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AUSTRALIA. ANTIPODEAN STORIES includes Buxton Contemporary Collection artists, PAC, Milan
AUSTRALIA. ANTIPODEAN STORIES will comprise of 32 artists from Australia with seven being a part of the Buxton Contemporary Collection showcasing contemporary art from Australia. This will be the largest exhibition of contemporary art to be presented outside...
Angelica Mesiti, Relay League, Benalla Art Gallery: 13 December 2019- 23 February 2020
Buxton Contemporary Collection Artist Angelica Mesiti has a touring exhibition of her work Relay League currently on view at Benalla Art Gallery. Mesiti’s practice chronicles our present condition. Relay League invokes a fundamental humility, bringing to the surface...
Drawing Folio 3: Abstraction, Blockprojects
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist John Nixon and Justin Andrews have curated Drawing Folio 3: Abstraction at Blockprojects. Drawings are traditionally held as works of experimentation and preliminary study. Drawing Folio 3: Abstraction positions drawing as a...
Mike Parr, That Seventies Feeling…the Late Modern, Art Gallery WA: 7 December 2019 – 9 March 2020
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Mike Parr features in new exhibition, That Seventies Feeling...the Late Modern, at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. This show demonstrates a hidden richness and complexity to how we think of the seventies, while also...
Daniel Boyd in ‘Violent Salt’, Noosa Regional Art Gallery: 6 December 2019 – 26 January 2020
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Daniel Boyd, presents work alongside Abdul Abdullah, Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Karla Dickens, S.J. Norman, Yhonnie Scarce and Jemima Wyman in a new exhibition at Noosa Regional Art Gallery. The exhibition titled,...
Tim McMonagle, Caves Gallery, Melbourne: 4-7 December
Artwork by Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Tim McMonagle, will be presented in group exhibition The figures become lost at CAVES Gallery. The exhibition runs from December 4 - 7, 2019. Exhibition opening: Wednesday the 4th of December from 6-8pm. For more...
Between Appearances: The Art of Louise Weaver – REVIEW: The Age
In a recent review of Buxton Contemporary's current exhibition, Between Appearances: The Art of Louise Weaver, Kerrie O'Brien writes: "A vibrant red, life-sized polar bear stands on an island, a pretty teepee made from branches behind it. The bear's legs and stance...
Louise Weaver in ‘A Stitch in Time’, Hamilton Art Gallery: 30 November 2019 – 16 February 2020
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Louise Weaver, presents work alongside Fiona Abicare, Vicki Couzens, Marion Manifold, Sanné Mestrom, Sally Smart and Kylie Stillman in a new exhibition at Hamilton Art Gallery. The exhibition titled 'A Stitch in Time', brings...
Nadine Christensen recipient of R & M McGivern Prize
The R & M McGivern Prize has been awarded to Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Nadine Christensen. Held every three years, the acquisitive prize for painting calls for artists across Australia to consider the impact of human habitation on the environment with...
Marco Fusinato, Venice Biennnale Arte 2021
Marco Fusinato has been selected as the artist to represent Australia at the 59th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia. The Buxton Contemporary artist will be presented with curation by Alexie Glass-Kantor. Fusinato’s exhibition will be presented at...
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...
Tim McMonagle, Neon Parc: 20 November – 14 December 2019
Neon Parc presents a solo exhibition by Buxton Contemporary Collection artist, Tim McMonagle, to be held at the city location. Comprised of a suite of medium and small scale paintings, McMonagle’s new exhibition features human figures which sit and stand in acts of...
Daniel von Sturmer, Due West Arts Festival, Footscray: 15-24 November
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Daniel von Sturmer presents Electric Light in partnership with Five Walls at Due West Arts Festival. ELECTRIC LIGHT is a dynamic light projection illuminating the west facade of the iconic Footscray Market after dark. Each night...
Jess Johnson and Simon Ward, Terminus, Heide: 2 November 2019 – 1 March 2020
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Jess Johnson and artist Simon Ward present new exhibition, Terminus, at Heide Museum of Modern Art. With their pioneering use of virtual reality, artists Jess Johnson and Simon Ward have created an immersive installation in which...
Pat Brassington, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn: 26 October – 15 December 2019
Artwork by Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Pat Brassington features in new exhibition Contemporising the Modern: Australian Modern and Contemporary Photography at Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn. Showcasing photographic works that speak of 20th- and 21st-century...
Mike Parr, The Eternal Opening, Carriageworks, Sydney: 25 October – 8 December
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Mike Parr presents The Eternal Opening at Carriageworks. This multilayered season of performance and installation includes The Eternal Opening, LEFT FIELD [for Robert Hunter], Towards an Amazonian Black Square, Jericho and BDH...
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...
