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We are pleased to share that Hugo Michell Gallery will be open during the following hours prior to Christmas, with an exhibition of works from the Hugo Michell Gallery Stockroom on display until the 20th of December.
Tues – Fri: 10am - 5pm
Sat – Mon: CLOSED
21 December 2024 to 7 January 2025: CLOSED
Open by appointment from 7 January
Please save the date for our first exhibitions for 2024 on Thursday 6 February with solo shows by Fiona McMonagle and Lucas Grogan.
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Artist Talks | William Mackinnon & Amy Joy Watson in conversation with Hugo Michell
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William Mackinnon
1000 Joys and 1000 Sorrows
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Amy Joy Watson
Until Sunbeams Find You
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Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.
We’re delighted to share that the Heide Museum of Modern Art is currently showing Richard Lewer’s ‘Making Contact with Colin McCahon’, which has been newly acquired for the Museum collection through the Ann Bennett Acquisition fund.
Drawn from a body of work the artist describes as ‘Disaster Narratives’, consisting of a painted inventory of personal mishaps, embarrassments and social calamities, the pictures in this exhibition tell of two awkward encounters: one that took place while Lewer was a resident artist in Aotearoa/New Zealand at McCahon House, and the other when he participated in the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York city.
With his wry ambiguous humour Lewer addresses oddly memorable interactions with visiting curators in each location, two of whom he is closely acquainted with and the other a prospective international connection. Naturally everything goes wrong and the visits are undercut by wild assumptions, an unwelcome summoning of spirits, and a curator with an extreme aversion to the cold.
The 2024 Ann Bennett Acquisition will be on display from 12 October 2024 to 30 March 2025 in Heide’s Kerry Gardner & Andrew Myer Project Gallery.
Pictured: Richard Lewer, I was on the McCahon residency in NZ when I had some out of towners Alexie Glass-Kantor and Emily Cormack arrived to stay the night. After dinner they decided to do a seance and try and make contact with Colin McCahon. I wanted no part as I didn't know what to say to my hero Colin if we'd got hold of him. Alexie and Emily went ahead without me and thankfully they got hold of a sailor spirit who'd been there before McCahon. Phew (installation view), 2024, Heide Museum of Modern Art. Photography by Christian Capurro
James was never at a loss for words and would want us to take this opportunity to say how much he loved and appreciated his many and varied friends from all walks of life and corners of the world; from the Greek Islands he loved so much, from England where he spent formative years, from the artistic hub of Adelaide, from his birthplace Melbourne, from the community he chose to call home in Keith and beyond.
We would invite you all to join us in celebrating the life of a truly original artist, farmer, activist, environmentalist, family man and friend.
James Darling’s Celebration of Life
2pm on Sunday 13th of October.
Norwood Concert Hall
175 The Parade, Norwood
(Main entrance on George St)
RSVP please – https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1296397
All welcome
With our love,
Lesley, Julian and Bernice, Alice and Damien
Pictured: James Darling on Duck Island property, 2018. Photo courtesy of JumpgateVR.
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Ildiko Kovacs
Fallen into Line
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Sam Gold
The Marrow of a Swollen River
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Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.
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Binygurr Wirrpanda
Dancing Brolgas
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Min Wong
You can’t talk butterfly language to caterpillar people
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Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.
Julia Robinson’s solo exhibition ‘Split by the Spade’ and publication launches on 30th July at Adelaide Central Gallery.
Julia Robinson’s ambitious new installation ‘Split by the Spade’ is the latest entry in her ongoing series of odes to the folk horror genre. This exhibition promises to be a finely crafted, immersive experience by Robinson, highly esteemed graduate and staff member of Adelaide Central School of Art and the 2024 SALA feature artist.
Since 2003, Julia Robinson's textile-focused sculpture and installation practice has ruminated on enduring human narratives around sacrifice, sex, and death. Living and working on Kaurna land in Adelaide, South Australia but drawing on the folkloric and, importantly, folk horror traditions of her British ancestry, Robinson conflates humour and horror in ever more unexpected ways. In this, the first major publication dedicated to Robinson's practice, curator Leigh Robb, novelist and poet Hannah Kent, and visual artist Jess Taylor examine her work through their respective lenses and weave together the visual art, literature, folklore, and film most influential to Robinson's practice. The essays and poems contained within are accompanied by reproductions of key works in stunning detail which reveal the artist's keen understanding of historical costuming and sewing techniques. This monograph surveys over twenty years of a prolific and wildly imaginative visual art practice, that combines exceptional technical skill, fantastical invention and thoroughly researched cultural touchstones.
‘Split by the Spade’ will be on display at Adelaide Central Gallery from 30 July to 6 September as part of the 2024 SALA Festival.
Congratulations to Zaachariaha Fielding, Ildiko Kovacs, and Richard Lewer who have been selected as finalists in the 2024 Mosman Art Prize!
Also congratulating previous exhibiting artist Marisa Purcell and Christopher Zanko, who will be exhibiting with us in 2025, for also being named as finalists.
The Mosman Art Prize is the longest running and most prestigious municipal art prize in Australia. Winning entries form the basis of the Mosman Art Collection, a valuable and historic collection that surveys Australian painting since 1947. The Mosman Art Prize is an acquisitive award of $70,000 sponsored by Mosman Council.
Finalist works will be on display from 10 August to 6 October 2024 at Mosman Art Gallery, NSW.
Richard Lewer, Let Me Tell You a Story, 2024. Acrylic on found table, 150 x 90 cm
Zaachariaha Fielding, Paralpi, 2024, acrylic on linen, 152 x 122 cm
Ildiko Kovacs, Shine, 2024, oil on linen, 122 x 70 cm.
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