Current and upcoming exhibitions

SIXTY: The Journal of Australian Ceramics 60th Anniversary 1962–2022

Opening date : 22-03-2024   Closing date : 19-05-2024

SIXTY: The Journal of Australian Ceramics 60th Anniversary 1962–2022 is a special Australian Design Centre (ADC) On Tour exhibition project presented in partnership with The Australian Ceramics Association to acknowledge this significant anniversary.

Unshackled: The True Convict Story

Opening date : 13-03-2024   Closing date : 28-07-2024

Unshackled tells a new story of convict Australia drawn from recent discoveries within the UNESCO listed convict records. It highlights the shared but different experiences of the dispossessed poor, the political radicals and First Nations resistors across Australia who were forced into the convict system.

Lands of Light: Lloyd Rees and Tasmania

Opening date : 07-03-2024   Closing date : 27-10-2024

This exhibition celebrates the work of Lloyd Rees (1895-1988), particularly his works painted in Tasmania between 1967 and 1988. Rees was one of the pre-eminent Australian landscape artists of the twentieth century and a highly accomplished painter, draughtsman and printmaker.

Vestige

Opening date : 15-12-2023   Closing date : 31-03-2024

Vestige is an exhibition responding to the Hamilton Inn sofa, one of the most significant colonial period design objects in the TMAG collection.

Hidden Creature Gallery

Opening date : 04-10-2023   Closing date : 28-04-2024

Ever wondered what museum objects might say if they came to life? This unique augmented reality experience will bring alive 25 digital creatures hiding across TMAG.

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