 Historic section ofStorey Hall at RMIT's City campus, home to RMIT Gallery | |
| Established | 1977[1] |
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| Location | Melbourne,Victoria,Australia |
| Type | public,university |
| Director | Helen Rayment[2] |
| Owner | RMIT |
| Website | rmitgallery |
RMIT Gallery is an Australian publicart gallery located inMelbourne,Victoria. It is the main art gallery of theRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
RMIT Gallery opened on 16 March 1977.[1] It is housed in the historic section ofStorey Hall, built in 1887, on RMIT'sMelbourne City campus.[3]
The gallery is considered to be one of Melbourne's most vibrant art spaces and has a constantly changing exhibition program ofarchitecture,craft,contemporary art,design,fashion, andfine art.[4][5][6] It also presents regular talks, lectures, discussion, and public events and publishes widely on art and design research in partnership with RMIT Publishing.[3][7][8]
The gallery is also charged as the caretaker of RMIT's permanent University Art Collection.[9] The collection includes the substantial Linsday Edward Collection offine art and the invaluable W.E. Macmillan Collection ofgold andsilver—as well as a number of other sub-collections. The Linsday Edward Collection has a strong focus onAustralian art. It holds works by leading Australian artists (many of whom are alumni or former faculty of RMIT) such as:Howard Arkley,John Brack,Leonard French,Roger Kemp,Inge King,Max Meldrum,John Olsen,Lenton Parr,Fred Williams, and others.[10]
A history of the art collection is documented in the publicationA Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind: A Guide to the Architecture and Art of RMIT.
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