High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The New Art Gallery Walsall is sited in the centre of the West Midlands town of Walsall, England. It was built with Pds. 21 million of public funding, including Pds. 15.75 million from the UK National Lottery and additional money from the European Regional Development Fund and City Challenge.Designed by the architects Caruso St John after winning an international design competition, it opened in January 2000, replacing the town's old gallery and an arts centre that had been closed by the Council almost a decade earlier. The New Art Gallery's stark building won several architectural awards. The five storey building is clad in pale terracotta and has a floor area of 5,000 square metres (53,820 sq ft). The public square surrounding the building was designed by Richard Wentworth and Catherine Yass.