Art Almanac is the essential guide to Australia's art galleries - a monthly magazine listing the exhibition schedules of over 550 art galleries throughout Australia, packaged in an easy-to-use format, supported by gallery maps, an artist index, and profiles of current art exhibitions. ACT art galleries and their July exhibition schedules are listed below, for listings of art galleries in other Australian states please use links above.
ANCA Gallery at Dickson
1 Rosevear Place, Dickson 2602. (02) 6247-8736. anca@iimetro.com.au www.anca.canberra.net.au Wed-Sun 12.00 to 5.00. To July 4 Life on Earth. July 7 to 18 New Work by SIMON MABERLEY an installation of glass and mixed-media sculptures with moving elements. July 21 to Aug 1 Wraps by KERRY HURKETT oil paintings exploring suburban life through images of wrapped objects.
ANU Drill Hall Gallery
Kingsley Street (off Barry Drive), Acton 2601. (02) 6125-5832 . Director: Nancy Sever. Free entry. Wed-Sun 12.00 to 5.00. To July 4 MARION BORGELT Mind & Matter. July 8 to Aug 15 The Moral Meaning of Wilderness by JUAN DAVILA.
ANU School of Art Gallery and Foyer Gallery
Corner Ellery Crescent and Liversidge Street, Acton 2601. (02) 6125-5841. sofagallery@anu.edu.au soa.anu.edu.au/exhibitions-and-events/soa-gallery Tues-Fri 10.30 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 5.00, closed public hols. To July 10 Foyer Gallery: Step into the Limelight showcasing the best visual art works from ACT public schools, from kindergarten to year 12. July 7 to 31 (opening Thurs July 8 at 6pm) Container of Memories – about design, imagination and creativity, and how the furniture/wood workshop has evolved since its establishment by George Ingham in 1982. July 13 to 24 Foyer Gallery: The Poetics of the Unseen - the Electron Photomicrography of ROGER HEADY. July 27 to 31 Foyer Gallery: Fusion of Traditional and Modern Japanese Calligraphy by SHOJI IMAKI, Japanese calligrapher, seal engraver and educator.
Nomad Art
info@artnomad.com.au www.artnomad.com.au.
Australian War Memorial
(map ref 8-H) Treloar Crescent, Campbell Campbell ACT 2612. (02) 6243-4211, fax (02) 6243-4325. info@awm.gov.au www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/framing Free entry. Open daily 10.00 to 5.00. To Aug 18 Framing Conflict paintings by LYNDELL BROWN and CHARLES GREEN offering a new perspective on modern warfare..
Beaver Galleries
81 Denison Street, Deakin 2600. (02) 6282-5294 fax 6281-1315. mail@beavergalleries.com.au www.beavergalleries.com.au Directors: Susie & Martin Beaver (member of ACGA). Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 9.00 to 5.00. Canberra's largest private gallery featuring regular exhibitions of contemporary paintings, prints, sculpture, glass and ceramics by established and emerging Australian artists. To July 6 paintings and works on paper by MARC RAMBEAU, and Superstitions studio glass by NICK WIRDNAM.
Canberra Museum And Gallery
Cnr London Circuit & Civic Square, Canberra City 2600. (02) 6207-3968. cmag@act.gov.au www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 12.00 to 5.00. To Oct 10 Something in the Air: Collage and Assemblage in Canberra Region Art showcasing the work of 40 artists, many of whom have close ties to the Canberra region. To Sept 5 BEAM an artist collective working with the projection of images on the exteriors of buildings..
Chapman Gallery
Established 1976
1/11 Murray Crescent, Manuka 2603. (02) 6295-2550 fax (02) 6295-2550. info@chapmangallery.com.au www.chapmangallery.com.au Director: Kristian Pithie. Wed-Fri 12.00 to 6.00, Sat-Sun 11.00 to 6.00. To July 1 Little Ones Papunya Tula small paintings. July 2 to 25 Rweromo garé niogehu mamabahe ajivé: Come and see the beauty and brightness of our barkcloths, presented in association with Ömie Artists.
Liquid Gallery
(map ref 8-H) 7 Clint Place, Macquarie 2614. (02) 6251-6256. lisa.kenny@liquidgallery.com.au www.liquidgallery.com.au Director: Lisa Kenny. Tues-Sat 2.00 to 7.00. Through July Iwantja Arts: Paintings and prints from the Anangu people.
National Gallery Of Australia - NGA
Parkes Place, Canberra 2601. (02) 6240-6502. information@nga.gov.au www.nga.gov.au Admission to the permanent collection is free. Children 16 years and under free. Free parking. Open daily 10.00 to 5.00. To July 11 Exhibition Galleries: HANS HEYSEN (1877-1968) one of Australia’s best-known artists, whose work was pivotal to the development of Australian landscape art in the 20th century. Comprising 80 works, the exhibition includes oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints. July 24 to Oct 3 ROBERT DOWLING was the first artist to be trained in Australia and was renowned for his paintings of pastoralists and their properties, Indigenous people and biblical themes. This is the first major exhibition of his oeuvre, including his much-lauded oriental subjects.
National Portrait Gallery
King Edward Terrace, Parkes 2600. (02) 6102-7000 fax 6102-7001. www.portrait.gov.au Free entry Disabled access. Open daily 10.00 to 5.00. To July 11 Husbands & Wives. To Aug 22 Present Tense. July 22 to Sept 2 National Youth Self Portrait Prize 2010.
Solander Gallery
Celebrating 36 Years
10 Schlich Street, Yarralumla 2600. (02) 6285-2218. solander@netspace.net.au www.solander.com.au Director: Joy Warren OAM. Manager: Andrew Ferguson. Fri-Sun 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt. To July 25 Director’s Choice new works by 20 major artists. July 30 to Sept 5 Paintings by JUDY CASSAB, and Sculpture by JOHN SEED (Cassab’s son).
Strathnairn Homestead Gallery
90 Stockdill Drive, Holt 2615. (02) 6254-8558. info@strathnairn.asn.au www.strathnairn.asn.au Open Sat-Sun, 10.00 to 4.30. To July 11 Squares people’s choice competition and exhibition. July 17 to Aug 1 wood-fired ceramics by TONY NANKERVIS, visiting artist-in-residence. Also Words prints and drawings by MOIRA NELSON.