We are closed for the installation of our next exhibition, reopening 9 July 2021

CURRENT EXHIBITION

This brittle light: Light Source commissions 2020-2021

Opens Friday 12 March 2021. This exhibition comprises six commissions, with projects spanning perform-at-home mail art, AI-powered digital media, video and installation

THIS BRITTLE LIGHT: READING LIST

Suggested reading materials to accompany the exhibition

Melbourne’s major new art museum draws upon the Michael Buxton Collection as a springboard for exhibitions, events, research, publishing and ideas.

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👀 FINAL DAY 👀⁣
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 2020-21 closes 5pm TODAY 💚⁣
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Image: Installation view, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 2020-21, Buxton Contemporary, The University of Melbourne with Taloi Havini, 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 2021 (detail); Hossein Valamanesh and Nassiem Valamanesh, 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 2021 (still), © the artists, photography Christian Capurro

🚨REOPENING TOMORROW 11am Friday 18 June. Don't

Well, you can't visit us yet...⁣ (🤞soon 🥺)

What a time to be 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. Did you order your Stuart Ringholt flatpack last June? Lucky you. ⁣
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❤️💛 If you missed out there's still editions available to order (link in bio) and we'll post as soon as we can 💜🖤⁣
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📸 24/7 Naturists; Yap, Alma & Flora with Stuart Ringholt, 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 2020, offset print mailer, double-sided, 137 x 137 cm, Edition of 500, Courtesy of the artist, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, and MADA, Monash University⁣

Look what we found! 👀𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 exhibition catalogue is now available from our bookshop for $15 OR if you're a @unimelb or @vca_mcm student take $5 off! 💚⁣
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Contributors include curator Melissa Keys with Lisa Radford, Tessa Laird, Tara McDowell, Kyla McFarlane, Alice Procter & Selena Tan. ⁣
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Publication design Tristan Main @listofworks
Cover image: Grant Stevens Fawn in the Forest 2020 (detail) ⁣

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We respectfully acknowledge the Boonwurung and Wurundjeri people of the Eastern Kulin nation, the traditional owners of the land on which Buxton Contemporary is situated.

CURRENT EXHIBITION

This brittle light: Light Source commissions 2020-2021

THIS BRITTLE LIGHT: READING LIST

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