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David Noonan ‘Stagecraft’ at Art Gallery of Ballarat — open until 31 January 2021
There is still time to see the exhibition by Buxton Contemporary Collection artist David Noonan at Art Gallery of Ballarat — now extended until 31st of January 2021. Stagecraft brings together silkscreen collages on fabric, tapestries and film created by the...
The Age Review: The Otolith Group, Xenogenesis
Buxton Contemporary's current exhibition, The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis, has been featured in a round-up of 'the best of gallery offerings'. Tiarney Miekus writes in The Age article, The most captivating video, Sovereign Sisters, 2014, appears as a ghostly hologram...
Destiny Deacon, DESTINY, NGV Australia, 23 November – 14 February
DESTINY, the largest retrospective of Destiny Deacon’s work to date is currently on view at NGV Australia
Know My Name, NGA, Canberra 14 November 2020 – 4 July 2021
A Celebration, a commitment and a call to action, Know My Name is a gender equity initiative of the National Gallery of Australia. Know My Name celebrates the work of all women artists with an aim to enhance understanding of their contribution to Australia's cultural...
ABC The Mix: Laresa Kosloff, Radical Acts 2020
Laresa Kosloff's short film Radical Acts was featured on ABC program 'The Mix'. The episode of the program includes an interview and discussion with the artist about the work and is available to stream now on ABC iview. Radical Acts was created as part of Buxton...
Laresa Kosloff, Radical Acts – The Age REVIEW
Robert Nelson (The Age) reviews Radical Acts, a new work by Laresa Kosloff created as part of Buxton Contemporary's Light Source Commissions, 2020. Nelson writes, "Laresa Kosloff has created a thoroughly mischievous film. It begins, documentary style, with the earnest...
Nicholas Mangan, On Celestial Bodies, Arter, Istanbul, 10 Sept 2020-25 July 2021
Buxton Contemporary collection artist Nicholas Mangan has been included in On Celestial Bodies at Arter, Istanbul. Mangan has been a part of the Light Source commissions, 2020 - a new series of commissions for part of Buxton Contemporary's expanded digital artistic...
Sydney Morning Herald: Reflecting on ‘Tjala Tjukurpa/Honey Ant Story’ by Yaritji Young
Buxton Contemporary director Ryan Johnston reflects on one of his favourite local art works. "To me looking at these works is like experiencing an event of significant power; you’ve got this wild colour tearing across the canvas in multiple trajectories, some go...
John Nixon, ‘GROUPS & PAIRS 2016-2020’, Anna Schwartz Gallery, 21 March – 24 April 2020
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist John Nixon will open a new exhibition GROUPS & PAIRS 2016-2020 at Anna Schwartz Gallery on the 21st of March running until the 24th of April 2020. More than 80 new works will be included in this upcoming exhibition, with...
Announcement from Buxton Contemporary
In support of initiatives to control the spread of COVID-19, Buxton Contemporary is temporarily closed to the public. This decision was made to ensure the health and safety of our staff, visitors and community. Given the evolving nature of the outbreak, we will...
Pat Brassington and David Rosetzky, ‘The Symphony of Collection 3: Departure’, Ten Cubed Gallery 10 March – 14 April 2020
Buxton Contemporary Collection artists Pat Brassington and David Rosetzky will both be included in The Symphony of Collection: Departure at Ten Cubed Gallery, opening on the 10th of March and running till the 14th April. To celebrate ten fabulous years of collecting,...
MARCO FUSINATO: SPECTRAL ARROWS LP NOW AVAILABLE
Spectral Arrows, an improvised durational solo performance for guitar and mass amplification was presented for the first time in Melbourne at Buxton Contemporary in 2018, as part of the inaugural exhibition The shape of things to come. An LP recording of this...
Mikala Dwyer, ‘Earthcraft’, Anna Schwartz Gallery, 4 February – 14 March 2020
Buxton Contemporary collection artist Mikala Dwyer will open a new exhibition Earthcraft at Anna Schwartz Gallery on February 4th 2020. Dwyer works across installation, sculpture and performance to explore notions of time, space and reality, drawing ideas from...
Mikala Dwyer and David Noonan included in the 2020 Adelaide Biennial: Monster Theatres
Buxton Contemporary collection artists Mikala Dwyer and David Noonan will both be included in the upcoming 2020 Adelaide Biennial Monster Theatres. In 2020, the Adelaide Biennial will celebrate a 30-year milestone as the nation’s longest-running curated survey of...
Daniel Boyd ‘Sandpiper Dance’, Station Gallery, Melbourne: 30 January – 15 February 2020
Buxton Contemporary Collection Artist Daniel Boyd's solo exhibition Sandpiper Dance will be showing at Station Gallery from 30th January to 15th February. More information can be found here. Image: Daniel Boyd, 'Untitled (OLSD)', 2020. Image courtesy of Station...
Between Appearances: The Art of Louise Weaver – REVIEW: ArtsHub
In a recent review of Buxton Contemporary’s current exhibition, Between Appearances: the art of Louise Weaver, Gina Fairley writes: "This gallery reads both as a collection of individual works and a holistic installation. It is an erudite and eloquent exercise in...
Louise Weaver: Donated Artwork for Fire Relief
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Louise Weaver's artwork Mont Blanc (Ol' Bitey) 2012, will be donated to the Art School for Fire Relief exhibition. 100% of the proceeds of the exhibition will be going to the Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund INC and Wildlife...
Louise Weaver on nature, feminsim and crocheting animals forms – INTERVIEW: Art Guide Australia
With a practice spanning three decades, Louise Weaver is a Melbourne-based artist who works across painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation, sound and photography. Yet it’s for her sculptures of meticulously crochet encased animal forms and branches—which she...
Between Appearances: The Art of Louise Weaver – REVIEW: Sydney Morning Herald
In a recent review of Buxton Contemporary's current exhibition, Robert Nelson writes: "The beautifully crafted and poetic sculpture is one of many enigmas in Between appearances: the art of Louise Weaver at Buxton Contemporary. You wonder what’s inside, how the ropes...
Art Schools for Fire Relief
The Margaret Lawrence Gallery in collaboration with artists from Deakin University, Monash University, RMIT University and the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne invites you to a sale of donated artwork by some of Australia's leading artists. 100%...
