After years of anticipation, Newcastle Art Gallery has reopened its doors — bigger, bolder, and more ambitious than ever. In this episode, Lauretta Morton, the gallery's director, joins us to talk about what it takes to reshape a public institution for a new generation of audiences: the vision behind the redevelopment, what's been gained (and what's been carefully preserved), and why regional galleries matter more than ever to Australia's cultural life.

Artist-curator Tony Albert discusses how Indigenous leadership is transforming our cultural institutions, fresh from his appointment as the first artist to lead the Indigenous Art Triennial. We hear from Sydney Contemporary's "Collecting Here & Now" panel about how a new generation is approaching art patronage and social change, plus your essential guide to this summer's exhibition highlights. Featuring insights from one of the art world's key agenda-setters, as profiled in our upcoming January issue "50 Things Collectors Should Know.