ACAE Gallery
Australasian Cultural Arts Exchange 82A Wellington Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066 [Map 3] 0406 711 378 Tue to Sun 10am–5pm.
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ACAE Gallery is a cultural venture presenting artworks and exhibitions by contemporary Australian and Asian artists.
27 April–25 May
New Sculptural Works Thang Do
27 April–25 May
Recent Paintings Tony Scott
Alcaston Gallery
84 William Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 [Map 2] 03 8849 9668 Thu 12pm–6pm or by appointment.
Established in 1989, Alcaston Gallery is based in Melbourne with a national and international focus and exhibition schedule. The gallery represents contemporary artists from Australia and the Asia Pacific Region and is renowned for representing and exhibiting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.
Anna Schwartz Gallery
185 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC 3000 [Map 2] Tue to Fri 12noon–5pm, Sat 1pm–5pm.
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April–May
Chosen by a Cat
Emily Floyd
Ararat Gallery TAMA
82 Vincent Street, Ararat, VIC 3377 [Map 1] 03 5355 0220 Open daily 10am—4pm.
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Established in 1968, Ararat Gallery TAMA (Textile Art Museum Australia) holds a unique place amongst Australia’s public galleries, through its longstanding commitment to textile and fibre art. A curatorial and collection focus that began in the early 1970s. The TAMA Collection is an extraordinary repository that tracks the development of textile and fibre-based practice from this time, through to today.
Until 16 June
Panoply
Kasia Töns
Panoply is an emergency shelter that aims to provide a place of retreat and safety in the first stage of displacement. Motivated by the uncertainty of life and a fascination for textiles and architecture, this project has been incubating for many years. This iteration of Panoply has been laboriously hand stitched over many months and utilises reclaimed fabrics and stuffing. The design elements of colour, shape, base, doors and ‘windows’ are personal to the needs of the artist with the idea that this modular approach can be adapted to the needs of different inhabitants. The main considerations are the ability to make and transport it by oneself, be able to look out but not to be looked in upon and to have multiple camouflaged points for entry/exit.
Until 7 July
Works from the TAMA Collection
ARC ONE Gallery
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC 3000 [Map 2] 03 9650 0589 Wed to Sat 11am–5pm, Tue by appointment.
10 April–11 May
Palimpsest
Peter Daverington
15 May—15 June
Looking back to see if they still look back at me
Marina Rolfe
19 June—20 July
Pat Brassington
Artbank Melbourne
18-24 Down Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066 [Map 3] 1800 251 651 Tue to Thu, 12pm–4pm or by appointment.
Artbank is part of the Australian Government Office for the Arts, in the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. For 40 years Artbank has supported Australia’s contemporary art sector.
23 May–5 July
Dozing
Narelle Desmond
Artbank has invited Melbourne artist Narelle Desmond to exhibit recent and historical works alongside works from the Artbank Collection for Melbourne Design Week 2024. Desmond is a multidisciplinary artist whose spatial practice uses design and design objects as a vehicle to broadly ask how design and its production impacts our lives. Her works reference and intersect with critical theory, popular culture, design and art history. Revisiting everyday objects and commercially fabricated things, Desmond sees object making as a way of understanding the world. Artbank has further framed Desmond’s works as a solo practitioner with works from the collection, and activates the gallery to speak to interior spaces and staging.
Art Gallery of Ballarat
www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au
40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat, VIC 3350 [Map 1] 03 5320 5858 Open daily 10am–5pm.
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1 March–2 June
Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a defining artwork of the 1980s. Nan Goldin depicts the lives of her friends, community and chosen family in New York in intimate detail in what she refers to as her ‘public diary’. This touring exhibition is developed in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia through the Regional Initiatives Program, supported by Major Partner TLE Electrical.
4 May—1 September
Lost in Palm Springs
Internationally recognised artists, photographers and thinkers from America and Australia come together to celebrate mid-century modern architecture found in the desert city. Curated by Dr Greer Honeywill, Lost in Palm Springs is a touring initiative developed by HOTA, Home of the Arts, Gold Coast in partnership with Museums & Galleries Queensland.
4 May—11 August
Belinda Fox: The light crept in
Belinda Fox works across painting, printmaking, ceramic, glass and collaboration to highlight the importance of finding light in times of darkness and nourishment in our everyday environment.
18 April—26 May
Steph Wallace: Living on land
Ballarat-based ceramic artist Steph Wallace combines traditional techniques and experimental approaches to explore the land on which she currently practices, both its physical essence and its complex cultural tapestry.
3 May—29 July
Joan Ross: Let’s Party Like It’s 1815 Joan Ross’s 2022 video work Let’s party like it’s 1815 penetrates the canvases of Australian colonial era paintings to present a bold tableau of greed, drawing attention to the ongoing issues surrounding globalisation and colonisation.
Art Lovers Australia – Melbourne
Upstairs, 300 Wellington Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066 [Map 3] 1800 278 568 Tue to Sat 10am–4pm or by appointment.
17 May–30 June
Artist Palette
An evocative exhibition that explores the compelling interplay of inspiration and expression. Central to our exhibit is the award-winning artist, Michael Wolfe, who unveils his latest Leanganook series. Wolfe’s work transcends the ordinary, drawing viewers into an immersive landscape of colour and emotion that oscillates between the tangible and the ethereal. Gabriela Azar Schreiner’s canvases tell tales of chromatic sophistication; her brush strokes capture the mood and play of light with a brilliance that speaks directly to the soul. Completing this trio is Laurie Franklin, whose works resonate on a deeply personal level while speaking a universal language of beauty.
ArtSpace at Realm and Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery
ArtSpace at Realm: 179 Maroondah Highway, (opposite Ringwood Station) Ringwood, VIC 3134 03 9298 4553 Mon to Fri 9am–8pm, Sat & Sun 10am–5pm.
Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery: 32 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood, VIC 3134 03 9298 4553 Mon to Fri 9am–5pm.
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ArtSpace at Realm:
6 April–9 June
Grounding and Connecting: Indigenous Trees and The Dreaming
Immerse yourself in a world of First Nations creativity and storytelling in Grounding and Connecting: Indigenous Trees and The Dreaming, a tribute to the profound bond between First Nations communities and the earth. This exhibition presented by Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering celebrates the launch of a First Nations Arts Trail across Naarm/Melbourne’s east and presents artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists responding the themes of Big Old Beautiful Indigenous Trees and The Dreaming. The exhibition includes a newly commissioned mural, and exhibition works ranging across painting, sculpture, wood and photography.
Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery:
13 May–14 July
Twisted Fate
Tara Denny
Tara Denny has found the site of the garden to be a site of passion, delight and a backyard space, yearning for love, loss and longing. A poetic love triangle to self-examine. Diaries have long been associated with matriarchal traditions and the act of privacy. Denny keeps small snippets—often pages water marked (a tear stain page?)
