Thefts
- June 2002 'St Thomas' by El Greco.
- August 2002 'Suitcase' by Kendell Geers. Sculpture recovered in a damaged state.
- 1990s 'Talion' by Gavin Younge. This large cast-bronze sculpture was commissioned by the Gallery as part of its Centenary celebrations in 1986. Thieves stole it by cutting bits off using a portable generator and an angle grinder fitted with a metal-cutting disc. Despite an insurance payout, the Gallery never recast the missing sections.
- January 2011 'General Hoche' by Jules Dalou.
- September 2011 'Mourning Woman' by Sydney Kumalo, 'Peter Pan' by Romano Romanelli and 'King of the Universe' by Ernest Ullman.
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