Applicatants were invited from anyone living or working in the Borough of Walsall. The exhibition was selected by artist Andrew Tift, TV presenter Nina Nannar and Express & Star journalist Paul Hinton.Free Admission
7 February — 25 March 2001
Making Buildings
This lively and interactive exhibition was curated by Greg Votolato, seeks to challenge the myth of craft-free modern buildings....Free Admission
22 November 2000 — 21 January 2001
In Memoriam
An exhibition exploring ways in which comtemporary artists have explored and interpreted the idea of memorials, monuments and mementoes....Free Admission
3 October — 5 November 2000
Walsall Society of Artists
This was an opportunity to celebrate the wealth of artistic talent in Walsall as Walsall Society of Artists held their annual exhibiton. A range of work was on display including portraits (of humans and animals,) landscapes, still lives, flower studies and three dimensional works....Free Admission
3 October — 5 November 2000
Town by Catherine Yass
Artist Catherine Yass was commissined to create...Free Admission
Floor 3
Human and Divine
This exhibiton brought together a range of...
21 July — 16 September 2000
Human and Divine
2000 years of Indian Sculpture
This exhibiton brought together a range of...
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24 August — 25 August 2000
Ranbir Kaur
Ranbir Kauris a textile and rangoli artist who has developed an international profile through her work with communities across the world. At the beginning of the year 2000 she worked with Heather Steele to contruct a 9 metre rangoli for the project ‘Revolution’ at...Free Admission
21 July — 24 July 2000
Heather Steele
Heather Steele has lived and worked in the countryside for most of her life and has always been acutely...Free Admission
Floor 3
19 May — 8 July 2000
Girl
The intriguing exhibition included works from a wide range of media by comtemporary artists exploring aesthetic and social worlds...Free Admission
Floor 3
Blue
This opening exhibition was a celebratory exploration...
16 February — 30 April 2000
Blue
Borrowed and New
This opening exhibition was a celebratory exploration...
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Recent Acquisitions Part 1
People and Artistic Connections
Throughout 2016 we will display some of the newest acquisitions to our Permanent Collection, in the lead up to its 125th anniversary next year. Our collecting policy prioritises works which have an association with our Garman Ryan Collection, or are by artists who have...
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Land, Sea and Air
Artists include Frank Bowling, Tiffany Chung, Agnes Denes, Tania Kovats and Cornelia Parker Maps have continued to provide a potent source material for artists for many years. They provide attempts to make sense of a world that is ever in transformation, whether in terms...Free Admission
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Education
20 July 2020 — 31 March 2021
STEAM worksheets
The New Art Gallery Walsall is now offering digital STEAM worksheets for Primary School age children to work on...Free Admission
Digital
Online / Free
Digital
2 July 2020 — 30 September 2021
INSIGHTS
In the next of our INSIGHTS series, artist Nilupa Yasmin explains why she started incorporating weaving into her lens-based...Online / Free
Digital
Digital
7 December 2020 — 31 May 2021
Garman Ryan Collection Tours
A new series of tours exploring the themes and artists within The Garman Ryan Collection.Online / Free
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Every second Saturday of the month
Walk and Draw
Make sketches inside the Gallery and of the local area in these fast-paced and fun workshops.Free, booking essential
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Every second Wednesday of the month
Baby & Me
Multi-sensory sessions for parents, carers and their babies.£3 per child, booking essential
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Lunar New Year
Fan and lion dancing, workshops and more
Saturday 1 February 2025 12:00 — 16:00
Lunar New Year
Community Day
Fan and lion dancing, workshops and more
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Saturday 8 February 2025 14:00 — 15:00
BSL Tour of Earthbound with Olivier Jamin
Join Deaf artist, Olivier Jamin for a...Free Admission
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18 February — 23 February 2025
Calling all young ornithologists (bird experts)
Create bird cages & colourful birds using...Free Admission
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Mini Makers
Get creative, explore art materials & build fine motor skills
Tuesday 18 February 2025 11:00 — 13:00
Mini Makers
Arty Hearts
Get creative, explore art materials & build fine motor skills
£3.50
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Wednesdays For All
Make rope and wind it into a...
Wednesday 19 February 2025 11:00 — 15:00
Wednesdays For All
Rope Coasters
Make rope and wind it into a...
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Thursday 20 February 2025 11:00 — 15:00
Thursday Skills with artist Alice Burnhope
Natural dye painting and Hapa Zome!£4.50
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The Peacock’s Feather
Multi-sensory sessions for children with Additional Needs.
Saturday 1 March 2025 11:00 — 14:00
The Peacock’s Feather
Sensory sessions with Fantastic Journeys
Multi-sensory sessions for children with Additional Needs.
Free Admission