The Laing art Gallery in New Castle is an English art gallery that focuses on British painting in particular British oil paintings, watercolors, pottery, silver and glassware are exhibited. The building is Baroque in style with neoclassical elements and was opened in 1904. Main pieces of the collection include exceptional images by William Holman Hunt, Edward Burne-Jones, Paul Gauguin and Victor Pasmore, John Martin.

Twentieth-century works also include Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Daniel Maclise, along with works by local artists such as TM Richardson, Ralph Hedley and CN Hemy. Twentieth-century artists include David Bomberg, Laura Knight, Ben Nicholson and Gillian Ayres.

The collection of contemporary art is also growing.

The Laing Art Gallery also possesses a collection of watercolors of national importance and includes images by Thomas Girtin, JMW Turner, Edward Lear, JF Lewis and Elizabeth Blackadder. Among the sculptures on display we find a small collection of sculptures, which includes pieces by Albert Toft, Henry Moore and Anthony Caro.