2010 Archibald Prize: NSW Regional Tour

An Art Gallery of NSW exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries NSW

 

The Art Gallery of NSW Archibald Prize is one of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious art awards. Since its inception in 1921 the prize has been awarded to some of Australia’s most important artists. The exhibition continues to attract record audiences with the exhibitions regional tour booked out years in advance, making it a fantastic exhibition for regional gallery audience development

 

Goulburn Regional Art Gallery: 11 June to 11 July 2010

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery: 22 July to 22 August 2010

Tamworth Regional Gallery: 30 August to 24 September 2010

Coffs Harbour City Gallery: 4 October to 27 October 2010

Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre: 4 November to 5 December 2010

Shoalhaven City Arts Centre: 14 December to 18 January 2011

Albury Art Gallery: 27 January to 3 March 2011

 

Excessory: Contemporary Australian Jewellery

A Museums & Galleries NSW touring exhibition. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

 

Excessory is a curated exhibition of six contemporary Australian jewellery artists that explores the transformation of commonplace or ‘excess’ materials, including paper, discarded plastics, cans and animal materials into objects of aesthetic, cultural and commercial value.

 

Itinerary:

Manly Regional Gallery & Museum, NSW - 30 July 2010 to 29 August 2010

Rockhampton Art Gallery, Qld. - 10 December 2010 to 20 February 2011

Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW - 2 March 2011 to 10 April 2011

Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW - 11 May 2011 to 21 June 2011

Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, VIC - 28 June 2011 to 9 August 2011

 

STUDIO: Australian Painters Photographed by R. Ian Lloyd

An exhibition by R. Ian Lloyd Productions toured by Museums & Galleries NSW

 

STUDIO: Australian Painters Photographed by R. Ian Lloyd presents the award-winning photographer’s large format portraits of 61 of Australia’s most acclaimed painters in their studio environment – be it an inner city loft, suburban kitchen or sandy earth of the outback – containing extraordinary and revealing detail about each artist and their work.

 

Touring from 2011 to 2013

Mark Vaarwerk
brooch orange
2009
expanded polystyrene food box, polystyrene vacuum cleaner casing, permanent marker ink, stainless steel, sterling silver
From the exhibition Excessory: Contemporary Australian Jewellery

Mark Vaarwerk - brooch orange