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Ronnie van Hout, ‘Quasi’, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, New Zealand
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Ronnie van Hout's large public sculpture Quasi, which was installed on the rooftop of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, New Zealand for the past two years, will be relocated to the City Gallery Wellington Te Whare...
Raquel Ormella, ‘I hope you get this’, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, 20 April – 9 June 2019
ANU Drill Hall Gallery in Canberra presents first survey exhibition of Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Raquel Ormella. Raquel Ormella: I hope you get this invites gallery visitors to reflect on issues of nationalism, political activism and environmental...
Buxton Contemporary shortlisted for MAPDA awards 2019
We are excited to announce that Buxton Contemporary has been shortlisted for the 2019 Museums Australasia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards! Buxton Contemporary is represented in the in multiple categories: Book, Exhibition Catalogue (Major) and Exhibition...
Daniel Boyd at Station Gallery in Berlin, April 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Daniel Boyd's works will be included in a curated exhibition held by STATION Gallery in Berlin during the Gallery Weekend. Hosted at Arndt Art Agency the exhibition will run from 26th of April until 12th of May and includes works...
‘For our Country’ – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander memorial by Daniel Boyd and Edition Office Architects opens at Australian War Memorial
In 2018 Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Daniel Boyd, a Kudjala/Gangalu/Kuku Yalanji/Waka Waka/Gubbi Gubbi/Wangerriburra/Bandjalung man from North Queensland, and Edition Office Architects were commissioned to design a new sculpture that recognises the military...
Buxton shortlisted for Victorian Architecture Awards 2019
Buxton Contemporary has been shortlisted for a Victoria Architecture Award in the category of Public Architecture! The exhibition of entries is open at No Vacancy gallery in QV April 9 – 21. As judging takes place across 14 categories, this is an exhibition that...
Brook Andrew, Honolulu Biennial, Hawaii, 8 March – 5 May 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Brook Andrew is participating in the 2019 Honolulu Biennial: To Make Wrong / Right / Now co-curated by Scott Lawrimore and Nina Tonga. His film The Pledge (2011), included in the exhibition program, is a satire of Charles...
Brook Andrew & Destiny Deacon, ‘From Bark to Neon’, NGV Australia
Buxton Contemporary Collection artists Brook Andrew and Destiny Deacon are featured in current exhibition From Bark to Neon at the National Gallery of Victoria. The exhibition celebrates Indigenous art in Australia and includes important works by Indigenous artists...
‘Without Fail’ at Incinerator Gallery, 2 April – 19 May 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Kate Mitchell will be participating in the group exhibition Without Fail at Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. The exhibition brings together artists who embrace the characteristics of risk taking, humour and utilise...
Closing soon: Pat Brassington, Nonetheless, Latrobe Regional Gallery
There is just one more week to see Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Pat Brassington’s solo exhibition NONETHELESS at the Latrobe Regional Gallery. In her text accompanying the exhibition Elizabeth Errol says: "Nonetheless is a new body of work that provokes,...
The National 2019: New Australian Art, Sydney
Opening in Sydney on March 29, The National 2019: New Australian Art presents contemporary Australian art across three major venues: the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art. The second instalment of this biennial exhibition...
David Noonan, Art Basel Hong Kong 2019, Freemantle Arts Centre (Perth)
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist David Noonan’s film ‘A Dark and Quiet Place’, 2018, has been selected for the film sector of Art Basel Hong Kong 2019, curated by Li Zhenhua. The film is also being presented closer to home at the Freemantle Arts Centre as part of...
Simryn Gill ‘Soft Tissue’ at Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, 16 January – 02 March 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Simryn Gill presents a solo exhibition of new works titled Soft Tissue at Jhaveri Contemporary in Mumbai. The show comprises three works, Naga Doodles, Punch Drunk and Weeds of my parents’ garden, made in three very different...
Marco Fusinato, Lower Power, PICA, Perth, 10 February – 14 April 2019
PICA and Perth Festival present Lower Power — a solo exhibition by Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Marco Fusinato. Curated by PICA Senior Curator Eugenio Viola, the show features new works from Infinitives series, based on a selection of images sourced by the...
Patricia Piccinini, PATRICIA PICCININI – A WORLD OF LOVE, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
Renowned Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Patricia Piccinini presents a solo exhibition, PATRICIA PICCININI – A WORLD OF LOVE at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. ARKEN has closely collaborated with Piccinini to create a vast, carefully orchestrated...
Daniel von Sturmer, CATARACT, 2 February – 23 March 2019, Anna Schwartz Gallery
A new exhibition, CATARACT, by Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Daniel von Sturmer opens at Anna Schwartz Gallery in Melbourne on the 2nd of February. - Image: Daniel von Sturmer, CATARACT, 2019, 81 screen video installation, dimensions variable.
REVIEWS – The Garden of Forking Paths: Mira Gojak and Takehito Koganezawa
Motion Pictures, a review of The Garden of Forking Paths: Mira Gojak and Takehito Koganezawa by Andrew Stephens is featured in the January-February issue of Art Guide Australia and on the publication's website. You can read full text here. Rex Butler's review of the...
Paul Yore shortlisted for Midsumma and Australia Post Art Prize 2019
Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Paul Yore is a finalist of the Midsumma and Australia Post Art Prize 2019. His work Deny Everything (2018) is on view with other shortlisted works at No Vacancy QV Gallery till 3rd of February. Yore will participate in an artist...
Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg, Montages: The Full Cut 1999-2015 at ArtGeo Cultural Complex, Western Australia, until 29 January 2019
Montages: The Full Cut 1999-2015 presents the full suite of eight montage films by Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Tracey Moffatt and collaborator Gary Hillberg. Presented together for the first time, the exhibition spans 16 years of the artist and editor's...
Callum Morton, Monument #32: Helter Shelter at The Gold Coast Arts Centre until 25 January 2019
As a part of their summer program, Home of the Arts (HOTA, or The Gold Coast Arts Centre) is exhibiting Buxton Contemporary Collection artist Callum Morton's work Monument #23: Helter Shelter. Emerging uncannily from the ground, this monumental work could not be...