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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%...
Art Aid for Bushfire Relief, Sutton Gallery, 17-19 January 2020
Towards Regrowth: Art Aid for Fire Relief at Sutton Gallery represents the collective action of more than 50 contemporary artists in response to the unprecedented devastation caused by the ongoing bushfires. The exhibition will include the work of Buxton Contemporary...
Tracey Moffatt, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery: 8 January – 23 February 2020
‘The Truth of What Occurred Remains’ brings together the works of Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Tracey Moffatt and artist Hayley Millar-Baker at Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery. Moffatt’s 1997 series ‘Up in the Sky’ will be shown with Millar-Baker’s 2018...
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...