Shepparton Art Museum

Shepparton Art Museum, affectionately known as SAM, has developed a reputation as one of regional Australia’s leading cultural institutions. Shepparton Art Museum is located approximately two hours north-east of Melbourne.

SAM’s collection focuses on Australian ceramic artworks, and has a growing collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. It includes ceramics, paintings, works on paper, photography, sculpture and textiles, and there are currently 4,000 items contained in the SAM collection.

Entry to the Shepparton Art Museum is FREE for all exhibitions.

Shepparton Art Museum

530 Wyndham St, Shepparton VIC 3630, Australia

03 4804 5000

sheppartonartmuseum.com.au

Mon & Wed to Fri 10am–4pm,
Sat to Sun 10am–5pm.
Closed Tuesdays.

Exhibitions

Face in the Frame

SAM Collection

30 Oct

Julia Gorman: Reflection on reflection

6 Nov - 1 Feb

Kenny Pittock: Can You Peel The Love Tonight

18 May - 17 Feb

Ceramics in Focus: Brendan Huntley

27 Jul - 31 Mar

Stories from the SAM Collection

1 Nov - 1 Nov

Ceramics in Focus: Sanné Mestrom

27 Jul - 31 Mar

Big Ceramic Energy

SAM Collection

3 Aug - 1 Feb

Book Reviews

65,000 Years brings truth telling to art history

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art is an extraordinary account of the unique art of this continent, published alongside a landmark exhibition at the Potter Museum of Art. Necessary and urgent, it tells the story of Indigenous Australian art; a new art history unlike anything we’ve seen. For Jane O’Sullivan, it’s a remarkable and must-read book.

Jane O'Sullivan

Feature

Oslo Davis reimagines art terms

In a new series of illustrated postcards available as a free gift with purchase only at the Art Guide Bookstore, Oslo Davis takes on classic and contemporary art terms and genres and reimagines what they could be referring to.

Oslo Davis

Feature

The major exhibitions open in each capital city this summer

With so much to choose from, we’ve rounded up the major summer exhibitions in each capital city, open all summer long. Spanning Yayoi Kusama, Magritte, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, and many more.

Art Guide Australia

Feature

20/20 vision: on the legacy of un Magazine

un Magazine was conceived to champion courageous art criticism in an art world too often shaped by power and influence, a mission that still endures two decades on.

Andrew Stephens

Book Reviews

‘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

Preview

Reviving the potter’s quarter

In an expansive show at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, seven leading Australian ceramic artists have reinvigorated one of Australia’s oldest museum collections by creating a contemporary potter’s quarter—known as the ‘kerameikos’ in Ancient Greece.

Shepparton Art Museum