Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania

The Plimsoll Gallery is located on Hobart’s historic waterfront, a short walk from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG), Salamanca Place and the city centre. The Plimsoll showcases touring and curated exhibitions of innovative local, national and international contemporary art and design, in addition to the work of the School of Creative Arts and Media, Research Higher Degree and Honours examinations students.

The Plimsoll Gallery is the University’s showcase gallery and one of the key not-for-profit contemporary art venues in Hobart’s cultural precinct and in Tasmania. The gallery’s mission is to position Tasmanian contemporary art and design within the broader national and international context, auspice aligned discourse and activate community engagement.

Located in the School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania, Hunter Street, Hobart.

Enter from Hunter St > Follow the path between Entrepôt Gallery> School of Creative Arts courtyard. The Plimsoll Gallery is to the right of the large sculptures, to the left of the foot of stairs.

Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania

37 Hunter St, Hobart TAS 7000, Australia

03 6226 4353

utas.edu.au/creative-arts-media/events/plimsoll-gallery

Mon to Sat 11am–4pm, closed Sun and public holidays.
See our website for latest information.

Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania

Exhibitions

Between Waves

Between Waves

Group exhibition

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

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

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

The apocalypse as imagination and resilience: Must-sees at the 24th Biennale of Sydney

This year’s Biennale of Sydney centres the “profound changes of the 21st century” from migration to diaspora to climate change—and how communities show perpetual resilience. From delicate kites to images of nuclear war, here’s our round up of what you can’t miss.

Art Guide Editors

Rosalind Lemoh on glass and gravity

“Heat and gravity were as much the materials as the glass itself,” says Rosalind Lemoh on her latest show at Canberra Glassworks that explores new mediums and influences for the Gundaroo-based artist.

Briony Downes

Nadine Christensen explores the unextraordinary

Nadine Christensen’s survey exhibition at Buxton Contemporary spans more than two decades of her practice, bringing together 80 works that explore the quotidian with substantial depth and humour.

Anita King