Contemporary Art

Established in 1874, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is one of Australia's oldest and largest art museums. The gallery's collection includes Australian and Aboriginal, European, Asian contemporary and photography sections. In addition to the permanent collections, the gallery has a varied exhibition program that changes throughout the year. Lectures, films, performances and special events accompany most exhibitions.30,000 items
The Campbelltown Gallery was purpose built as a Bicentenary project. The building was designed to incorporate exhibition spaces, a library, kitchen facilities for major functions as well as workshop spaces for community and educational art and craft classes. A stimulating and diverse range of local, regional and national exhibitions are displayed. Adjoining the gallery is the rapidly developing Sculpture Garden and a Japanese Teahouse Garden. The Gallery offers workshop courses in a range of art and craft disciplines.The Campbelltown Gallery has a commitment to collecting works that...
The collection focuses on Australian art post 1949, covering paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, textiles, ceramics and photographs - all relating in some way to activities of The University of New South Wales. There is also an extensive collection of Aboriginal bark paintings and a small holding of nineteenth century Japanese block prints. All artworks are displayed throughout the University buildings.Approximately 1,200 items
The University Art Collection, like all art collections reflects those who assembled it. The Collection has been accumulating since the 1940's as educational institutions amalgamated and became subsumed by The Charles Sturt University. The Wagga Wagga and Goulburn Teachers Colleges collected through donation and its art masters insight a number of fine early-modern, Sydney based artists. The artists Frank Hinder and Rah Fizelle are well represented to name a few. Increasingly an Australian Indigenous art component both from the Western Desert, and Urban communities has been a focus, along...
Located in the heart of Paddington on the 'cultural' walk. Newly constructed galleries, recently renovated dark room facilities. Regular exhibition program. 5 and 10 week workshops, courses from camera craft to digital imaging.Temporary exhibitions and outsourced work
Orange Regional Gallery is set in landscaped gardens in the middle of the Civic Square and was awarded the Sulman Prize for Architectural Merit. It is a functional, elegant gallery with a reputation for showing very fine work. Pieces from the permanent collection are often on display or can be seen by appointment. A large outdoor sculpture by Richard Goodwin and a painting by Imants Tillers are exciting recent acquisitions. Orange Regional Gallery is a friendly place where children are most welcome and many activities are specially organised for families. Orange Regional Gallery is one of the...
This museum is part Holy Trinity, Garrison Church the first military settlement with maps. The military section shows memorabilia from Boer War to Gulf War inclusive.Sydney's early history photos of people and places. Inclusive is first Prime Minister who attended this hall when it was a Parish School, as well as Cedric Immanuel prints, paintings of Rocks, maps of early Sydney, medal, WW2 uniforms, etc.
The New England Regional Art Museum houses the renowned Howard Hinton and Chandler Coventry Collections which together with the NERAM and Armidale City Collections create what has been called the jewel in the crown of regional galleries. It is the policy of NERAM to preserve, conserve, promote and display all its collections and to promote and display all forms of art. NERAM encourages practicing Australian artists through exhibitions and associated programs. NERAM also pursues an active and innovative education and outreach program to encourage members of the community to actively...
Ivan Dougherty Gallery is a major contemporary art exhibiting space and educational resource of The University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts. It mounts approximately ten exhibitions per year, focussing on 20th century and contemporary Australian and international art of all disciplines. Exhibitions are accompanied by catalogue publications, educational material, forums and floor talks: providing information to College students and encouraging discourse within the wider art community.Emphasis is on innovative exhibitions of contemporary and twentieth century art drawn from Australia...
The Tin Sheds Gallery stages regular exhibitions of Australian and international contemporary art and architecture. It has an on-going program of exhibitions reflecting the Gallery's policy of a commitment to contemporary art, showing the work of both younger and emerging artists as well as established mid-career artists who work in innovative and often non-commercial areas.The Tin Sheds Gallery welcomes proposals for exhibitions across a wide variety of contemporary visual practices from both individual and community artists, as well as proposals for collaborative projects and curated...
The Glen Innes area is the Traditional Tribal Lands of the Ngoorabul Aboriginal people. This centre is the home of the Cooramah Aboriginal Art Gallery and Keeping Place, where
local indigenous artworks and artefacts are on display for public viewing. Centre is situated on the New England Highway and had ample parking. The centre has a 60 seat restaurant with an Australian and also Bush Tucker menu (koori Cuisine Restaurant)Local artefacts (boomerangs etc), traditional stone tools, locally produced contemporary art.
Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery and Arts Centre is a spectacular new arts complex set amid extensive landscaped gardens, a major creative resource for Southern Sydney and a significant new venue for the enjoyment of art by all the community.The Regional Gallery hosts over 15 exhibitions annually of outstanding arts, craft and design. In the Community Gallery a regularly changing program of work by local professional and aspiring artists is on show, offering local artists the opportunity to showcase their work in a professional environment.
Wollongong City Gallery is one of the largest regional art museums in Australia. The dynamic exhibition program features the Gallery's permanent collection as well as temporary exhibitions which change monthly and include local, national and international art. The Gallery occupies the former city council administration building, which was officially opened in 1952, and was converted into an art gallery in 1991. The floor plan of the building evokes the shape of a jewelled crown, commemorating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.Wollongong City Gallery's permanent collection of approximately...
The Sir Hermann Black Gallery & Sculpture Terrace is owned and run by the University of Sydney Union. The University of Sydney Union is unique in New South Wales in being the only student body to maintain a gallery, sculpture terrace and a large art collection. The Gallery & Sculpture Terrace was established in 1994, and is located on the main campus of Australia's first university, the University of Sydney.

The Gallery runs a regular exhibition program of contemporary Australian and international art, as well as exhibitions of selected works from the Union's 90 year old art collection....
Rockhampton Art Gallery is the major gallery in the region. We run touring exhibitions, film nights, workshops for adults and children and art appreciation workshops. The gallery space is used by various groups such as poetry and music, chamber music and drama groups.The Gallery has an extensive collection of two dimensional and three dimensional Australian artworks, particularly from the 50's, 60's and 70's era and we are increasing our contemporary collection. We have, in the past, collected many landscape and figurative images and are now broadening the themes to include urban subject...
Griffith Artworks is the management authority for 2500 objects that make up the Griffith University Art Collection, the On-campus Exhibition Program across 100 sites on five campuses between the Gold Coast and Brisbane, and acts as a Resource/Archive Centre for students undertaking curatorial, art historical and cultural studies at Queensland College of Art Griffith University. Griffith Artworks is also responsible for the management and programming of the QCA Gallery at the Queensland College of Art, South Bank campus.The Griffith University Art Collection was established with the founding...
The gallery is the home of the Logan art collection. It features the Logan art award (national art award) held annually. Logan Art Gallery is a small regional gallery with three main programs; 1) local artists 2) touring exhibitions 3) occasional visiting artists programPrimarily works acquired from the Logan Art Award (no longer operating). Emerging young contemporary artists especially Queensland. The "Logan: A Sense of Place" collection which depicts aspects of the life and history of Logan.
Metro Arts is housed in a historic warehouse in the heart of Brisbane. Established to promote community arts and foster the development of emerging artists, Metro's visual art galleries feature a lively exhibition program of affordable contemporary art and craft. There are four exhibition spaces and over 80 exhibitions held per year.
The art gallery was built and opened in 1988 and run by volunteers members of the Cooktown School of Art Society Inc. Local scenes by local artists are featured in this gallery. Approximately 100-150 works are on display. Works are mainly by art society members, with pottery and ceramic pieces available. Most pieces are for sale. A few paintings acquired from annual exhibitions are owned by the art society and are not for sale.Art, contemporary art, drawing, prints, painting, pottery, ceramics, bronze, sculpture and wood carvings.
A modern brick building constructed in 1987, the gallery has a very large collection of paintings and an excellent collection of ceramics. Exhibitions are changed regularly.Approximately 600 items

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