Ararat Gallery TAMA

Ararat Gallery TAMA (Textile Art Museum of Australia) was established in 1968 and since that time has established a unique place in Australia’s visual arts world for its commitment to presenting and collecting textile and fibre art.

The gallery holds arguably the most comprehensive textile and fibre-based art collection of in Australia, representing work from the early 1970s through to today. The gallery’s dedication to celebrating excellence, innovation and diversity in contemporary textile and fibre art practice has made it a beacon for lovers of textiles from around the world.

82 Vincent Street, Ararat VIC 3377, Australia

03 5355 0220

araratgallerytama.com.au

Daily 10am—4pm.
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About Face mirrors the alluring world of contemporary portrait painting

About Face is a smart piece of marketing. The new book on portrait painting from Australia and New Zealand has a mission to change buyers’ minds about the field. But as Jane O’Sullivan discovers, any sales pitch wears thin if it’s repeated often enough, and the close attention to how portrait painting is received by the market means that other important conversations fade to the background.

Jane O'Sullivan

Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana and inherited influence

In Anmatyerr artist Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana’s first solo exhibition in Melbourne—which focuses on the Central Desert food source Arnwekety (bush plum)—the influence and love of her Country and culture is palpable. Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana is now showing at Niagara Galleries.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

A compact but rewarding monograph that delves inside Natalya Hughes’s layered practice

Natalya Hughes has a conflicted fascination with modernist men like Freud, Kirchner and de Kooning. Jane O’Sullivan takes a look at The Interior, the Institute of Modern Art monograph on her recent practice, and discovers difficult and provocative questions about not just the representation of women in art and culture, but also the careers of women artists in Australia.

Jane O'Sullivan

The photography of Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto captures uncertainty, ruin and empty splendour

Born in 1948, Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto works with photography, site-specific sculpture and architecture. Time Machine at the Museum of Contemporary Art surveys over five decades of his work, highlighting his conceptual approach to images and his continual investigation of the photographic form.

Jane Simon

Ararat Gallery TAMA