CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN GLASS
24 May - 31 July

A survey of some of the masters of contemporary Australian studio glass from a private collection and Hamilton's permanent collection

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THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS AND I THINK YOU KNOW: GRAEME FINN VIDEOS
Until 5 June

This suite of short videos is themed around impressions of six European cities.  Graeme trained as a painter in the 1990s at the Victorian College for the Arts and now lives near Hamilton.  He recently spent three years in Europe where he made the videos.  The Hamburg Contemporary Art Museum liked them and purchased the entire series.

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UKIYO E - JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS
Until 22 May

The Gallery received a generous gift of Japanese prints in 2009 and this, their first public showing, is complimented with prints already in the collection.

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ORIENTAL COLLECTION
from the permanent collection
on permanent display

In 1973 a collection of Indian and Nepalese artefacts was added to the Gallery's extensive oriental collection by Miss Margaret Barber. The gallery named after her also displays the Shaw Bequest oriental ceramics from the major dynasties: Han (25-220), Tang (618-906), Song (960-1279), Ming (1368-1644) & Qing (1644-1914), Indian and Nepalese artefacts and hard stone carvings.

SPIRIT IN THE LAND
Toured by NETS VICTORIA
19 May - 10 July

Artists represented include Thomas Clark, Frederick Woodhouse, Frederick McCubbin, Louis McCubbin, Septimus Power, Arthur Streeton, Will Ashton, Hans Heysen, Sidney Nolan, Charles Blackman, John Olsen and Roger Kemp.

PAUL SANDBY (1731-1809)
from the permanent collection
on permanent display

In 1972, the State Government of Victoria purchased for the Gallery a large collection of works by Paul Sandby (1731-1809), known as The Father of English Watercolour. The Sandby collection of 29 watercolours and 74 etchings was purchased from C.C.L. Gaussen and Lady Mary Gaussen of 'Gringegalgona', a homestead near Hamilton.