Design and Art Australia Online

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Description

The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

Website

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/

Private collections

The University of Western Australia Art Collection, Perth, WA

Website

http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/collections/uwaac

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA

Description

The Art Gallery of Western Australia was founded in 1895. It is located in the Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge, with the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia.

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

Description

The Art Gallery of South Australia was founded in 1881. It is located at the heart of Adelaide’s cultural boulevard, North Terrace, between the South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide.

Website

http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS

Website

http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/qvmag/index.php?c=3

Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC

Description

Established in 1886, the Warrnambool Art Gallery offers a diverse collection of artworks, from elegant European salon paintings to the Avant-garde modernism of the Angry Penguins.

Artworks range from romanticised colonial landscapes to contemporary Australian printmaking by Juan Davila, Barbara Hanrahan and Ray Arnold.

Website

http://www.thewag.com.au/

Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, VIC

Description

Australia’s leading contemporary and historic ceramics collection. Ceramics since 1970.

2011 – Shepparton Art Gallery rebranded Shepparton Art Museum. (SAM)
SAM Collection focus is Australian ceramics and contemporary Australian art.
International and contemporary Indigenous Australian ceramics acquired via the Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramics Award and Indigenous Ceramic Art Award, respectively.

Website

http://www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au/

La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC

Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC

Description

Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC

Description

Founded in 1913, the Castlemaine Art Museum (previously named Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum) has a unique collection of exclusively Australian art and fascinating historical artefacts reflecting the early history of the district.

Website

http://www.castlemainegallery.com/

Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC

Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC

Description

The Benalla Art Gallery presents an exhibition program of Australian and international art in the Bennett Gallery, in addition to the permanent collection which includes elements of the region’s history and recounting an Australian-European settlement story. The collection continues to develop with recent acquisitions including outstanding Indigenous and contemporary Australian artworks.

Website

http://www.benallaartgallery.com/

City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

Australian National University, Canberra, ACT

Parliament House, Canberra, ACT

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

Description

Website

http://cs.nga.gov.au/Default.cfm

Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW

University of Adelaide, SA

Queensland Art Gallery

Website

http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/