Lon Gallery

LON is an artist led contemporary art gallery that supports critically engaged art practices.

LON Gallery began as a project space in 2016 based on a non-profit model that primarily supported emerging artists. The gallery established a formal program in 2019, which provided the opportunity to work with a select number of artists in depth and to foster the critical development of their practices. The gallery represents a diverse group of artists at various stages in their careers and maintains a strong curatorial focus on thematic group exhibitions. LON operates out of its premises in Richmond as well as regularly engaging in off site exhibitions and art fairs.

LON Gallery is located in Naarm/ Melbourne, Australia.

Lon Gallery

136a Bridge Road, Richmond Victoria, Australia

0400 983 604

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Thurs to Sat 12noon–5pm

Feature

It is unexpected and oddly refreshing to see Andy Warhol in a regional Australian art gallery

Until 2026, Wanneroo Regional Art Gallery will be showing 53 original artworks by one of the most famous artists of the 20th century: Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol ICONS includes famous works such as Elvis (1963), Campbell’s Soup Cans (1968) and Marilyn (1967).

Christina Chau

Feature

First Nations artists share their sun stories

For the 24th Biennale of Sydney, Paris-based Fondation Cartier has commissioned 14 new works by Indigenous artists across the globe, curated by renowned Kuku Yalanji artist, Tony Albert.

Neha Kale

Feature

The 10 new (and reopening) art spaces you need to know about

From revamped industrial sites to brand new spaces in Sydney, to openings in Adelaide, Melbourne, Cottesloe and Darwin—across Australia there’s a flurry of new and reopening gallery activity.

Art Guide Australia

Interview

Talking with the 24th Biennale of Sydney artistic directors Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero

“It’s a call for the celebration of the multiplicity of perspectives, and the gathering of different viewpoints.” Ahead of the Biennale’s opening this weekend, we talk with long-time collaborators Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero about how this year’s Biennale is one of celebration, not fatalism.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

News

Polka dot summer: The NGV announces Australia’s largest Yayoi Kusama retrospective exhibition

The National Gallery of Victoria has unveiled their summer blockbuster exhibition for 2024–2025. Yayoi Kusama’s signature polka dots and pumpkins, along with world-premiere work, will appear in Australia’s largest retrospective exhibition of the Japanese artist.

Art Guide Australia

Feature

Around the world: Inside the art of nine Biennale artists

With scores of artists in the current 24th Biennale of Sydney, we look at nine artists from around the world participating in the event, from a Japanese queer icon to a Polish film director, to creations of Māori barkcloth to Indian tattoos.

Lon Gallery

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