Melbourne
Federation Square CBD
Art at St Francis’ Contemporary Art
326 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9663-2495. E bwremmen@bigpond.net.au W www.stfrancismelbourne.com/art Contact: Brigitte Remmen. H Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sun 9.00 to 3.00. Dec 3 to Jan 13, 2020 Somewhere Near Here by Geraldine Richard. Richard’s paintings are inspired by Modernism, she uses geometrical shapes to create unique aerial views.
Australian By Design The Terrence John Hadler Gallery
Room 303e, 3rd Floor, Lift 1 opposite the Hopetoun Tea Rooms, The Block Arcade, 282 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9663-9883, Terrence 0404-699-033. E sales@australianbydesign.com.au W www.australianbydesign.com.au H Open daily. Featuring an extensive collection of work by Terrence Hadler who is a recognised Australian artist specialising in scenes of the Outback and the rivers of Australia. His paintings range in size from miniatures to very large pieces utilising the colours of this great land. Hadler’s art is represented nationally and internationally and is exclusive to Australian By Design. He is in attendance regularly, please call to enquire.
Koorie Heritage Trust
Yarra Building, Federation Square, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 8662-6300. E info@koorieheritagetrust.com W www.koorieheritagetrust.com CEO Tom Mosby. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Dec 12 to Feb 23, 2020 Koorie Art Show 2019 – an open-entry, non-acquisitive award exhibition, presenting the works of emerging to senior, Koorie and Victorian-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. Winners will be announced at the exhibition launch and community day on Sat Dec 7, 2-4pm. The People’s Choice Award will be announced at the end of the Koorie Art Show.
National Gallery of Victoria The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Federation Square, cnr Russell and Flinders streets, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 8620-2222. W www.ngv.vic.gov.au H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To Feb 2, 2020 Civilization: The Way We Live Now. To Feb 9, 2020 Lucy McRae: Body Architect. To March 15, 2020 Roger Kemp: Visionary Modernist. To March 29, 2020 Olympia: Photographs by Polixeni Papapetrou. Also, Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic, and Tammy Kanat: Circles of Life. To April 5, 2020 Black Bamboo; Contemporary Furniture Design from Mer, Torres Strait. To June 14, 2020 Marking Time: Indigenous Art from the NGV.
Neon Parc
1/53 Bourke Street, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9663-0911, Also at 15 Tinning Street, Brunswick 3056. T 0401-024-329. E info@neonparc.com.au W www.neonparc.com.auTo Dec 14 Tim McMonagle.
No Vacancy Gallery
Level 3, QV Building, 34-40 Jane Bell Lane (off Russell Street), Melbourne 3000. W www.no-vacancy.com.au Dec 19 to 29 (opening Thurs Dec 19, 6-8pm including performance) Artist-run exhibition: A Drop In The Ocean. First Nation, other local and international mixed media artists – Dr Sarah Jane Moore, Chelle Destefano, Jonathon Goodfellow, Larissa MacFarlane, Kit Mizeres (US), Helen Wand (UK) and friends. An immersive installation on the centrality of Earth Ocean to all life.jonafellow@gmail.com australianculturalfund.org.au/ projects/a-drop-in-the-ocean
Pan Pacific Melbourne
2 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf 3000. W ozlink.info Free entry. H Open daily/nightly. To Feb 27, 2020, 2019 MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE – Its Art & Soul. Thirty-eight prominent Victorian artists capture Australia’s most Livable City’s uniqueness through a delightful array of paintings, drawings, prints and photographs. Enquiries: Jacqueline Taylor OAM, Exhibition Manager/Curator 0418-357-814 jtaylor@ozlink.com.au
RMIT Gallery
344 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9925-1717. E rmit.gallery@rmit.edu.au W www.rmit.edu.au/rmitgalleryFree admission. Lift access. H Mon-Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Thurs 11.00 to 7.00, Sat 12.00 to 5.00, closed Sun and public hols. Like RMIT Gallery on Facebook. Follow @RMITGallery on Twitter. Nov 29 to March 7, 2020 Pleasure – presents the work of a diverse group of artists who use the body to celebrate joy, humour, flamboyance and the outrageous. From decoration, embellishment and exaggeration to examinations of identity and beauty and its various interpretations, Pleasure explores how artists and designers have used the body as a personal, provocative and at times political canvas from the flamboyant 1980s to contemporary times. Be pleasured! Artists including: Rose Agnew, Robyn Beeche, Holly Block, Queenie Bon Bon, Gavin Brown, Penny Byrne, Frances Cannon, Nicholas Chilvers, Keith Clancy, Kate Clark, Ray Cook, Peter Ellis, Dita Gambiro, Gerwyn Davies, Kate Durham with Moira Finucane, Rhett D’Costa,with and . Public Programs: Decorating the Body: Fri Nov 29, 12.30-1.20pm – Helen Rayment + Nicholas Chilvers, Kate Durham, William Eicholtz, Lia Tabrah (VERMIN) and Jenny Bannister. Thurs Dec 5, 5-7pm – Writing & Concept series + performance artist Queenie Bon Bon. Wed Dec 11, 12.30-1.30pm – Curators’ talk + Julian Goddard, Helen Rayment and Evelyn Tsitas. Fri Feb 14, 12.30-1.30pm – Valentine’s Day ‘Art Celebrates Love’: Julian Goddard + Rhett D’Costa, Gun Shy, Vipoo Srivilasa. Thurs Feb 20, 5.30-6.30pm – Pleasure Plus ‘Art or Porn?’: Evelyn Tsitas + Judith Glover, Kate Just, Gerwyn Davies. See inside front cover.
