Gallery sights in Hobart
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Hunter Street
Hunter St has a row of fine Georgian warehouses (including the old IXL jam factory) that have recently been restored and now house the super-swish Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart's new hotspot, plus affiliated restaurants and a couple of art galleries. While this development has remained true to the heritage of the area and retains much of its original façade, not all of the hotel's neighbours can make the same claim.
It's no secret that the design of the large, modern hotel and apartment complex at the corner of Davey and Hunter Sts has few admirers; many Hobartians consider it totally inappropriate for the historic area (and you'd be forgiven for feeling the same way abo…
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Carnegie Gallery
The city-council-run Carnegie Gallery exhibits mainly contemporary Tasmanian art, craft, design and photography. It is located upstairs from the Maritime Museum of Tasmania.
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Lady Franklin Gallery
The Lady Franklin Gallery, in a colonnaded 1842 sandstone building called Ancanthe (Greek for 'Vale of Flowers'), displays works by Tasmanian artists.
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