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    Exhibitions

    Our gallery program features regular curated survey and thematic exhibitions, including the works of established and emerging contemporary Australian artists and a series of dynamic public programs for children and adults. The gallery program also includes hire exhibitions by local artists, schools and community groups.

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    Look

    1 November 2024–12 January 2025

    Contemporary Australian Portraiture

    Look explores contemporary Australian portraiture and the intriguing range of approaches and perspectives around this popular genre, inviting the viewer into the lives and stories of their subjects.  The exhibition unpacks themes of identity and gender and captures a rich diversity of faces and people ranging from artistic, creative or cultural identities to faces from everyday life.

    Featuring compelling works by leading award-winning contemporary Australian artists, the exhibition examines the enduring significance and interest in this genre, and the relationship between artists and sitters, enriching our engagement with the multi-layered approaches to portraiture.

    Artists include Yvette Coppersmith, Julie Dowling, Graeme Drendel, Prudence Flint, Julia Gutman, Lewis Miller, Michael Vale, Peter Wegner and Marcus Wills.

    Curator: Diane Soumilas

    Girl with Fringe
    Peter Wegner, Girl with Fringe 2009, Oil on copper 20 x 15 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries, Melbourne
    Graeme Drendel Portrait of Lewis Miller 2022 Oil on board 31 x 26 cm Courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney Winner of the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2022 Moran Arts Foundation Collection, Sydney
    Graeme Drendel Portrait of Lewis Miller 2022 Oil on board 31 x 26 cm Courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney Winner of the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2022 Moran Arts Foundation Collection, Sydney
    Yvette Coppersmith, Seated portrait with kitten and tulips 2024, Oil on jute. 101 x 85 cm Courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf, Melbourne and Sydney Photo: Matthew Stanton
    Yvette Coppersmith, Seated portrait with kitten and tulips 2024, Oil on jute. 101 x 85 cm Courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf, Melbourne and Sydney Photo: Matthew Stanton
    Portrait of Chloe
    Lewis Miller, Portrait of Chloe 2024, Oil on Belgian linen, 40.5 x 51 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney
    Prudence Flint Wash 2015 Oil on linen, 108 x 90 cm Courtesy the artist and Fine Arts, Sydney Collection of Castlemaine Art Museum
    Prudence Flint Wash 2015 Oil on linen, 108 x 90 cm Courtesy the artist and Fine Arts, Sydney Collection of Castlemaine Art Museum

    The Way Forward is Back

    Daniel A’Vard

    26 November 2024–12 January 2025, Gallery 2

    The Way Forward Is Back is an exploration of awe and wonder through a lens of abstracted, digital landscape images. Daniel A’Vard presents the images as backlit prints in lightboxes to evoke the majesty and mystery long associated with stained glass windows. The work invites the viewer into an imagined place that transcends space and time as we know it.

    Daniel A’Vard, Bungonia I 2023, Giclee print in Lightbox 90 x 60cm Courtesy the artist
    Daniel A’Vard, Bungonia I 2023, Giclee print in Lightbox 90 x 60cm Courtesy the artist

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