Melbourne
Melbourne art galleries and their DECEMBER 2023 / JANUARY 2024 exhibition schedules are listed below, grouped by region. For listings in other Australian states please use the What’s On menu above.
Federation Square, CBD
ACMI
🖈Map
Fed Square, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 8663-2200.
www.acmi.net.au
Museum: daily 10.00 to 5.00.
Cinemas: check screening times on website.
APY Gallery Melbourne
🖈Map
34 Tom Thumb Lane, Docklands 3008.
(03) 7021-1240.
melbournegallery@apyacc.com
www.apygallery.com
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00.
The APY Gallery is a platform for emerging Indigenous artists from the APY Art Centre Collective; apyartcentrecollective.com.
Art at St Francis’ – Contemporary Art Space
🖈Map
326 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 9663-2495.
bwremmen@bigpond.net.au
www.stfrancismelbourne.com/art
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 10.00 to 2.00.
Dec 11 to Jan 15, 2024 Colour – Form – Pattern: A Walk On The Wild Side monoprints on paper by Denise Keele-bedford.
Koorie Heritage Trust
🖈Map
Yarra Building, Federation Square, cnr Swanston and Flinders streets, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 8662-6300.
info@koorieheritagetrust.com
www.koorieheritagetrust.com
Free entry.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Closed public hols.
National Gallery of Victoria
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
🖈Map
Federation Square, cnr Russell and Flinders streets, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 8620-2222.
www.ngv.vic.gov.au
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
To Jan 28, 2024 Photography: Real and Imagined.
Alex Prager, Crowd #11 (Cedar and Broad Street), 2013, inkjet print. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Bowness Family Fund for Contemporary Photography, 2014. © and courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong. Courtesy National Gallery of Victoria
Hank Willis Thomas, Amelia Falling, 2014, photographic print, mirror and glass, 166 × 135cm. © the artist. Photograph: Christian Markel/NGV. Courtesy the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and National Gallery of Victoria
To Feb 2024, 2023 MECCA Holiday Collaboration: Kaylene Whiskey.
To Feb 11, 2024 Liam Young: Planetary Redesign.
To March 17, 2024 Watercolour Country: 100 Works From Hermannsburg.
Neon Parc
1/53 Bourke Street, Naarm/Melbourne 3000.
By appt only.
RMIT Gallery
🖈Map
344 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000.
rmitgallery.com
Instagram: @rmitgalleries
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.30 to 5.00.
Dec 5 to Jan 27, 2024 Tintin Wulia: Secrets – Tintin Wulia’s art practice grapples with complex geopolitical histories to provide a more comprehensive view of our past and help us better understand the choices we will need to make towards a more socially just future.
Tintin Wulia, 1001 Martian Homes (still), 2017. Courtesy the artist, Milani Gallery, Meeanjin/Brisbane and RMIT Gallery
Tolarno Galleries
Level 5, 104 Exhibition Street, Melbourne 3000.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 1.00 to 4.00.
West End Art Space
🖈Map
112 Adderley Street, West Melbourne 3003.
westendartspace@gmail.com
westendartspace.com.au
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 4.00, or by appt via email.
Flinders Lane
Alcaston Gallery
84 William Street, Naarm/Melbourne 3000.
Thurs 12.00 to 6.00, Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00 by appt only.
ARC ONE Gallery
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000.
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 5.00, Tues by appt.
BLINDSIDE
🖈Map
Nicholas Building, 714/37 Swanston Street (enter via Cathedral Arcade lifts, cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne 3000.
(03) 9650-0093.
www.blindside.org.au
Wed–Sat 12.00 to 6.00.
Craft
🖈Map
Watson Place (off Flinders Lane), Naarm/Melbourne 3000.
(03) 9650-7775.
craft@craft.org.au
craft.org.au
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 4.00, or by appt. Closed Sun and public hols.
A leading centre for contemporary craft and design.
Flinders Lane Gallery
🖈Map
Level 1, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 9654-3332.
info@flg.com.au
www.flg.com.au
Director: Claire Harris.
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00 or 3pm on last Sat of each exhibition for de-install.
FLG presents their annual exhibition program both in-house and online via virtual tours. The website also features an extensive, fully searchable online stockroom.
To Dec 2 Doughnut Time by William Breen.
Dec 5 to 22 The Peace of Wild Things by Kim Anderson.
Jan 23 to Feb 11, 2024 Eye Candy by Janne Kearney.
Kim Anderson, Metamorphosis, 2023, ink charcoal and graphite on paper, 75 × 105cm. Courtesy the artist and Flinders Lane Gallery
Janne Kearney, Sugar and Spice – Art Simone, oil on linen, 100 × 100cm. Courtesy the artist and Flinders Lane Gallery
fortyfivedownstairs
🖈Map
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000.
(03) 9662-9966.
gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com
www.fortyfivedownstairs.com
Tues–Fri 12.00 to 7.00. Sat 12.00 to 4.00.
Dec 12 to 23 Emerging Artist Award 2023.
Stephen McLaughlan Gallery
🖈Map
Level 8, Room 16, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street (cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne 3000.
0407-317-323.
st73599@bigpond.net.au
www.stephenmclaughlangallery.com.au
Director: Stephen McLaughlan.
Wed–Fri 1.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00, or by appt.
To Dec 23 South Gallery: Jenny Loft.
Nov 29 to Dec 23 and Jan 3 to 13, 2024 Lesley Duxbury & Stephen Wickham: Terraqueous.
Jan 17 to Feb 3, 2024 Astute – group exhibition.
Southbank, Sth Melbourne
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
🖈Map
111 Sturt Street, Southbank 3006.
(03) 9697-9999.
acca.melbourne
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Mon by appt.
Visit the website for exhibition program.
Dec 9 to March 3, 2024 From the other side.
Tracey Moffatt, A Haunting (still), 2021–23, single-channel video, 01:37 minutes. Courtesy the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
Australian Tapestry Workshop
🖈Map
262–266 Park Street, South Melbourne 3205.
(03) 9699-7885.
contact@austapestry.com.au
www.austapestry.com.au
Gallery: Tues–Sat 1.00 to 5.00.
The Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) is a centre of textile excellence, specialising in the creation of contemporary tapestries in collaboration with living artists, designers, and architects.
To Feb 2, 2024 Curious Nature by Robyn Daw.
Also, Line/Loop/Line with Donna Blackall (Yorta Yorta), Phong Chi Lai, Misako Nakahira (JPN), Malin Parkegren (SWE), Britt Salt, Shannon Slee, and Theo Rooden (NLD).
Buxton Contemporary
🖈Map
University of Melbourne, cnr Dodds Street and Southbank Boulevard, Southbank 3006.
(03) 9035-9339.
buxton-contemporary@unimelb.edu.au
buxtoncontemporary.com
Free entry.
Wed–Sun 11.00 to 5.00.
To April 7, 2024 Nadine Christensen: Around.
Nadine Christensen, Up all night, 2023, acrylic on board. Photograph: Christian Capurro. Courtesy the artist, Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne and Buxton Contemporary
Nadine Christensen, See through, 2014, acrylic on board. Courtesy the artist, Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne and Buxton Contemporary
Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery
🖈Map
40 Dodds Street, Southbank 3006.
(03) 9035-9400.
fsmyer-gallery@unimelb.edu.au
finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/about-us/fiona-and-sidney-myer-gallery.
National Gallery of Victoria
NGV International
🖈Map
180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004.
(03) 8620-2222.
www.ngv.vic.gov.au
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
Visit website for full exhibition program.
To June 2024 NGV Architecture Commission 2023: (This is) Air by Nic Brunsdon.
Dec to April 2024 MECCA X NGV Women In Design Commission: Bethan Laura Wood.
Dec 3 to April 7, 2024 NGV Triennial 2023.
Li Lihong, McDonald’s – CHINA (dragons), 2008, porcelain, 91.4 × 114.3 × 31.8cm. © the artist. Courtesy the artist, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai and National Gallery of Victoria
PCA Gallery
Print Council of Australia
🖈Map
Studio 2 Guild, 152 Sturt Street, Southbank 3006.
printcouncil.org.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00.
Carlton, Nth Melbourne
The Dax Centre
🖈Map
30 Royal Parade, Kenneth Myer Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010.
(03) 9349-2538.
info@daxcentre.org
www.daxcentre.org
Wed–Fri 11.00 to 3.30.
The Dax Centre is a leader in the use of art to raise awareness and reduce stigma towards mental health issues. Through our exhibitions and educational programs, we seek to engage, inform, and encourage community connections and conversations about mental health. The Dax Centre is the custodian of the Cunningham Dax Collection, one of only four collections of its kind in the world.
The Larwill Studio
🖈Map
48 Flemington Road, Parkville 3052.
(03) 9032-9111.
www.artserieshotels.com.au/larwill
A boutique hotel in Melbourne’s north dedicated to the work of late Australian artist David Larwill (1956–2011).
Rubicon ARI
🖈Map
Level 1, 309 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne 3051.
0435-152-322.
mail@rubiconari.com.au
www.rubiconari.com.au
Wed–Sat 12.00 to 5.00.
Dec 2 to 23 MONUMENTO by Tatjana Este, an exhibition on art, protest and memory.
Steps Gallery
🖈Map
Ground Floor, 62 Lygon Street, Carlton South 3053.
miesf.com.au/steps-gallery
Visit website for opening hours.
Fitzroy, Collingwood, Abbotsford
Artbank Melbourne
🖈Map
18–24 Down Street, Collingwood 3066.
www.artbank.gov.au
Mon–Fri by appt.
For over 40 years, Artbank has supported Australia’s contemporary art sector with two core objectives: provide direct support to Australian contemporary artists through the acquisition of their work, and to promote the value of Australian contemporary art to the broader public.
Association of Sculptors of Victoria
www.sculptorsvictoria.asn.au
Jan 17 to 28, 2024 Form + Philosophy – sculpture in the Sarah & Baillieu Myer Education Pavilion at McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery, 390 McClelland Drive, Langwarrin VIC 3910. Wed–Sun 10am to 5pm.
Australian Galleries
🖈Map
35 Derby Street, Collingwood 3066.
(03) 9417-4303.
Fax (03) 9419-7769.
melbourne@australiangalleries.com
www.australiangalleries.com.au
Director: Stuart Purves AM.
Daily 10.00 to 6.00.
To Dec 2 The Yarra Valley by Marina Strocchi, and Panacea – Rapid Relief by Dale Cox.
Dec 12 to Jan 27, 2024 Summer Group Exhibition.
Australian Galleries
Stock Rooms
🖈Map
28 Derby Street, Collingwood 3066.
(03) 9417-2422.
Fax (03) 9417-3433.
melbourne@australiangalleries.com.au
www.australiangalleries.com.au
Director: Stuart Purves AM.
Daily 10.00 to 6.00.
To Dec 2 Ledger of the Lost by Martin King.
Dec 12 to Jan 27, 2024 Summer Group Exhibition.
Brunswick Street Gallery
🖈Map
Wurundjeri Country, Level 1 and 2, 322 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 3065.
(03) 8596-0173.
info@brunswickstreetgallery.com.au
www.brunswickstreetgallery.com.au
Facebook + Instagram: @brunswickstreetgallery
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00, Sun 11.00 to 4.00. Closed Mon.
Follow us on social media to keep up-to-date with new artist profiles, online stockroom additions, and general news.
cbOne Gallery
🖈Map
Chapman & Bailey, 1C Marine Parade, Abbotsford 3067.
(03) 9415-8666.
gallery@chapmanbailey.com.au
chapmanbailey.com.au/art-gallery
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.30 to 3.00.
To Dec 2 Melting by Roger Byrt.
Dec 9 to 22 Mark n’ Rosie: A ceramic exploration in form, feathers and fantasy by Mark Young and Rosie Nott.
Also, Fibreworks by Gapuwiyak Culture and Art.
Gallery closed Dec 23 to Jan 15, 2024.
Centre for Contemporary Photography
🖈Map
404 George Street, Fitzroy 3065.
(03) 9417-1549.
info@ccp.org.au
www.ccp.org.au
Wed–Sun 11.00 to 5.00.
James Makin Gallery
89 Islington Street, Collingwood 3066.
Thurs–Sun 12.00 to 5.00, or by appt.
MAGMA Galleries
🖈Map
5 Bedford Street, Collingwood 3066.
0438-061-050.
mail@magmagalleries.com
www.magmagalleries.com
Wed–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun 11.00 to 4.00.
Nicholas Thompson Gallery
🖈Map
155 Langridge Street, Collingwood 3066.
(03) 9415-7882.
www.nicholasthompsongallery.com.au
Instagram: @nicholasthompsongallery
Wed–Sat 12.00 to 5.00.
Dec 6 to 23 Rew Hanks.
SOL Gallery
🖈Map
420 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 3065.
(03) 9913-5833.
info@solgallery.com.au
www.solgallery.com.au
Wed–Sun 11.00 to 5.00.
Dec 13 to 24 BUY OR CRY – group show.
S A Vandort, Fruits of the Skeleton, resin, 11 × 20 × 20cm. Courtesy the artist and SOL Gallery
Jan 17 to 28, 2024 Work on Paper – group show.
Artwork by Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling). Courtesy the artist and SOL Gallery
Sullivan+Strumpf | Melbourne
🖈Map
107–109 Rupert Street, Collingwood 3066.
(02) 9698-4696.
art@sullivanstrumpf.com
www.sullivanstrumpf.com
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
Tacit Art
Galleries: Level 1, 189 Johnston Street, Collingwood 3066.
Wed–Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Closed on final Sun of each exhibition.
THIS IS NO FANTASY dianne tanzer + nicola stein
108–110 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy 3065.
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 5.00.
Victorian Artists Society Galleries
🖈Map
430 Albert Street, East Melbourne 3002.
(03) 9662-1484.
admin@vasgallery.org.au
vasgallery.org.au
Free entry.
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun 11.00 to 4.00. Closed public hols, unless advertised.
Five beautifully restored galleries feature exhibitions by VAS Members and renowned Australian and international artists.
Brunswick, Northcote
Counihan Gallery
🖈Map
233 Sydney Road, Brunswick 3056.
(03) 9389-8622.
counihangallery@merri-bek.vic.gov.au
www.merri-bek.vic.gov.au/counihan-gallery
Curator: Victor Griss (member of ACGA).
Free entry.
Wed–Sun 11.00 to 5.00, Sun 1.00 to 5.00.
Lomond Back Room Gallery
🖈Map
225 Nicholson Street, Brunswick East 3057.
To Dec 10 A Drawer by Erin Cox – prints, drawings and paintings; erincox.art.
Neon Parc
🖈Map
15 Tinning Street, Brunswick 3056.
Wed–Sat 12.00 to 5.00, or by appt.
To Dec 16 Frozen Blood – a group exhibition taking place over the gallery’s three spaces in the City, Brunswick and South Yarra.
Conjuring a visceral image or sensation, Frozen Blood evokes themes of immortality, time, lust, the body, transfusion and Bad Taste. The exhibition juxtaposes the coolness of abstraction against the pulse of naked flesh, at once meticulous and laboured, yet articulating something primal and rudimentary.
Richmond
Charles Nodrum Gallery
🖈Map
267 Church Street, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9427-0140.
gallery@charlesnodrumgallery.com.au
www.charlesnodrumgallery.com.au
Director: Charles Nodrum (member of ACGA).
Tues–Sat 11.00 to 5.00.
Dec 7 to Feb 24, 2024 Works on Paper 2024.
Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Inc.
Cas Inc. PO Box 283, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9428-0568, 0407-059-194.
mail@contemporaryartsociety.org.au
www.contemporaryartsociety.org.au
A non-profit art society run by artists, for artists, established 1938.
Call to artists to enter A4 Art Australia 2024, held as part of the Herring Island Summer Arts Festival. See our website for details and online entry form.
The Front Room
🖈Map
Industry Lanes, Shamrock Street, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9063-1222.
hello@thefrontroomgallery.com.au
thefrontroomgallery.com.au
Instagram: @thefrontroom__gallery
Director: Jacqueline Foti-Lowe.
To view opening hours, exhibition program and more, visit our website.
Lennox St. Gallery
🖈Map
322–324 Lennox Street, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9429-2452.
contact@lennoxst.gallery
www.lennoxst.gallery
Visit website for opening times.
Niagara Galleries
🖈Map
245 Punt Road, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9429-3666.
mail@niagaragalleries.com.au
niagaragalleries.com.au
Director: William Nuttall (member of ACGA).
Wed–Sat 12.00 to 5.00.
To Dec 16 This by Paul Boston.
Niagara Galleries closed for the summer from Dec 17.
William Mora Galleries
🖈Map
60 Tanner Street, Richmond 3121.
(03) 9429-1199.
mora@moragalleries.com.au
www.moragalleries.com.au
Wed–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, or by appt.
Women’s Art Register
🖈Map
Richmond Library, 415 Church Street, Richmond 3121.
hello@womensartregister.org
www.womensartregister.org
Facebook + Instagram: @womensartregister
By appt only.
The Women’s Art Register is Australia’s living archive of women’s art practice and an artist-run, not-for-profit community and resource with information on 5,000+ women artists. Supported by the City of Yarra.
Toorak, Sth Yarra, Prahran
Alternating Current Art Space
🖈Map
248 High Street, Windsor 3181.
(03) 9528-2459.
info@alternatingcurrentartspace.com
www.alternatingcurrentartspace.com
Instagram: @alternatingcurrentartspace
Wed–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 12.00 to 5.00.
To Dec 9 I See You: Reflections of the Aesthetic Self by MGGS Arts Auxiliary – a celebration of works by Young Old Grammarians, graduates from 2020–2022.
Maggie Zhang , Rewind. Courtesy the artist and Alternating Current Art Space
The Cullen
🖈Map
164 Commercial Road, Prahran 3181.
(03) 9098-1555.
www.artserieshotels.com.au/cullen
A boutique hotel featuring original artwork and prints by late Australian artist Adam Cullen (1965–2012).
FIN Gallery
437 High Street, Prahran 3181.
Tues–Wed 11.00 to 7.00, Thurs–Fri 11.00 to 9.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00, Mon by appt only.
Kinross Arts Centre
🖈Map
603 Toorak Road (rear Toorak Uniting Church), Toorak 3142.
(03) 9829-0340.
director@kinrossarts.org.au
www.kinrossarts.org.au
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 3.00, Sat–Sun by appt.
Midnight in Paris
🖈Map
71 High Street, Prahran 3181.
(03) 9510-9312.
info@midnightinparis.com.au
www.midnightinparis.com.au
Facebook + Instagram: @midnightinparisprahran
Tues–Wed 11.00 to 5.00, Thurs–Sat 11.00 till late.
To Dec 25 Hoponit Presents Aperture and Art – Colin Beard, Sophie Howarth, Andrea Prosciutti, Christo Gillard, and Hoponit Studio Artists.
The Olsen
🖈Map
637–641 Chapel Street, South Yarra 3141.
(03) 9040-1222.
www.artserieshotels.com.au/olsen
The Olsen is an elegant hotel with suites featuring lyrical works of late Australian landscape artist John Olsen (1928–2023).
Scott Livesey Galleries
🖈Map
610 High Street, Prahran 3181.
(03) 9824-7770.
info@scottliveseygalleries.com
www.scottliveseygalleries.com
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.30, Sat 11.00 to 4.00, Mon by appt.
To Dec 9 Discord & Rhyme by Todd Hunter.
Also, Nyilyari Tjapangati.
Dec 12 to 21 Summer 2023.
Scott Livesey Galleries will be open by appointment only throughout Jan 2024, with the gallery resuming as normal from Tues Jan 30, 2024.
STATION | Melbourne
🖈Map
9 Ellis Street, South Yarra 3141.
(03) 9826-2470.
post@stationgallery.com.au
stationgallery.com.au
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
To Dec 16 Karla Dickens: Aboriginal Intelligence.
Also, Jason Phu: 10 flowers i picked at a cemetery and left on your door step, now you’re haunted by their ghosts and the cops think you are the cemetery flower robber.
St Kilda, Elwood, Brighton
Bayside Gallery
🖈Map / Map ref Melway 67 F10
Cnr Wilson and Carpenter streets, Brighton 3186.
(03) 9261-7111.
gallery@bayside.vic.gov.au
bayside.vic.gov.au/gallery
Free entry.
Wed–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 1.00 to 5.00.
To Feb 25, 2024 Bayside Local presents an eclectic and energising array of works that range from traditional landscape painting to intriguing textile pieces, photographic images and experimental ceramic forms.
To Feb 25, 2024 Billilla Studio Artists – Refuge, workshop, stage, site: Billilla artist studios 2022–23 includes a selection of works by artists who were the recipients of a 12-month studio at Brighton’s historic mansion Billilla in 2022 and 2023. Featuring the work of Yvette Coppersmith, Sarah crowEST, Carolyn Cardinet, Noni Drew, Marie Honore, Sean McDowell, and Steffie Wallace.
Yvette Coppersmith, Untitled movement (Ribbons) (detail), 2021–22, 66 × 76.5cm. Courtesy the artist, Sullivan+Strumpf, Melbourne and Bayside Gallery
Linden New Art
🖈Map
26 Acland Street, St Kilda 3182.
(03) 9534-0099.
gallery@lindenarts.org
www.lindenarts.org
Visit website for current opening hours.
Dec 10 to Feb 11, 2024 Linden Postcard Show 2023–24.
Vivien Anderson Gallery
🖈Map
Ground Floor, 284–290 St Kilda Road, St Kilda 3182.
(03) 8598-9657.
info@vivienandersongallery.com
www.vivienandersongallery.com
Tues–Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00.
Representing and exhibiting Australian Indigenous artists for over 30 years.
To Dec 16 Nellie Stewart – Minyma Kutjara a legacy exhibition.
Armadale, Malvern
Firestation Print Studio Gallery
🖈Map
2 Willis Street, Armadale 3143.
(03) 9509-1782.
fire@fps.org.au
www.fps.org.au
Director: Liz McDowell.
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 4.00.
To Dec 22 Off The Wall – End of Year Members Exhibition. All Works Under $300. Works to be purchased directly “off the wall” during the exhibition to allow for collectors/art lovers to purchase artful gifts ahead of the festive season.
Jan 6 to 27, 2024 Mass Relief – a showcase of works produced through FPS Lino Clubs. Proudly supported by the City of Stonnington.
Jan 20 to 21, 2024, 10am-4pm Bronwyn Rees: Summer Scratches – Drypoint Weekend Workshop.
Jan 31 to Feb 17, 2024 In Conversation With the Landscape by Helen Oberman – solo show.
Malvern Artists’ Society Gallery
🖈Map
1297–1299 High Street, Malvern 3144.
(03) 9822-7813.
malvart@optusnet.com.au
www.malvernartists.org.au
Office: Tues–Fri 10.00 to 3.00.
Gallery: daily 11.00 to 4.00 during exhibitions.
Hawthorn
Alexandra Sasse Gallery
🖈Map
4 Selbourne Road, Kew 3101.
(03) 9815-2447.
gallery@alexandrasasse.com
www.alexandrasasse.com
Thurs–Sat 12.00 to 5.00 during exhibitions, or by appt.
We hold a stockroom of quality contemporary paintings and drawings by significant Australian artists.
Ladder Art Space
🖈Map
81 Denmark Street, Kew 3101.
(03) 9852-8772.
info@ladderartspace.com.au
www.ladderartspace.com.au
Tues–Fri 12.00 to 6.00, Sat 11.00 to 6.00, Thurs–Sat evenings by appt.
Nov 29 to Dec 22 (opening Thurs Nov 30, 6.30–8.30pm) G1: Artists as Creators: Lauren V Morehouse.
Nov 30 to Dec 22 (opening Thurs Nov 30, 6.30–8.30pm) G2: Veiled by Memory: Manasee Jog.
Town Hall Gallery
🖈Map / Map ref Melway 67 F10
360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn 3122.
(03) 9278-4770.
arts@boroondara.vic.gov.au
boroondara.vic.gov.au/arts
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00.
To Jan 20, 2024 Our Place: 20 Years of Town Hall Gallery – a major exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of Town Hall Gallery.
To Jan 20, 2024 Community Exhibition: Boroondara Summer Salon – a curated group exhibition celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Town Hall Gallery Community Exhibitions Program.
Dec 6 to Feb 17, 2024 Community Exhibition: MARKED – an exhibition featuring highlights from the publication Marker: 10 Years of the Town Hall Gallery Collection.
John Brack, The Yarra at Kew, 1946, oil on board, 46.5 × 57.5cm. Town Hall Gallery Collection. Courtesy Town Hall Gallery
Caulfield, Elsternwick
Gallery Sunari
🖈Map
444 Centre Road, Bentleigh 3204.
0499-088-115.
info@gallerysunari.com
www.gallerysunari.com
Director: Sunari Sooriaaratchi.
Mon–Tues 9.30 to 2.00, Sat 11.00 to 2.00 during exhibitions. Otherwise, by appt.
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
🖈Map
Cnr Glen Eira and Hawthorn roads, Caulfield 3162.
(03) 9524-3333.
www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/gallery
Curator: Diane Soumilas.
Free admission.
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 1.00 to 5.00.
Closed public hols and between exhibitions.
To Dec 17 Gallery Two: Sustenance by Lilach Mileikowski.
To Jan 28, 2024 Talking Shops: Glen Eira Stories.
Jan 11 to 28, 2024 Gallery Two: Transient Atmosphere: Capturing the ever-changing by Aura Margolin.
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art
🖈Map
5 Malakoff Street, North Caulfield 3161.
(03) 9509-9855.
ausart@diggins.com.au
www.diggins.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00 or by appt.
Specialists in Australian Colonial, Impressionist, Modern, Contemporary and Indigenous Painting, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Decorative Arts.
Through Dec, showing a selection of Australian artworks including by Hilda Rix Nicholas.
Gallery closed Dec 21 to Jan 30, 2024.
ST Gill (1818–1880), Aboriginal Camp above the Waterfall, watercolour on paper, 34 × 23.5cm. Courtesy Lauraine Diggins Fine Art
Terry Dhurritjini Yumbulul, Rambila, 2006, natural pigments on carved wood, 92 × 120 × 47cm. Courtesy Lauraine Diggins Fine Art
MADA Gallery
🖈Map
Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Building D, Ground Floor, 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East 3145.
MADA.Gallery@monash.edu
www.monash.edu/mada/galleries/mada-gallery
Free entry.
Wed–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 5.00 during exhibitions. Please see website for details.
Dec 13 to 16 Allison Gibb PhD Exhibition – Allison Gibb’s exhibition as a practical component of PhD research at MADA Gallery.
Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA
🖈Map
Monash University, Ground Floor, Building F, Caulfield Campus, 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East 3145.
(03) 9905-4217.
muma@monash.edu
www.monash.edu.au/muma
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 5.00. Closed Sun. Mon by appt.
Visit website for full exhibition program.
To Dec 9 Paul Knight: L’ombre de ton ombre (The shadow of your shadow).
Paul Knight, untitled photographs from the series ‘Chamber Music’, 2009; and Lungs, 2023, handwoven cotton bedsheets, wood and stainless steel. Installation view, Paul Knight: L’ombre de ton ombre, Monash University Museum of Art, Naarm/Melbourne, 2023. Photograph: Christian Capurro. Courtesy the artist, Neon Parc, Naarm/Melbourne and Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA
Greater Melbourne
Bolin Bolin Gallery at Bulleen Art & Garden
🖈Map
6 Manningham Road West, Bulleen 3105.
(03) 8850-3030.
www.gallery.baag.com.au
Daily 9.00 to 5.00.
Through Dec and Jan 2024, Mixed Christmas /Summer exhibition – ceramics, sculpture, glass, and textiles.
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
🖈Map
7 Prospect Hill Drive, Bundoora 3083.
(03) 9496-1060.
bundoorahomestead@darebin.vic.gov.au
arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/bundoorahomestead
Thurs–Sat 11.00 to 4.00.
To Dec 16 Of Earth and Ether (Flowers never bend) by Louise Meuwissen.
Louise Meuwissen, Of Earth and Ether (Flowers never bend), installation view, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 2023. Photograph: Keelan O’Hehir. Courtesy the artist and Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
To Dec 16 Nimbostratus – Aleshanee Faery, Larissa MacFarlane, Penny Pollard, Woz, Joanna Kiriazis, Nicole Tsourlenes, Jane Tomlinson, Dinithi De Alwis Samarawickrama, and Leeann Preddy.
Nimbostratus opening event, 2023. Pictured artwork: Nicole Tsourlenes. Julia Number Two, Three & Four, 2023. Photograph: Keelan O’Hehir. Courtesy Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Jan 10 to March 23, 2024 Darebin Art Prize 2024 – the Darebin Art Prize is a national multi-medium acquisitive art prize celebrating excellence in contemporary visual art. Also, A Beat To Hold Back The Dawn by Logan Mucha.
Bundoora Homestead will be closed Dec 17 to Jan 10, 2024.
Logan Mucha, A Beat To Hold Back The Dawn (still), 2023, audiovisual installation. Courtesy the artist and Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Burrinja Gallery
🖈Map / Map ref Melway 75 B12
Wurundjeri Country, Burrinja Cultural Centre, 351 Glenfern Road, Upwey 3158.
(03) 9754-8723.
hello@burrinja.org.au
www.burrinja.org.au
Galleries, artist studios, and gift shop are open Wed–Sat 10.00 to 4.00.
Deakin University Art Gallery
🖈Map
Building FA, Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood 3125.
artgallery@deakin.edu.au
deakin.edu.au/art-collection/
Facebook: @ArtDeakin
Twitter: @ArtDeakin
Instagram: @deakinartgallery
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Deakin University Art Gallery. Photograph: Simon Peter Fox. Courtesy Deakin University Art Gallery
Heide Museum of Modern Art
🖈Map
7 Templestowe Road, Bulleen 3105.
(03) 9850-1500.
info@heide.com.au
www.heide.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 5.00 Closed Mon.
Visit website for full exhibition program.
To Feb 25, 2024 Surrealist Lee Miller.
Lee Miller, Fire Masks, Downshire Hill, London, England 1941. © Lee Miller Archives England 2023. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy Heide Museum of Modern Art
Berna Reale, Palomo (still), 2012, video. Exhibiting in Beneath the Surface, Behind the Scenes, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2023. © the artist. Courtesy the artist, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo and Heide Museum of Modern Art
The Hut Gallery
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Ferntree Gully Arts Society Inc. 157 Underwood Road, Ferntree Gully 3156.
info@thehutgallery.com.au
thehutgallery.com.au
Fri 1.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun 11.00 to 4.00.
To Dec 3 Landmarks & Structures – members exhibition. Foyer: Works by new members.
Incinerator Gallery
🖈Map / Map ref Melway 28 D7
180 Holmes Road, Aberfeldie 3040.
(03) 9243-1750.
incinerator@mvcc.vic.gov.au
www.incineratorgallery.com.au
Free entry.
Tues–Sun 11.00 to 4.00. Closed public hols and between exhibitions.
Dec 1 to Jan 21, 2024 If the earth was not curvature, our eastern tunes would have collided with yours by Siying Zhou uses video, sound, text and objects to explore the representation of Chinese culture in Australia and asks how the Chinese are defined in the context of Australian history. By presenting the performance made by the members of Beijing Opera clubs of Melbourne (founded in 1988) and revealing the Peking Opera costume collection at Arts Centre Melbourne (acquired in 1983), this exhibition juxtaposes two different cultural preservation practices: one is carried on by the senior group of the Chinese immigrants; the other is implemented by Australian art institutions. Through the contrast between these two practices, this exhibition provokes the question: how the imagination about a diasporic past informs the narratives about Australia. This exhibition also intends to challenge the division between the folk art and the contemporary art and blur the boundary between performance art and visual art.
Siying Zhou, Mrs Chan performs ‘Goddess Scattering Flowers’ at North Williamstown, 2023. Photograph: Siying Zhou. Courtesy the artist and Incinerator Gallery
Dec 1 to Jan 21, 2024 Barriletes de Nuestro Futuro (Kites from Our Future) by Juan Rodriguez Sandoval. This exhibition takes form as an artist-led community project, celebrating the profound and rich Guatemalan tradition of kite making. The project aspires to challenge and reshape Australian curriculum by reimagining the role of kite making in fostering community bonds and advocating for social change. Inspired by the exuberant Day of the Dead festivities in Sumpango, Saquatepequez, where kites dance in colourful splendour, this exhibition pays homage to the folklore and artistry of kite crafting, rooted in eco-centric principles using salvaged and recycled materials. These kites transcend the physical realm, serving as vessels of liberation and resistance against post-Spanish and Western influences imposed upon Guatemalan society. They boldly voice opposition to the corruption within the Guatemalan government, while also forging a profound connection to ancestral spirits, guiding them on their journey to the afterlife.
Juan Rodriguez Sandoval, Tonk´är (Kite), 2023. Photograph: Juan Rodriguez Sandoval & Caitlin M Rutherford. This work was respectfully made on Brayakaulung country
Manningham Art Gallery
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687 Doncaster Road, Doncaster 3108.
(03) 9840-9367.
gallery@manningham.vic.gov.au
www.manningham.vic.gov.au/gallery
www.facebook.com/artsmanningham
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun–Tues and public hols.
Montsalvat – Barn Gallery
🖈Map
7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham 3095.
(03) 9439-7712.
montsalvat@montsalvat.com.au
Please check the ‘What’s On’ section on the website to view exhibition opening times.
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG)
🖈Map / Map ref Melway 145 G4
Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington 3931.
(03) 5975-4395.
mprg@mornpen.vic.gov.au
mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au
Free entry.
Tues–Sun 11.00 to 4.00. Closed Mon and public hols.
To Feb 18, 2024 Know My Name: Australian Women Artists – a National Gallery of Australia touring exhibition, supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia.
Margaret Preston, Flapper, 1925. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. © Margaret Rose Preston Estate/Copyright Agency. Courtesy National Gallery of Australia, Australian Capital Territory and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG)
To Feb 18, 2024 Natalya Hughes – The Interior – an Institute of Modern Art (IMA) travelling exhibition, toured by Museums & Galleries, Queensland.
Also, Glimmer Warning by Kylie Stillman, and Crossing Paths: Women supporting women in the MPRG collection.
Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh)
🖈Map
860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill 3150.
(03) 8544-0500.
maph@monash.vic.gov.au
maph.org.au
Instagram: @maph_photography
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 4.00.
To Feb 18, 2024 Murray Fredericks | The salt lake, and Stargazing.
Murray Fredericks, Salt 108, 2006, digital pigment print on cotton rag, 120 × 150cm. Courtesy the artist, ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne and Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh)
From the earthly to the celestial, the physical to the metaphysical, these exhibitions consider place, time and space in very different ways. The salt lake is a major survey exhibition of Murray Fredericks that brings together Salt, Array, Vanity and his most recent series, Blaze. Over the last 20 years, Fredericks has established himself as one of the leading international artists challenging the traditions of landscape photography. Stargazing brings together a range of photographic works that guide us towards the stars, the planets and celestial spaces in poetic, experimental, conceptual, and often quite abstract ways.
Anna Higgins, To be filled with light, 2022, from the series ‘A place beyond heaven’, pigment inkjet print, 180 × 130cm. Museum of Australian Photography City of Monash Collection
TarraWarra Museum of Art
🖈Map
313 Healesville-Yarra Glen Road, Healesville 3777.
(03) 5957-3100.
museum@twma.com.au
www.twma.com.au
Adults $15, Seniors $12, Concession $10.
Tues–Sun 11.00 to 5.00, and public hols.
Dec 2 to March 11, 2024 Brent Harris: Surrender & Catch. This exhibition emphasises the cross-pollination of imagery and the development of forms in Brent Harris’ printmaking, drawing and painting practice.
Brent Harris, Appalling Moment (wig), 1995, Melbourne, oil on linen, 121.6 × 98.6cm. Gift of Michael Galimany through the Art Gallery of South Australia Contemporary Collectors 2018. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift Program, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. © the artist. Courtesy the artist, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide and TarraWarra Museum of Art
Walker Street Gallery & Arts Centre
🖈Map / Map ref Melway 90 D8, E7
Cnr Walker and Robinson streets, Dandenong 3175.
(03) 9706-8441.
walkerstgallery@cgd.vic.gov.au
www.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au/arts
Tues–Fri 12.00 to 4.00.
Walker Street Gallery & Arts Centre is South Eastern Melbourne’s premier art centre.
Walker Street Gallery and various venues around central Dandenong:
To March 1, 2024 Question the Space – Rachel Burke, Ross Coulter, Jordan Fleming, Guerrilla Girls, Melbourne Art Library, Kent Morris, Dean Norton, Tina Patlas, Kenny Pittock, Nick Selenitsch, and Textaqueen. What do you enjoy about visiting an art gallery? What do you expect to see? Question the Space asks what can be a work of art, where can a gallery exist, and how do audiences engage with these spaces? Through a range of works and programs both inside the gallery and around central Dandenong, audiences are invited to look, participate and connect with the art, the artists and the spaces.
Ross Coulter, Sticker Prints, 2018–19, silver gelatin photograph with stickers. Courtesy the artist and Walker Street Gallery & Arts Centre
Whitehorse Artspace
🖈Map
Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill 3128.
(03) 9262-6250.
artspace@whitehorse.vic.gov.au
www.whitehorseartspace.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00.
To Dec 21 UNFOLDING: Something concealed, something revealed – an Australian Quilts in Public Places (AQIPP) exhibition, featuring an artwork by Annemeike Mein. Quilters from across Australia were given the opportunity to demonstrate their originality by creating quilts in response to the theme of ‘Unfolding’. The theme has been interpreted both literally and metaphorically, producing some extraordinary and skilful art quilts for visitors to enjoy.
Gallery closed throughout Jan.
Julie Langford, Seascape. Courtesy the artist and Whitehorse Artspace
Yering Station Art Gallery
🖈Map
38 Melba Highway, Yarra Glen 3775.
(03) 9730-0102.
artgallery@yering.com
yering.com
Contact: Dr Ewen Jarvis.
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 6.00.