NEWS
Stephen Bram – abstract painting, Geelong Gallery, 23 November 2019 – 23 February 2020
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Stephen Bram will open a new exhibition at Geelong Gallery on November 23. Stephen Bram began exhibiting his work in the mid-1980s and has achieved a reputation as one of Australia’s most accomplished contemporary artists. He is...
Patricia Piccinini, Skywhale finds a new home at the National Gallery of Australia
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist, Patricia Piccinini, 2013 work The Skywhale has recently found a new home the National Gallery of Australia. Donated through the Cultural Gifts Program to the National Gallery of Australia in 2018. The return of the Skywhale to...
Marco Fusinato, Concréte Noise, Colour Club 17 October 2019
Concréte Noise, consisting of Buxton Contemporary collection artist Marco Fusinato as well as James Rushford and Female Wizard, will be performing at Melbourne's new live music venue Colour, Thursday 17th October. Fusinato regularly performs in the experimental music...
Lyndall Brown/Charles Green, ‘The Far Country’, Arc One 8 October – 9 November
Buxton Collection artist collaboration, Lyndell Brown / Charles Green, have their exhibition The Far Country currently showing at Arc One, Melbourne. Lyndell Brown and Charles Green’s extensive practice has long been informed by the nature of memory and an...
Justene Williams, The Curtain Breathed Deeply, Ipswich Art Gallery 7-29 October
Buxton Contemporary collection artist Justene William's exhibition The Curtain Breathed Deeply continues its national tour, opening at Ipswich Art Gallery 7th of October, continuing to the 29th of October. The Curtain Breathed Deeply presents an immersive collection...
Hope Dies Last, Margaret Lawrence Gallery & Gertrude Contemporary, 5 October – 16 November
Buxton Contemporary Collection artists Tony Garifalakis, Tracey Moffatt and Mutlu Çerkez feature in new exhibition Hope Dies Last: Art at the End of Optimism curated by Mark Feary and presented in partnership with Melbourne International Arts Festival. Hope Dies Last...
David Rosetzky, Bowness Prize, Monash Gallery of Art
Buxton Contemporary collection artist David Rosetzky is a finalist in the 2019 Bowness Prize at Monash Gallery of Art, one of the most prestigious prizes in Australia. The 2019 Bowness Prize exhibition runs from 5th of October until the 17th of November at the Monash...
Buxton Contemporary artists in galleries’ retrospective
Buxton Contemporary artists are among more than 50 Australian and international artists exhibited in Never the Same River presented by Anna Schwartz Gallery in association with Melbourne International Arts Festival. The exhibition draws on the legacy of four galleries...
Ronnie van Hout included in, ‘Exploded Textiles’, Tamworth gallery, 28 September – 01 December 2019
Works from Buxton Collection artist Ronnie van Hout will be exhibited as part of a partnership between the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Tamworth Regional Gallery. Exploded Textiles celebrates Tamworth Regional Gallery's centenary and also the town's...
Nadine Christensen and Rob McHaffie, Bendigo Art Gallery 14 September – 8 December 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artists Rob McHaffie and Nadine Christensen are included in the finalists' exhibition for the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Award 2019. The exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery runs until December 8 2019. Held every two years, the Arthur Guy...
Tracey Moffatt and Sandra Selig, New Woman, Museum of Brisbane, 13 September 2019 – 15 March 2020
Works from Buxton Contemporary Collection artists Tracey Moffatt and Sandra Selig are currently showing at the Museum of Brisbane. New Woman recognises the lives of Brisbane women artists over the past 100 years from the independent and adventurous to the often...
Buxton Contemporary shortlisted for Public Space IDEA 2019
We are excited to announce that Buxton Contemporary has been shortlisted for the public space IDEA Interior Design Excellence Award 2019! Stay tuned… For more information visit: https://www.idea-awards.com.au
Daniel von Sturmer, New major public artwork ‘Painted Light’ 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist, Daniel von Sturmer, has won the commission to produce a landmark public art piece for the newly developed Geelong Performing Arts Centre’s Ryrie Street building. Selected form an open call, Von Sturmer’s large-scale digital work...
Patricia Piccinini: New Exhibitions in Cairns and Russia
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Patricia Piccinini opens a new solo exhibition titled Life Clings Closest at Cairns Art Gallery. This exhibition brings together works from the last twenty years of Piccinini’s practice, as well as a new group of works inspired by...
Buxton Contemporary Collection artists included in Channels Festival 2019, 24 August – 15 September
Buxton Contemporary Collection artists Daniel Crooks, Angelica Mesiti, David Noonan, Mike Parr, David Rosetzky and David von Sturmer are included in Channels Festival 2019: International Biennial of Video Art, 24 August - 15 September. Curated by Artistic Director...
Bauhaus Now! in Mass Memo Review
In review of Bauhaus Now! in Mass Memo, Celine Saoud writes: "Curated by Ann Stephen, Bauhaus Now! explores the movement's impact on the fine arts by displaying a wide range of installation, video, painting and sculpture that depict a modernised, ever-evolving and...
REVIEW – Bauhaus Now!
In review of Bauhaus Now! in The Age, Ray Edgar writes: "Messy, hallucinogenic and phantasmagorical are not words we associate with the Bauhaus. However in a new exhibition to mark the movement’s centenary there are none of the sleek functional industrial design...
Linda Marrinon, ‘On Vulnerability and Doubt’ at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 29 June – 1 September 2019
A selection of works by Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Linda Marrinon is included in exhibition called On Vulnerability and Doubt held at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Curated by ACCA’s Artistic Director Max Delany, the exhibition brings...
Emily Floyd, New Sculptural Commission ‘Open Space’ 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Emily Floyd has been awarded a major sculptural commission in Sydney's Curtain Place responding to neighbouring Australia Square. Floyd's sculptural installation Open Space references the Modernism of Australia Square through...
Mikala Dwyer, Bill Henson & Paul Yore, Idle Worship, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW, 17 August – 13 October 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artists Mikala Dwyer, Bill Henson and Paul Yore are currently included in Idle Worship at the Lismore Regional Gallery. Idle Worship is curated by Natalie Bull & Zoë Robinson-Kennedy and explores contemporary notions of reverence,...
Melbourne’s major new art museum draws upon the Michael Buxton Collection as a springboard for exhibitions, events, research, publishing and ideas.
