Niagara Galleries

Established in 1978, Niagara is one of the leading contemporary galleries in Australia. The gallery represents over 45 artists from around the world including painters, printmakers, sculptors, ceramacists, photographers and multi-media and installation based artists.

Originally located in Niagara Lane in Melbourne’s CBD, Niagara Galleries has occupied 245 Punt Road in Richmond since 1984. Since its inception, the goal of the gallery has been to exhibit outstanding and important contemporary art.

The gallery, through its annual Blue Chip exhibitions has played an important role in rediscovering artists like Ralph Balson, Grace Cossington-Smith, Clarice Beckett, Helen Maudsley, Tony Tuckson and Ian Fairweather amongst others.

Niagara Galleries

245 Punt Road Richmond VIC 3121

03 9429 3666

niagaragalleries.com.au

Wed to Sat 12pm–5pm,
or by appointment.

Preview

Laure Prouvost meets the real with the ludicrous

French-born/Belgium-based Laure Prouvost animates her first major Australian survey with her hallmark absurdism. ‘Oui Move In You’ is showing now at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.

Josephine Mead

News

Archie Moore wins Golden Lion Award

Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore has won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale for his monumental work, kith and kin. It marks the first time Australia has won the award in the event’s 130-year history.

Briony Downes

Feature

Talking pageantry with Scotty So

Endlessly inventive, the work of Hong Kong-born, Melbourne-based artist Scotty So spans photography, painting, video work, and drag performance. With a dual exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, So talks about pageantry, begonias and queens.

Amelia Wallin

Preview

A rising in the east explores Japanese arts and disability

A collaboration between Perth Festival, DADAA gallery and studio, and four Japanese arts and disability organisations has resulted in A rising in the east—an exhibition that asks what artists with disabilities can achieve when offered the resources.

Barnaby Smith

Feature

“Think about the women who made this”: A Century of Quilts examines our material culture

In 1841, the women aboard a British convict ship crafted a large-scale quilt known as ‘The Rajah quilt’. It’s one the most requested items from the National Gallery of Australia’s collection—and it’s now showing alongside a further 21 quilts, many crafted by women.

Jane O'Sullivan

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.

Niagara Galleries

Niagara Galleries

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