While I did not go to Newcastle in order to see street art, I did manage to find some without looking. One of these is work by Karl Striker, who has been compared to Banksy. The artist uses a stencil style, and the below piece is located across from the police headquarters. It was commissioned by the owner of the wall, and the piece shows a police officer with the sign reading "warning stereotyical lookalikes operating in this area". The street art is protected with perplex.
Most of the street art that I saw in Newcastle was located in the archways behind Sage concert hall. I believe these are called Comusica arches and contain a lot of street art. I've taken a selection of photographs of these.
I noticed part of a mural by Sheffield-based artist Phlegm inside one of the arches, but it has been painted over.
The piece originally looked like the below, which I took from Phlegm's official Pinterest page. Too bad that it has been tagged over as it looked like an excellent piece tucked away in this archway.
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