Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre

Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre’s six exhibition spaces host a vibrant program of historical and contemporary touring exhibitions of national significance, alongside curated exhibitions of established national and regional artists. The program includes the $20,000 Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture. The Gallery’s collection includes a world class collection of portraits representing Australians from all walks of life.

Visitors can participate in the Gallery’s exciting variety of programs including public events, concerts, exhibition openings, artists’ talks, demonstrations and workshops which cater for all ages. The Gallery also offers a workshop and education area, Gallery Café with indoor and outdoor seating, Gallery Shop and research library.

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre

2 Mistral Road Murwillumbah South NSW 2484

02 6670 2790

gallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au

Wed to Sun 10am - 5pm.

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre

Exhibitions

Wollumbin Art Award 2024

Group Exhibition

6 Sep - 24 Nov

Stillness: And a touch of reticence

Group Exhibition

18 Oct - 16 Mar

A Monet in Murwillumbah: Sharing the National Collection

1 Nov - 26 Oct

SENSITISED & SENTIMENTAL

Melissa Spratt

6 Sep - 17 Nov

Domestica

Deirdre Bean

5 Jul - 17 Nov

Wynne Prize 2024

7 Dec - 2 Feb

Vestiges

Emily-Sarah Boldeman

22 Nov - 9 Feb

Portraits of Love: A Mother’s Perspective

Meli Axford

22 Nov - 9 Feb

A Dictionary for Painting: Margaret Olley, Robert Malherbe and Keith Burt

23 Aug - 2 Mar

A Delicate Terrain

Group Exhibition

2 Mar - 26 Jan

Preview

The ceramics of the Central Desert

Developed in 2022 by Artback NT as part of Apmere Mparntwe—the Australian Ceramics Triennale— touring exhibition Clay on Country, showing now at New England Regional Art Museum, showcases the diversity of ceramics in the Central Desert.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Review

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

Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana and inherited influence

In Anmatyerr artist Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana’s first solo exhibition in Melbourne—which focuses on the Central Desert food source Arnwekety (bush plum)—the influence and love of her Country and culture is palpable. Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana is now showing at Niagara Galleries.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Preview

The art of caring for our environment

A Delicate Terrain, a new exhibition of works drawn from the Tweed Regional Gallery collection, looks at our relationship with the environment through the lens of contemporary art.

Briony Downes

Preview

Ellen Dahl creates a dialogue between places

In her latest exhibition at THIS IS NO FANTASY, Ellen Dahl presents works from an ongoing photographic series that has captured many sites—from the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard to Tasmania—creating a dialogue between works that center place.

Sally Gearon

Interview

Vipoo Srivilasa on heritage and healing

Vipoo Srivilasa is a Melbourne-based, Thai-born Australian artist whose ceramic artworks emanate a sense of positivity, playfulness and joy. In an interview with fellow ceramicist Sassy Park, he discusses his early introduction to the medium, curating the Australian-Asian ceramic exhibition Generation Clay, and his upcoming project re/JOY.

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Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre