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Tasmanian art galleries and their OCTOBER 2024 exhibition schedules are listed below, grouped by region. For listings in other Australian states please use the What’s On menu above.
Hobart, Sullivans Cove, Battery Point
Art Mob
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29 Hunter Street, Hobart 7000.
(03) 6236-9200, 0419-393-122.
euan@artmob.com.au
www.artmob.com.au
Director: Euan Hills.
Daily 10.00 to 6.00. Check public holiday opening times on our Google listing.
Bett Gallery
Level 1, 65 Murray Street, Hobart 7000.
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.30, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun and public holidays.
Colville Gallery
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Ground Floor, 15 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point 7004.
(03) 6224-4088, 0419-292-626.
info@colvillegallery.com.au
www.colvillegallery.com.au
Mon–Sat 9.30 to 5.30. Closed public holidays.
Colville Gallery is a Hobart-based gallery specialising in Contemporary and Modern Fine Art. The Gallery presents works by contemporary Tasmanian and Australian artists featuring paintings, works on paper, photography and sculpture in an annual program of curated exhibitions.
Contemporary Art Tasmania
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27 Tasma Street, North Hobart 7000.
(03) 6231-0445.
info@contemporaryart.org.au
www.contemporaryarttasmania.org
Wed–Sat 12.00 to 5.00. Closed Mon–Tues.
Oct 11 to Nov 29 Apologue Isle.
A project by Andy Hutson in collaboration with Rob Braslin, Robert O’Connor, Merinda Sainty, Theresa Sainty, Kartanya Maynard, Nunami Sculthorpe-Green, Andy Hutson, Ben Yardley, Aaron Everett, Nala Mansell, Kulai Sculthorpe, Erin Hortle, Gabbee Stolp, Mat Ward, Laura Imbruglia, Tom O’Hern, Andrew Hawley, Ethan Rawlins, Kim Jaeger, Sylvie Jaeger, Cheryl Mundy, Rachel Meyers, Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta, Jolie Everett, Sam George-Allen, Genevieve Griffiths, Alex Last, Fiona Hall, and Nick Kirmos.
Apologue Isle . Courtesy Contemporary Art Tasmania
Handmark Gallery
Unique Tasmanian Art & Design.
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77 Salamanca Place, Hobart 7000.
(03) 6223-7895.
hobart@handmark.com.au
www.handmark.com.au
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 11.00 to 3.00.
Sept 27 to Oct 14 Time slows at night by Luke Wagner.
Oct 11 to 28 Luminous state by Clifford How.
Luke Wagner, Whispering of the Sleepless Mind, 2024, oil on linen, 137 × 76cm. Courtesy the artist and Handmark Gallery
Clifford How, Beyond Boundaries – Overland Track, 2024, oil on linen, 107 × 102cm. Courtesy the artist and Handmark Gallery
Oct 18 to Nov 4 Forest Stories by Helen Mueller, and Reflections by Linda Van Niekerk.
Helen Mueller, Forest Story 5, 2024, woodcut prints on layered Kozo paper, 93 × 162cm. Courtesy the artist and Handmark Gallery
Linda Van Niekerk, necklace, 2024. Courtesy the artist and Handmark Gallery
Salamanca Arts Centre
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65–77 Salamanca Place, Hobart 7000.
sac.org.au
Office: Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00.
Visit individual event pages on website for venue opening times.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
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Dunn Place (enter via the Watergate), Hobart 7000.
(03) 6165-7000.
tmagmail@tmag.tas.gov.au
www.tmag.tas.gov.au
Daily 10.00 to 4.00 (Dec 26 to March 31). Tues–Sun 10.00 to 4.00 (April 1 to Dec 24). Closed Good Friday, Anzac Day, and Christmas Day. Open 10.00 to 4.00 on Monday public holidays year-round.
Visit website for full exhibition program.
To Oct 27 Lands of Light: Lloyd Rees and Tasmania.
To Feb 9, 2025 Artists to Ice – works from the TMAG collection by Australian artists Stephen Eastaugh, Bea Maddock, Jan Senbergs, and Jörg Schmeisser, who travelled to Antarctica between 1987 and 2009.
Lloyd Rees, Afternoon (Blue Days on the Derwent), 1983, oil on canvas on board. Collection R Jensen. Courtesy Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Greater Hobart
Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park (GASP)
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Elwick Bay Foreshore, Brooker Highway, Glenorchy 7010.
gcc.tas.gov.au/discover-glenorchy/arts-and-culture
GASP is a dynamic and inspiring open space providing unique ways to interact with art and create memorable experiences in the natural environment.
Mona, Museum of Old and New Art
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655 Main Road, Berriedale, Hobart 7011.
mona.net.au
Facebook + Instagram: @monamuseum
Fri–Mon 10.00 to 5.00.
Entry fees apply.
To April 21, 2025 Namedropping.
This exhibition of some 200 artworks and objects poses questions: What makes the big names big: Porsche, Picasso or Pompidou? What is the nature of status and why is it useful? Is status all about culture, or is there something deeper?
Darren Sylvester, Filet-O-Fish, 2017, screenprinted Danish wool, stainless steel, 50 × 202 × 102cm. Monash University Collection. © the artist. Courtesy the artist, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne and Mona, Museum of Old and New Art
Danh Vo, We the People (detail), 2011–16, copper, installation view, Namedropping, Mona, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, 2024. Photograph: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Courtesy the artist and Mona, Museum of Old and New Art
Launceston
Design Tasmania
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Cnr Brisbane and Tamar streets, Launceston 7250.
(03) 6331-5506.
info@designtasmania.com.au
designtasmania.com.au
Wed–Sat 10.00 to 3.00, Sun 10.00 to 2.00. Closed Mon–Tues and public holidays.
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
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Museum at 2 Invermay Road, Launceston 7250.
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Art Gallery at 2 Wellington Street, Launceston 7250.
(03) 6323-3777.
www.qvmag.tas.gov.au
Daily 10.00 to 4.00.
Museum at Inveresk:
To July 20, 2025 This Vanishing World: Photography of Olegas Truchanas is the story of a man who loved Tasmania and its wild places. Through the lens of his camera, This Vanishing World shares the journey of Olegas Truchanas and his campaign for Tasmanians to have greater awareness of their incredible home state – alongside the major influence he left on the wilderness photographers who followed him. Free entry.
Olegas Truchanas, Showers, Frankland Range, Lake Pedder, 1968, Cibachrome print. Courtesy the artist and Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
Olegas Truchanas, Mist, Franklin Range, Lake Pedder, 1968. Courtesy the artist and Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
Oct 5 to Feb 2, 2025 Unbound challenges our perception of what we understand a book to be – and reimagines the many forms a book could take. This exhibition focuses on two types of books: artists’ books and pop-up books. These stunning works explore worlds of animals and creatures, history and geography, literature and fiction, science, technology and space, and even TV and movie genres. Free entry.
Lothar Meggendorger, The City Park: A reproduction of an antique stand-up book by Lothar Meggendorger. Intervisual Communications, 1982
Art Gallery at Royal Park:
To Nov 3 Ground Beneath | Ocean Between by Stompin Youth Dance. Through captivating visuals projected onto the vast canvas of Gallery 9 at the Art Gallery at Royal Park, paired with the fluid movement of dance and the voices of young Tasmanians, this immersive exhibition experience explores identity and community through connection to place. Free entry.
Stompin Youth Dance, Ground Beneath | Ocean Between. Photograph: Melanie Kate Photography. Courtesy Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
Sawtooth ARI
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58 Lindsay Street, Invermay 7248.
sawtoothari@gmail.com
www.sawtoothari.com
Thurs–Sun 11.00 to 4.00.
North West Coast
Devonport Regional Gallery
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paranaple arts centre, 145 Rooke Street, Devonport 7310.
(03) 6420-2900.
artgallery@devonport.tas.gov.au
www.paranapleartscentre.com.au/devonport-regional-gallery
Free entry.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat and public holidays 9.00 to 2.00. Closed Sun.
To Oct 26 This is Us – Place – young artists respond to the concept of ‘Place’ in 2024.
Sept 28 to Nov 16 Main Gallery: Paper on Skin™ – a biennial wearable art award requiring artists to create a wearable garment made from at least 80% paper.