Melbourne attractions
Fox Collection
Melbourne attractions
The Fox Classic Car Collection of prestige cars is housed in the historic Queen’s Warehouse building located in the Melbourne’s Docklands precinct. The building is at the foot of the Collins Street Bridge. The $15M collection includes the Bentley, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche, Mercedes Benz and Rolls Royce makes of car. This remarkable Australian collection has up to 80 vehicles exhibited at any one time. The design, production details, engine features and specifications are of interest to all car enthusiasts. Many of the vehicles have a history of interesting ownerships and developments.
Fox Collection : 749 – 755 Collins Street, Melbourne
Website : www.foxcollection.org
Phone : (03) 9620 4086
ACCA
Melbourne galleries, Melbourne attractions
ACCA (Australian Centre For Contemporary Art) is Melbourne’s major public contemporary art space, presenting changing seasons of international and Australian exhibitions, events and public programs. The artistic program combines adventurism, emotion and intellectual rigour to provide a constantly challenging and exciting experience for visitors. ACCA’s distinctive steel building opened in 2002. Designed by Melbourne based architects, Wood Marsh, it delivers spaces that are unique, sophisticated and majestically scaled. From the outside it appears like a timeless monolith presenting a dynamic, sculptural form that hints at the excitement within.
ACCA : 111 Sturt Street, Southbank
Website : www.accaonline.org.au
Phone : (03) 9697 9999
Dianne Tanzer Gallery
Melbourne galleries, Melbourne attractions
Dianne Tanzer gallery was established in 1989. The gallery is dedicated to exhibiting a group of select artists who are committed to presenting significant and innovative art. The gallery’s vision is to work with the artist equally in the pursuit and realisation of artistic recognition.
Dianne Tanzer Gallery : 108 - 110 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
Website : www.diannetanzergallery.net.au
Phone : (03) 9416 3956
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces
Melbourne galleries, Melbourne attractions
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces was founded in 1983 as a non profit contemporary art complex of gallery spaces and studio facilities. The organisation provides professional support to artists in the early stages of their careers through exhibition, studio and associated cultural exchange and public programs which address the relationship between contemporary art practices and current critical debate.
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces : 200 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
Website : www.gertrude.org.au
Phone : (03) 9419 3406
Redrock Gallery
Melbourne galleries, Melbourne attractions
Redrock Gallery is recognized as one of Australia’s s premium Aboriginal Art galleries. The gallery is a showcase for some of the most highly respected and successful Indigenous artists in Australia. Contemporary in style and space, redrock gallery showcases selected works of established as well as emerging Indigenous Artists, notable amongst them being Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrla, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre, Kathleen Petyarre, Michael Nelson Tjakamarra, Gracie Morton, Josie Petrick Kemarre, Ada Bird Petyarre, Waslala Tjapaltjarri, Pansy Napangardi, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Long Jack Tjakamarra and more. Since this land was inhabited thousands of years ago, the Indigenous people of Australia have painted as a way of passing on their law and culture to the next generation. The sharing of these traditional dreaming stories with a wider audience has led in recent times, to a mounting interest in the visual art of Indigenous Australians, both in Australia and overseas.
Redrock Gallery : Shop 5/6 Mid level 3 Southgate Avenue, Southbank
Website : www.redrockgallery.net
Phone : (03) 9686 0663
Melbourne Museum
Melbourne attractions
Situated in Carlton Gardens and next to the historic Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Museum is an exciting and innovative attraction - including permanent and touring exhibitions, dynamic performances and events, cafés, IMAX Theatre, gift shop, and undercover parking.
Melbourne Museum : 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton
Website : melbourne.museum.vic.gov.au
Phone : 131102
Tolarno Galleries
Melbourne galleries, Melbourne attractions
Tolarno Galleries has been at the cutting edge of contemporary Australian art for many years. Four artists have represented Australia at the Venice Biennale and the exhibition program attracts the attention of collectors, curators and critics from around the globe. With a reputation for showing fresh (often young) artists, it may come as some surprise to know that Tolarno galleries was established in 1967. It has shown some of Australia’s - and the world’s best known artists, from Bonnard to Sol Le Wit and Jeff Koons.
Tolarno Galleries : Level 4, 289 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Website : www.tolarnogalleries.com
Phone : (03) 9654 6000
Axia Modern Art
Melbourne galleries, Melbourne attractions
Axia Modern Art is committed to advancing exceptional, contemporary art and studio glass through a program of exhibitions by Australia’s most significant artists. Axia offers 37 years’ experience in consulting to private, corporate and public collectors. Axia’s artists are commercially and critically successful and are represented in the world’s major collections including MoMA New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum London, Bibliotheque Nationale France, and the National Gallery of Australia. Clients can access insight from consultants qualified in art history and visual art practice. Regular artist talks engender a more profound understanding of contemporary Australian artists and the techniques they employ. Axia is proud of its reputation for ongoing service, accessibility, and of its position at the forefront of Australia’s commercial galleries.
Axia Modern Art : 1010 High Street, Armadale
Website : www.axiamodernart.com.au
Phone : (03) 9500 1144
Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery
Melbourne galleries, Melbourne attractions
Gabrielle Pizzi has been exhibiting contemporary Australian Aboriginal art since 1983 and opened Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi in Flinders Lane, Melbourne, in 1987. The Gallery represents the work of artists from the communities of Balgo Hills, Papunya, Utopia, Maningrida, Haasts Bluff, and the Tiwi Islands, as well as work by the most innovative city-based painters, photographers, video artists and installation artists such as Julie Gough, H. J. Wedge, Leah King-Smith, Brook Andrew, Christian Thompson and Michael Riley. The Gallery is also renowned for promoting the careers of lesser-known artists.
Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery : Level 3, 75 - 77 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Website : www.gabriellepizzi.com.au
Phone : (03) 9654 2944
HelenGory Galerie
Melbourne galleries, Melbourne attractions
HelenGory Galerie is nestled in the renowned fashion and food area of Greville and Chapel Streets, Prahran (Melbourne, Australia). The interior gallery has been reviewed as comparable to ‘entering a New York warehouse style space’. helengory galerie prides itself on maintaining accessibility, by being informative and creating a relaxed atmosphere for clients. Since 1995 HelenGory Galerie has been committed to exhibiting up and coming and mid-career artists that reflect the pulse of Melbourne and Australia. “Melbourne’s haven for fresh and unique contemporary art”.
HelenGory Galerie : 25 St. Edmonds Road, Prahran
Website : www.helengory.com
Phone : (03) 9525 2808
