Installation view: Dani MARTI, ‘Orifices’, 2000-2005. Scourers, mixed media and Guerrilla action documentation, dimensions variable. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program 2018, Newcastle Art Gallery collection. Courtesy: the artist and Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney and Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle.

From community activism to global social movements, THE ART OF PROTEST features politically engaged artists past and present responding to disaster and injustice and calling for change. Comprising works of art from Newcastle Art Gallery’s collection and key additions from contemporary politically engaged artists, this exhibition explores how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go.