The New Art Gallery Walsall
The New Art Gallery Walsall has a fantastic collection of artworks, archive material and an open-access Art Library. The New Art Gallery Walsall presents, collects and interprets historic, modern and contemporary art in innovative and challenging ways.
The changing exhibition programme on Floors 3 and 4 focuses on the contemporary visual arts. Presenting both solo and group shows and through artists' projects, museum aim to support and develop the work of living artists and to build and develop audiences for the visual arts.
COLLECTIONS
Garman Ryan Collection:
The gallery is the home to the distinguished Garman Ryan Collection, donated to the Borough in by Lady Kathleen Epstein (nee Garman) in 1972. It consists of 365 works of art with many three dimensional works. Two remarkable women created this 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 intimate, adventurous and eclectic, reflecting their wide ranging tastes from many different cultures from around the world.
The Garman Ryan Epstein Collection
The Garman Ryan Epstein Collection was formed in 1996 with the intention of creating a partner collection to the Garman Ryan Collection that is a closed collection. The Garman Ryan Epstein Collection contains over 30 art works by artists closely related to the Garman Ryan Collection, in particular works by Sir Jacob Epstein, which have been purchased, bequeathed or donated to The New Art Gallery Walsall.
The Permenant Collections:
The Walsall Borough Art Collection started in 1892 and now contains over 1,700 art works historic and contemporary, collected through a series of donations, bequests and purchases.
Many of the art works relate to Walsall and its people. There is a large group of late Victorian paintings, prints and drawings acquired through gifts and donations, by artists such as W.P. Frith, Thomas Faed, Frank Holl, Briton Riviere and Charles Shayer
VISITORS INFORMATION
Galleries:
10am - 5pm Monday to Saturday
11am - 4pm Sunday
Free admission
Art Library:
10am - 5pm Tuesday to Saturday
Free admission
Gallery Cafe:
8.30am - 5.30pm Monday to Saturday
11am - 4pm Sundays
Cafe:
Relax and revive in our family friendly cafe, Costa serving a selection of handmade coffees and refreshments.
Opening Times:
8.30am - 5.30pm Monday to Saturday
11am - 4pm Sundays
Barrier Free
The gallery entrance is fully accessible from Gallery Square, with automatic doors. The gallery has six fully accessible floors which are all level and barrier free.
Lifts
There are lifts to all floors of the gallery. There are two lifts each with a capacity of 16 people. Each lift can comfortably accommodate a wheelchair. The lifts have announcements on each floor telling you where you are and what you will find.
Toilets and Baby Change
There are five accessible toilets throughout the gallery. They are located on the ground floor and Floors 1 and 4 and in the DiSCO and Activity Rooms. Please ask a Gallery Assistant to direct you. A baby change room is located on the ground floor of the gallery.
Guide Dogs
Guide dogs are welcome in all areas of the gallery. Water is available on request.