TarraWarra Museum of Art

The TarraWarra Museum of Art Limited was established as a company limited by guarantee in October 2000. It is the first privately funded, significant public visual arts museum to be set up under the Australian Government’s philanthropic measures announced in March 1999. TWMA operates as a not-for-profit institution, with a charter to display Australian art from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day.

311 Healesville-Yarra Glen Road Healesville VIC 3777

03 5957 3100

www.twma.com.au

Tues to Sun 11am - 5pm.
*TarraWarra Museum of Art is temporarily closed to the public in line with the latest public health directions from the Victorian Government. TarraWarra Museum of Art is due to reopen 28 November.

What you can’t miss at RISING 2022

Melbourne’s RISING festival of art, music and performance is something of a fever dream, having been delayed from 2020 and then running for just one night in 2021 before again being impeded by lockdowns. Now taking place this June with over 200 events by 800 artists, it may be tricky deciding what to see—so here’s our top picks, with tickets still available.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Gene Sherman on collecting art, migrating to Australia and progressive politics

Known as one of Australia’s preeminent art collecting couples, South African emigres Gene and Brian Sherman’s private art collection “bears testament to our life and love as a couple”. Having collected over 900 pieces by artists including Janet Laurence and Ai Weiwei, Gene explains why some of this collection is going to auction—but amidst this is an even bigger conversation on art itself, migration, asylum seekers and posterity.

Steve Dow

Winners of the Victorian Craft Awards announced

The winners of the 2022 Victorian Craft Awards have been announced, with Blanche Tilden winning ‘The Lynne Kosky Award for Contemporary Jewellery’, alongside another five award categories recognising craft in its many forms—and there’s a stunning finalist exhibition on display at Craft Victoria.

TarraWarra Museum of Art