Counihan Gallery

The Counihan Gallery In Brunswick is Moreland Council’s public art gallery and has a focus on presenting contemporary art exhibitions. The gallery endeavours to encourage discussion and debate about contemporary art and culture through its public program of floor talks, forums and workshops.

The Counihan Gallery opened in 1999 and is named in honour of the Australian artist and activist Noel Counihan (1913-1986), who was a champion of social justice and a vocal supporter of free speech.

The Counihan exhibition program reflects a commitment to political activation, sustainability, and creative expression.

The Counihan Gallery acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people as the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways in the area now known as Merri-bek. They pay respect to their Elders past, present, and emerging, as well as to all First Nations communities who significantly contribute to the life of the area.

233 Sydney Road Brunswick VIC 3056

03 9389 8622

www.merri-bek.vic.gov.au/exploring-merri-bek/arts-merri-bek/counihan-gallery/

Open Wednesday to Saturday
11am to 5pm

Sundays
1pm to 5pm.

Closed on public holidays and from mid-December to early February.

John Nixon: A Poet of Prints

Known as a great avant-garde painter, the late John Nixon also created hundreds of prints—which, as those who knew Nixon can attest, exemplify his minimalism, experimentalism, and his interlacing of life and art. John Nixon—Four Decades, Five Hundred Prints is currently on display at Geelong Gallery.

Autumn Royal

Doing it the Womanifesto way

The grassroots women’s art collective Womanifesto, which formed in Thailand in 1995, did not shut down with the rest of the world in 2020. Instead, it adapted, and now the works made by the Sydney contingent during that time are showing at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Mike Parr on catharsis and confrontation

Since the 1960s Mike Parr has been defining performance art. Known for his performances of extremis, from hacking off a fake arm to burying himself underneath a Tasmanian road for three days. With a new, three-part exhibition at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Parr talks about catharsis, the institutionalisation of performance art, and the motivations behind what he does.

Tiarney Miekus

Counihan Gallery