By invitation, contemporary artists Robert Malherbe and Keith Burt have created new work in response to Margaret Olley’s practice and objects contained in her home studio – described by Olley’s friend and biographer, Christine France, as “a dictionary for painting.”
A Dictionary for Painting includes superb examples of Olley’s work on loan from public and private collections. Exhibited alongside the contemporary responses by Malherbe and Burt, and the objects from the home studio re-creation, the exhibition offers audiences a fresh perspective of Olley’s incredible legacy in Australian art history.
Robert Malherbe, Olley’s Table 02, 2024, oil on linen, 81 × 66cm. © the artist. Courtesy the artist, Jan Murphy Gallery, Queensland and Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, New South Wales
Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
23 August 2024 to 2 March 2025
New South Wales
