Tolarno was an integral player in Melbourne’s most famous midcentury artistic marriage: that between Georges and Mirka Mora. The gallery was once raucously bohemian, but now, many years and several sites later, it’s a serious, cerebral, contemporary space, with exhibitions changing monthly. It's not well signed; look for it in the art-deco Centenary Hall building.
Tolarno Galleries
Melbourne
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