Exterior of the Laing Art Gallery

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We will be opening on 10 August. Please read our guidance about planning your visit

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Night and Sleep by Evelyn De Morgan (1878) © De Morgan Collection, courtesy of the De Morgan Foundation

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We will re-open on Monday 10 August 2020. Click here to plan your visit.

Monday 10am-4.30pm
Tuesday10am-4.30pm
Wednesday10am-4.30pm
Thursday10am-4.30pm
Friday10am-4.30pm
Saturday10am-4.30pm
Sundays & bank holidaysClosed

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  • A painting of Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne showing a horse and cart

    Favourites from the collection

    'Grainger Street' by Louis H Grimshaw depicts the how the Newcastle street looked in 1902

  • Painting, oil on canvas, entitled 'The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah', by the artist John Martin

    Favourites from the collection

    We have several spectacular paintings by John Martin in our collection. This one is 'The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah', painted in 1852.

  • Painting, oil on canvas, entitled 'Laus Veneris', by the artist Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones

    Favourites from the collection

    'Laus Veneris' by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, painted in the late 19th century, is one of our most iconic pre-raphaelite paintings

  • Painting, oil on canvas, entitled 'Love in Idleness or Love's Votaries', by the artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. It shows two ladies lounging by a fountain.

    Favourites from the collection

    'Love in Idleness' by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema is one of our most popular 19th century artworks

  • s pre-raphaelite painting of a mother with her children

    Favourites from the collection

    'Mrs Leatheart and her Three Children' by Arthur Hughes depicts the artist's young wife and three daughters on a balcony feeding pigeons.

  • A pre-raphaelite painting of a woman clutching an ornamental pot with basil growing from it. The pot is placed on an altar.

    Favourites from the collection

    Painted in 1867 by William Holman Hunt, Isabella & the Pot of Basil depicts a scene from John Keats' poem 'Isabella'.

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Laing Art Gallery
New Bridge Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8AG

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