The Lock-Up
A: 90 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW Australia
P: +61 2 4925 2265
Located in one of Newcastle’s most significant heritage buildings, The Lock-Up is an independent contemporary art space situated in a unique setting. Listed in the NSW Heritage Register, The Lock-Up was the Newcastle Police Station and lock up from 1861 until its closure in 1982. The building now includes gallery spaces, rare heritage-listed cells, an event and installation space in what was the former exercise yard, and an onsite apartment for creative residencies.
Through high quality, innovative curated programming, The Lock-Up promotes current, experimental and diverse practice from local, national and international creatives through its artistic, residency and public programs. The gallery is a place for exchange of ideas, experimentation, exploration, information and cultural endeavour.
FACILITIES
- Historic building
- Wheelchair access
FEATURED STORIES AND EXHIBITIONS
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Emily Riches
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Emily Riches2025-04-28 10:11:232025-04-28 10:11:23Group Exhibition: COLLECT 2025
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Emily Riches
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Emily Riches2025-01-28 15:25:492025-01-28 15:25:49Lauren Brincat: When do I breathe?
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Emily Riches
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Emily Riches2025-01-28 15:17:222025-01-28 15:21:42Locust Jones: The green dream
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Emily Riches
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Emily Riches2024-11-05 09:08:112025-01-13 10:31:55Group Exhibition: DATA MINDS
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Accounts2024-07-31 14:06:382024-07-31 14:06:38Khaled Sabsabi
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Accounts2024-06-25 15:07:132024-07-01 06:00:27Group Exhibition: COLLECT
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Accounts2024-04-23 00:43:402024-04-23 00:43:40Julian Schnabel, Lottie Consalvo and Wayne Magrin: Where Delusion Meets the Sun
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Erin Irwin
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Erin Irwin2024-02-08 06:19:532024-03-04 04:55:57Wanjun Carpenter: Look around (it’s not all roses)
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Erin Irwin
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Erin Irwin2024-01-20 04:24:352024-03-04 05:12:10Charlotte Haywood: MNEMONIC VEGETABLES
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Accounts2023-11-21 04:58:252023-12-11 05:44:09Heidi Axelsen and Hugo Moline: The Dance of the Remediators
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Accounts2023-10-22 08:10:122023-10-22 08:10:12Nicole Chaffey: feral
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Accounts2023-09-26 03:21:522023-09-26 03:21:52Julie Gough: Disclosure
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Accounts2023-07-30 18:55:032023-08-27 02:41:07Shan Turner-Carroll and Ryota Sato: Signals From
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Accounts2023-05-25 04:49:272023-05-25 04:49:27Group Exhibition: COLLECT
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Accounts2022-11-28 03:15:442023-09-03 07:55:00Michelle Gearin: DOUBLE RAINBOW
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Accounts2022-11-28 02:36:542022-12-05 06:57:11Alex Seton: EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT
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Rosy Leake
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Rosy Leake2022-09-30 13:51:322022-10-04 12:06:27Group Exhibition: PLAYGROUND
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Rosy Leake2022-04-21 11:59:022023-04-24 02:30:50Agenda Setters: Anna May Kirk
