Laing Art Gallery

{{Short description|Art gallery in Newcastle, England}}

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| location = Newcastle upon Tyne, England

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The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is located on New Bridge Street West. The gallery was designed in the Baroque style with Art Nouveau elements by architects Cackett & Burns Dick and is now a Grade II listed building.{{cite web|url=http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/casestudies/regeneration/blue_carpet/ideas.php|title=Public Art Online Regeneration Case Studies - Blue Carpet|work=publicartonline.org.uk|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017210728/http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/casestudies/regeneration/blue_carpet/ideas.php|archivedate=17 October 2014|df=dmy-all}} It was opened in 1904 and is now managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In front of the gallery is the Blue Carpet. The building, which was financed by a gift from a local wine merchant, Alexander Laing, is Grade II listed.{{National Heritage List for England |num=1145885 |desc=Laing Art Gallery|accessdate=14 July 2017}}

The gallery collection contains paintings, watercolours and decorative historical objects, including Newcastle silver.{{Cite web|url=https://laingartgallery.org.uk/about-us/about-the-laing-art-gallery|title=About the Laing {{pipe}} Laing Art Gallery|website=laingartgallery.org.uk}} In the early 1880s, Newcastle was a major glass producer in the world and enamelled glasses by William Beilby{{cite web|url=https://laingartgallery.org.uk/collections/our-collections|title=Our collections {{pipe}} Laing Art Gallery|publisher=laingartgallery.org.uk|accessdate=2 August 2016}} are on view along with ceramics (including Maling pottery), and diverse contemporary works by emerging UK artists. It has a programme of regularly rotating exhibitions and has free entry.

The gallery's collection of paintings includes John Martin's dramatic The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah,{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/search/search/search/keyword:laing-art-gallery|title=Laing Art Gallery|work=Art UK}} as well as works by Sir Joshua Reynolds,{{Cite web|url=https://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/art-weve-helped-buy/artwork/3712/portrait-of-mrs-elizabeth-riddell|title=Portrait of Mrs Elizabeth Riddell by Sir Joshua Reynolds|website=Art Fund}} Edward Burne-Jones (Laus Veneris),{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/laus-veneris-36612|title=Laus veneris |publisher=Art UK|accessdate=2 August 2016}} Isabella and the Pot of Basil from 1868 by William Holman Hunt,{{cite web|url=http://blog.twmuseums.org.uk/laing-art-gallerys-companion-guide-book-marks-110-years-of-history/|title=Laing Art Gallery's Companion Guide Book marks 110 years of history {{pipe}} Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog|date=10 December 2014 |publisher=blog.twmuseums.org.uk|accessdate=2 August 2016}} and Ben Nicholson. Local paintings include pictures by Ralph Hedley.{{cite web |url=http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing/northernspirit/ralph-hedley/ |title=Ralph Hedley - Northern Spirit |accessdate=2015-05-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413170030/http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing/northernspirit/ralph-hedley/ |archivedate=13 April 2015 |df=dmy-all }} There is also a collection of 18th- and 19th-century watercolours and drawings, including work by J. M. W. Turner and John Sell Cotman.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=748873&partId=1&searchText=may+day+1820&page=1|title=Mont St Michel|publisher=British Museum|access-date=15 February 2021}}