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My Geelong—our Gallery image

My Geelong—our Gallery

My Geelong—our Gallery is an exciting community engagement campaign focused on the fact that we all ‘own’ the Geelong Gallery and the artistic riches of its collection. Twenty diverse members of our community have been invited to meet Director Jason Smith and select a favourite work of art.

Jason Smith

Saturday 12 November 2016 to Sunday 02 April 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Tricking the eye – contemporary trompe l’oeil image

Tricking the eye – contemporary trompe l’oeil

Drawing on the centuries old tradition of trompe l’oeil painting (or trick of the eye), this exhibition brings together works that are intentionally illusionistic, play with perspective or are something other than what they first appear to be.

Chris Bond Ricky Swallow Stephen Bowers Anne Zahalka Jan Murray Colleen Ahern And Tully Moore Georgina Cue John R Neeson

Saturday 26 November 2016 to Sunday 12 February 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Atmospherics—the Geelong Gallery collection image

Atmospherics—the Geelong Gallery collection

Atmospherics draws together a selection of paintings and assemblages that range from photo-realist landscape through images of the body in space, to geometric abstraction.

Saturday 18 June 2016 to Sunday 15 January 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

2016 Geelong contemporary art prize image

2016 Geelong contemporary art prize

The 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize is a signature event that assists with the development of the Gallery’s collection while fostering Australian artists and contemporary painting practice in general.

Ash Keating Marie Hagerty David Jolly Rosslynd Piggott Kate Beynon Kate Beynon Shaun Gladwell Julia Gorman Chris Langlois Magda Cebokli Warren Breninger Trevelyan Clay John Nixon Jennifer Mills Donna Lougher Jurek Wybraniec Col Jordan Sally Ross Kate Tucker Jonathan Crowther Brad Rusbridge Peter Hill Adam Pyett Jason Smith Viv Miller Penelope Aitken Robert Andrew Xiao Bai Hector Burton Deidre But Husaim Marieke Dench Michael Gromm Naomi Hobson Jan Murray Huseyin Sami Victoria Lynn Lisa Sullivan

Saturday 10 September 2016 to Sunday 13 November 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Where we find ourselves—Jo Scicluna image

Where we find ourselves—Jo Scicluna

Jo Scicluna draws upon historical landscape photographs, paintings and drawings from Geelong Gallery’s collection, her fascination with natural phenomena and her exploration of the broader region encompassing the city’s fringe and adjoining peninsula.

Jo Scicluna

Saturday 20 August 2016 to Sunday 06 November 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

After hours image

After hours

Relax in the Gallery with the ambient tunes of DJ Merv, whilst enjoying Steampocket's pop-up wine and pizza bar and a chance to intimately view the collection at dusk.

Friday 04 November 2016 to Friday 04 November 2016
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

Kenneth W Park—the fabulous world of Tiffany image

Kenneth W Park—the fabulous world of Tiffany

Join seasoned traveler and Curator of Wesley College collection, Kenneth Park, to explore the world of celebrated American artist and designer, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), whose dazzling and brilliant creations represent the best in design and decorative arts, especially of the Art Nouveau period.

Kenneth W Park

Friday 04 November 2016 to Friday 04 November 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Floor Talk, Kate Beynon—winner of the 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize image

Floor Talk, Kate Beynon—winner of the 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize

Join winner of the 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize, Kate Beynon for a floortalk to hear more about her practice and winning work, Graveyard scene/the beauty and sadness of bones.

Kate Beynon Kate Beynon

Thursday 03 November 2016 to Thursday 03 November 2016
Art talk in Victoria, Australia.

Finalists in conversation—2016 Geelong contemporary art prize image

Finalists in conversation—2016 Geelong contemporary art prize

Join Trevelyan Clay, Ash Keating and Kate Tucker, three finalists in the 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize, in a creative conversation discussing their own practice and approaches to painting and abstraction.

Ash Keating Trevelyan Clay Kate Tucker

Saturday 15 October 2016 to Saturday 15 October 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Who's who portrait prize image

Who's who portrait prize

This student prize marks Jules Francois Archibald’s connection to Geelong and aims to inspire young artists to celebrate local or regional identities, their personal histories and achievements through portraiture.

Saturday 17 September 2016 to Sunday 09 October 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

First Friday lecture: Patti Manolis—a year in review image

First Friday lecture: Patti Manolis—a year in review

Join Chief Executive Officer of the Geelong Regional Libraries, Patti Manolis, as she reviews the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre journey. Twelve months since the building opening, Patti will reflect on the evolution of the library and how its transformation has reached new audiences through unique spaces and programs.

Patti Manolis

Friday 07 October 2016 to Friday 07 October 2016
Art talk in Victoria, Australia.

Eye spy art adventure—who do you think you are? image

Eye spy art adventure—who do you think you are?

Explore the 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize and create a portrait responding to the Who’s who portrait prize. Suitable for ages 5-8. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Thursday 29 September 2016 to Thursday 29 September 2016
Art workshop in Victoria, Australia.

Eye spy art adventure for wee ones—red, white and blue image

Eye spy art adventure for wee ones—red, white and blue

Explore red, white and blue in the Gallery’s permanent collection followed with a fun, hands-on workshop. Suitable for ages 3-5. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Tuesday 27 September 2016 to Tuesday 27 September 2016
Art workshop in Victoria, Australia.

Meet Graham—the only person designed to survive on our roads image
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Meet Graham—the only person designed to survive on our roads

Evolutionary science and human vulnerability are at the centre of Graham, a new sculptural work by Patricia Piccinini that explores what we might look like if we were built to survive on our roads.

Patricia Piccinini

Thursday 11 August 2016 to Wednesday 14 September 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Selected watercolour and gouache paintings from the collection image

Selected watercolour and gouache paintings from the collection

Modern and contemporary works illustrating a variety of approaches taken by artists working with these traditional media. Includes works by Sarah Faulkner, Jackson Slattery, Mahgo Smith-Armstrong, Fred Williams and John Wolseley, among others.

Fred Williams John Wolseley Sarah Faulkner Jackson Slattery Mahgo Smith Armstrong

Saturday 16 July 2016 to Sunday 11 September 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

After hours image

After hours

Open after hours on the first Friday of each month—relax in the Geelong Gallery with our guest performer or DJ (we’ll surprise you), Steampocket pop up wine and pizza bar and a chance to intimately view the collection at dusk.

Friday 02 September 2016 to Friday 02 September 2016
Art special_event in Australia.

Victoria Lynn—trends and currency of contemporary practice image

Victoria Lynn—trends and currency of contemporary practice

Join Director of TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria Lynn as she discusses the TarraWarra Biennial 2016: Endless Circulation, identifying new trends in contemporary Australian art through an experimental platform and as a judge of the 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize, Victoria reflects on the currency of painting within the context of contemporary practice.

Victoria Lynn

Friday 02 September 2016 to Friday 02 September 2016
Art talk in Victoria, Australia.

For students: Who’s who portrait prize image

For students: Who’s who portrait prize

This student prize marks
 Jules Francois Archibald’s connection to Geelong and
 aims to encourage and inspire young artists to celebrate local or regional identities, their personal histories and achievements—through portraiture.

Tuesday 12 July 2016 to Friday 26 August 2016
Art opportunity in Victoria, Australia.

People like us image

People like us

People like us captures universal aspects of the contemporary human condition in film, animation, digital and interactive art. In a diverse collection of recent new media works by Australian and international practitioners, the exhibition also reveals the many experimental technologies being deployed by artists as they comment on issues confronting us in the 21st century.

Saturday 18 June 2016 to Sunday 21 August 2016
Art benefit in Victoria, Australia.

Black to blackest image

Black to blackest

Selected works from the Gallery's collection in which artists deploy an exclusively black palette—using paint, ink, mixed media and charcoal—with variously minimalist and expressionist approaches. Includes works by Peter Booth, Jannene Eaton, Stieg Persson, Aida Tomescu and Paul Partos, among others.

Aida Tomescu Peter Booth Stieg Persson Jannene Eaton Paul Partos

Saturday 25 June 2016 to Sunday 14 August 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Maya McFadzean—Exploring identity: Collections & Exhibitions at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum image

Maya McFadzean—Exploring identity: Collections & Exhibitions at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum

Join Dr Moya McFadzean, Senior Curator Migration and Cultural Diversity to Explore identity: Collections and Exhibitions at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum. In conjunction with MGNSW touring exhibition, People like us, Dr McFadzean will discuss collections, personal narratives and in particular Melbourne Immigration Museum's current Identity: yours, mine, ours exhibition.

Maya Mc Fadzean

Friday 05 August 2016 to Friday 05 August 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

The Drag: Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro image

The Drag: Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro

People Like Us captures universal aspects of the contemporary human condition in film, animation, digital and interactive art. In a diverse collection of recent new media works by Australian and international practitioners, the exhibition also reveals the many experimental technologies being deployed by artists as they comment on issues confronting us in the 21st century.

Sean Cordeiro And Claire Healy

Saturday 16 July 2016 to Saturday 16 July 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Let’s talk recognition—a children’s art exhibition image

Let’s talk recognition—a children’s art exhibition

With support of the Geelong Gallery Educator, students and educators from a wide range of schools and year levels explore the theme of reconciliation through classroom learning, activities and workshops.

Saturday 21 May 2016 to Sunday 10 July 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Felicity Fenner—Real human experience image

Felicity Fenner—Real human experiencePresented by Felicity Fenner, Curator of People Like Us.

People Like Us curator, Felicity Fenner discusses her curatorial adventures in pulling together projects such as the Adelaide Biennial, Australia’s show for the Venice Biennale, and Museums and Galleries NSW touring exhibition, People Like Us. Join us for a pictorial journey through some of the world’s most dynamic shows with Felicity Fenner.

Felicity Fenner

Friday 01 July 2016 to Friday 01 July 2016
Art talk in Victoria, Australia.

Geelong Botanic Gardens revealed image

Geelong Botanic Gardens revealed

A world of mysterious, rare and unusual plants is growing in our historic public Gardens. Investigate this living collection from a new perspective—the art of botanical illustration.

Saturday 30 April 2016 to Sunday 19 June 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Land of the Golden Fleece— Arthur Streeton in the Western District image

Land of the Golden Fleece— Arthur Streeton in the Western District

Geelong Gallery is delighted to announce its major exhibition for 2016 as Land of the Golden Fleece—Arthur Streeton in the Western District to be presented from 27 February to 13 June.

Arthur Streeton

Saturday 27 February 2016 to Monday 13 June 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Kenneth Park—Arthur Streeton beyond the Western District image

Kenneth Park—Arthur Streeton beyond the Western District

Join curator and presenter, Kenneth Park for a beautifully illustrated lecture looking at the works of Arthur Streeton beyond the Western District. Kenneth will discuss the three Streeton works held in the Wesley College Melbourne art collection where he is curator as well as examining Streeton's career in Australia and abroad in Europe and the evolution of his artistic style.

Arthur Streeton Kenneth Park

Friday 03 June 2016 to Friday 03 June 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

2016 Geelong contemporary art prize image

2016 Geelong contemporary art prize

Entries are now invited for the Geelong contemporary art prize 2016—the Gallery’s biennial $30,000 acquisitive award for contemporary painting. The nationally significant prize is sponsored by the Dimmick Charitable Trust.

Wednesday 02 March 2016 to Friday 20 May 2016
Art opportunity in Victoria, Australia.

Grand designs—architectural subjects in photography image

Grand designs—architectural subjects in photography

Select photographs from the Gallery’s collection that reflect the enduring appeal of grand architectural subjects and decorative interiors: from late 19th century photographs of elaborate French and Italian buildings and structures

Monday 17 October 2016 to Sunday 15 May 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

JamFactory Icon 2015—Giles Bettison: pattern and perception image

JamFactory Icon 2015—Giles Bettison: pattern and perception

Identified as the JamFactory Icon for 2015—celebrating outstanding and influential craft and design practitioners—this exhibition of works by Giles Bettison showcases his skills as a master of contemporary murrine glass.

Giles Bettison

Saturday 20 February 2016 to Sunday 08 May 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Air at Geelong After Dark image

Air at Geelong After Dark

Geelong Gallery presents a series of inspiring activities and installations responding to the theme of air. Contemporary artist Chris Langton’s works will be displayed alongside groovy-beats by DJ Merv and air-focused activities for the kids.

Friday 06 May 2016 to Friday 06 May 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Eat + drink + create image

Eat + drink + create

Settle in at the Geelong Gallery this Friday evening as part of Geelong's annual Geelong After Dark. Enjoy the Gallery's Pop up wine bar serving bar snacks, pizza, cheese boards and sweet treats, house beats by DJ Merv and a series of inspiring child-focused activities and creative installations responding to the theme of air.

Friday 06 May 2016 to Friday 06 May 2016
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

Objective observation of the natural world image

Objective observation of the natural world

James Kay, former Illustrations Curator, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, notes that: “The botanical studies that John produces are tirelessly accurate, and yet are not shackled by their attention to detail; appearing as they do as fluid as well composed illustrations.

John Pastoriza

Thursday 05 May 2016 to Thursday 05 May 2016
Art talk in Victoria, Australia.

Geoffrey Edwards' farewell image

Geoffrey Edwards' farewell

The Geelong Gallery Board and staff take this opportunity to salute the achievements of outgoing Director, Geoffrey Edwards.

Geoffrey Edwards

Thursday 28 April 2016 to Thursday 28 April 2016
Art special_event in Victoria, Australia.

A certain light—recent acquisitions image

A certain light—recent acquisitions

An exhibition that reveals the quality and diversity of the Gallery’s acquisition program, through recently acquired paintings, prints, drawings and decorative arts. Includes historical and contemporary works by Australian and International artists such as John Brack, Frank Brangwyn, Sophie Cape, William Dobell, Lesley Duxbury, Kenneth Jack, Rob McHaffie, Lloyd Rees, Sally Ross and Judy Watson.

Rob Mc Haffie William Dobell Lloyd Rees Judy Watson Rob Mc Haffie John Brack Sally Ross Lesley Duxbury Sophie Cape Frank Brangwyn Kenneth Jack

Saturday 12 December 2015 to Monday 25 April 2016
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

A Streeton soirée in the gallery image

A Streeton soirée in the gallery

Performing at the Geelong Gallery with an opening address by a member of the Streeton family, the highly acclaimed Streeton Trio will take you through a journey of chamber music once performed by Streeton's wife, Nora Clench, and an inspiration to the artist. Program includes: Mozart: Piano trio in G major K 496 and Schubert: Nocturne. Duration 2.5 hours. Light supper and drinks included.

Wednesday 20 April 2016 to Wednesday 20 April 2016
Art performance in Victoria, Australia.

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