Craft Victoria
Stephen McLaughlan Gallery
Flinders Lane Gallery
Southbank Sth Melbourne
Watson Place, 171 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9650-7775. E craft@craft.org.au W www.craft.org.au Free entry. H Mon-Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Sun and public hols. To March 10 Fresh! for its 25th anniversary of Fresh! Craft presents the work of 13 recent graduates in contemporary craft, design and fine art practice.
137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9654-3332. E info@flg.com.au W www.flg.com.au Director: Claire Harris. H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00. Please consult website for any opening hours changes. Our extensive stockroom can also be viewed on our website. To March 17 Gallery 1: Zero Zero Zero by Richard Blackwell. Gallery 2: Particle Fever by Dion Horstmans. March 20 to April 7 Gallery 1: Solo Exhibition by Kathrin Longhurst. Gallery 2: Night Bloom by Meg Cowell.
Magda Nakamarra Curtis, Lappi Lappi Dreaming, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 122cm Courtesy the artist and Flinders Lane Gallery
Level 8, Room 16, 37 Swanston Street (cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne 3000. T 0407-317-323. W www.stephenmclaughlangallery.com.au Director: Stephen McLaughlan. H Wed-Fri 1.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00 or by appt. Feb 28 to March 17 Camille McDonald. March 21 to 31 Matthew Engert.
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
111 Sturt Street, Southbank 3006. T (03) 96979999. W www.acca.melbourne Free admission. H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 12.00 to 5.00, Mon by appt. To March 25 Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism – a major Australian exhibition exploring feminist concerns in recent contemporary art practice. Unfinished Business asks why the movement might be of ongoing relevance and necessity. The second in ACCA’s Big Picture Summer exhibition series will explore trans-generational legacies, inheritances and shifts alongside contemporary conditions. Developed by ACCA Artistic Director Max Delany and ACCA Senior Curator Annika Kristensen in collaboration with a curatorium of leading Australian artists and curators including Paola Balla, Julie Ewington, Vikki McInnes and Elvis Richardson. The exhibition features works by over 40 artists and has been conceived to animate critical, albeit underrepresented practices and debates within contemporary Australian art and society. See ad page 15.
fortyfivedownstairs
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9662-9966. E briar@fortyfivedownstairs.com W www.fortyfivedownstairs.com H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat 12.00 to 4.00. To March 3 Uncanny Life – artifact and identity contemporary jewellery, objects and sculpture by Jan Donaldson. Also, Save Me painting and sculpture by Anna Taylor. March 6 to 17 Thousand kisses deep painting and printmaking by Lisa Sewards (see ad page 79). Also, Bird as totem sculpture, drawing and printmaking by Mike Nicholls. March 20 to April 7 Daily Encounters painting by Robyn Rich. Also, The Language of Colour: A Textile Journey textiles by Yunuen Pérez.
78 Melbourne
Giselle Stanborough, Giselle Dates (installation view), 2016-17, interactive performance and site-specific multimedia installation, dimensions variable Photograph: Zan Wimberley Courtesy the artist and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art