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Paul E. Mason – Looking for Baudin
Referencing the expedition of the Fench explorer Nicolas Baudin (1754-1803), Mason's reliquaries are a contemporary interpretation of early contact with the politics of exploration, discovery and colonial prospecting using stone, pewter, gold leaf surfaced cast resin and French historical objects.
Find out more »Marlene Gilson
Marlene Gilson The Landing Aunty Marlene Gilson is a Wathaurung (Wadawarrung) Elder living on country in Gordon, near Ballarat. A visual artist who discovered painting later in life, Aunty Marlene’s paintings explore Aboriginal myth and stories of the goldfields. Her work is marked by a naive style which references her Indigenous and European ancestry. She […]
Find out more »Locals Rule: Identity
EXHIBITION DATES & OPENING HOURS 24 November – 10 February Open 10am – 5pm daily LOCALS RULE: Identity uncovers a diversity of artistic practice from the Ballarat region. The exhibition showcases the talents of eleven local artists, who explore the theme of identity and what it means to be an artist working in a regional […]
Find out more »ART GALLERY OF BALLARAT EXHIBITION – LOUISEANN KING: SOLIS
This exhibition is located upstairs in the Ferry and Crouch galleries, within the display of the Gallery collection.
It can be viewed without a BOAA ticket.
Find out more »Photography exhibition – international film photographer Kikie Wilkins
Infocus Photography & Video is proud to present international film photographer Kikie Wilkins' first solo exhibition this summer. Opening on 14 November 2018, Kikie's work "combines the elements of street photography with an engrained reverie for cultural and architectural monuments", and displays both the sedate monochrome of old and the riotous colour of new, all captured […]
Find out more »THE NUMINA SISTERS
The Numina sisters are a talented family of artists who were taught to paint by their female relatives connected across the Central Desert region of the Northern Territory. Their aunties are renowned artists Kathleen and Gloria Petyarre. Their mother’s Country is at remote Stirling Station, while their father is from the Utopia community. The Numina […]
Find out more »Lumina Collective: Echoes
EXHIBITION DATES & OPENING HOURS 15 December 2018 – 10 March 2019 Open 10am – 5pm daily Today we are more used to making, taking and consuming photographs than ever before. Lumina Collective’s exhibition Echoes explores the ways in which photographic image-making in Australia is linked to questions of identity and place, and to generational […]
Find out more »Louiseann King: solis
Louiseann King is a sculptor/installation artist and academic based in Eganstown, a physical and historical landscape which is highly charged, complex and capable of subtle and dramatic change. She is a maker and a collector of time and place; her practice is one where she works with nuance, subtlety, the liminal, the forgotten and the […]
Find out more »Fifty – Celebrating 50 Years of Collecting Fibre Art
Presenting a selection of the collections best loved works alongside some of its rarely seen gems, the half century milestone of the Ararat Gallery provides a moment to reflect on the importance of the TAMA collection. An extraordinary repository that tracks the development of fibre based practice from the early 1970s through to today; a […]
Find out more »Animalia Australis – An Art Gallery of Ballarat Touring Exhibition
This exhibition, selected from the Art Gallery of Ballarat's extensive collection, celebrates the first encounters between white explorers, scientists and settlers with the animals of the Southern Continent and highlights the prevailing perceptions amd depictions of native fauna of the period.
Find out more »Testament – Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisitions
Testament presents a decade of acquisitions purchased with the generous assistance of the Robert Salzer foundation. The exhibition reveals the dynamic uptake of textiles in Australia's contemporary art practice, showcasing new and unexpected approaches to textiles in art.
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