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Jam Factory Contemporary Craft & Design Centre
Quality contemporary local arts and crafts, plus a hell-hot glass-blowing studio (watch from the balcony above) turning out gorgeous glass.
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Tamworth Regional Gallery
In purpose-built premises next to the library, the gallery has some interesting local bequeaths and more modern roving exhibitions.
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Cowra Regional Art Gallery
The gallery has a permanent collection and exhibitions. For art alfresco, take a peek beneath Lachlan River bridge to see murals painted by Aboriginal artist Kim Freeman.
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Karen Brown Gallery
Commercial gallery specialising in changing exhibitions of contemporary Aboriginal art.
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24HR Art
Changing and challenging exhibitions by the Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art.
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Tiwi Art Network
The office and showroom for three arts communities on the Tiwi Islands.
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Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
PICA may have a traditional wrapping (it's housed in an elegant 1896 school) but inside it's anything but, being one of Australia's principal platforms for cutting-edge contemporary art.
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National Gallery of Australia
The national gallery has a stunning collection of over 100,000 works of art representing four major areas: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander, Australian (from colonial to contemporary), Asian and international. Treasures range from traditional Aboriginal art to the controversial Blue Poles by Jackson Pollock. The spectacular Art of the Indian Subcontinent gallery showcases one of the largest subcontinent collections outside of India.
There's also a striking Sculpture Garden, drawings, photographs, furniture, ceramics, fashion, textiles and silverware. Visiting exhibitions usually attract an admission fee. In addition to regular all-inclusive guided tours, there's also a
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Mulgara Gallery
Quality handmade Australian arts and crafts are displayed here. Each month brings a new artist in residence.
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MONA
Moorilla's newest attraction is MONA, the $75 million Museum of Old and New Art, which Moorilla owner David Walsh describes as 'a subversive adult Disneyland'. The extraordinary installation is arrayed across three underground levels concealed inside a sheer rock face. Ancient antiquities are showcased next to more recent works by Sir Sidney Nolan and British enfant terrible, Damien Hirst. Even if you're not an art fan, don't miss this eccentric, but world-class, museum. Catch the Moorilla ferry from Hobart's Brooke St Pier.
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Mbantua Fine Art Gallery
Vivid Utopian designs painted on everything from canvasses to ceramics.
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Katherine Public Art & Craft Galley art gallery
The low-key gallery is home to the Katherine Collection, a community-owned collection of interesting local art. There are a couple of amazing photos from the '98 flood here too.
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Design Centre of Tasmania
On the fringes of City Park, the excellent Wood Design Collection showcases local creations in wood, with more sassafras, Huon pine and myrtle than you can shake a stick at. There's also top-notch craftwork for sale – great for classy Tassie gifts.
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Australian Experimental Art Foundation
A focus on innovation, with a bookshop specialising in film, architecture, culture and design.
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Art Gallery of Western Australia
Founded in 1895, this excellent gallery houses the state's pre-eminent art collection, with the Indigenous galleries providing the highlight. Free tours take place daily.
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Araluen Arts Centre
For a small town, Alice Springs has a thriving arts scene and the Araluen Arts Centre is at its heart. There is a 500-seat theatre and four galleries with a focus on art from the central desert region.
The Albert Namatjira Gallery features works by the artist, who began painting watercolours in the 1930s at Hermannsburg. The exhibition draws comparisons between Namatjira and his initial mentor, Rex Battarbee and other Hermannsburg School artists. It also features 14 early acrylic works from the Papunya Community School Collection.
Other galleries showcase local artists, travelling exhibitions and newer works from Indigenous community art centres.
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