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We’re so grateful to our volunteers, who contribute an enormous amount of time, commitment and passion to the Gallery.
 
This year’s theme, Your Year to Volunteer, reminds us of the power of volunteering to build meaningful connections and make a difference.
 
We’re incredibly proud to have this wonderful group as part of our Gallery team. We couldn’t do it without you.

Tomorrow morning, art and stories come together at Storytime & Gallery Tots. ⁠
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This winter, Geelong Gallery is partnering with @geelonglibraries for a special program designed to spark curiosity, imagination, and a little creative wandering. Through interactive storytelling, play-based activities, and artworks explored together, the morning unfolds somewhere between storytime and discovery.⁠
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No bookings required, drop in between 10.30 and 11.30am.⁠
Location: Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, Level 2

After-hours—Discovering the Impressionists tickets are LIVE!  
 
FIRST 50 TICKETS SOLD ENJOY DISCOUNTED TICKETS, grab your tickets before they sell out!  
 
Bring friends, take your time, and let an evening of art, music and conversation unfold. 
 
Purchase via the link in bio. 
 
geelonggallery.org.au/events/outreach/after-hours

After-hours—Discovering the Impressionists tickets are LIVE!  
 
FIRST 50 TICKETS SOLD ENJOY DISCOUNTED TICKETS, grab your tickets before they sell out!  
 
Bring friends, take your time, and let an evening of art, music and conversation unfold. 
 
Purchase via the link in bio. 
 
geelonggallery.org.au/events/outreach/after-hours

After-hours—Discovering the Impressionists tickets are LIVE!  
 
FIRST 50 TICKETS SOLD ENJOY DISCOUNTED TICKETS, grab your tickets before they sell out!  
 
Bring friends, take your time, and let an evening of art, music and conversation unfold. 
 
Purchase via the link in bio. 
 
geelonggallery.org.au/events/outreach/after-hours

After-hours—Discovering the Impressionists tickets are LIVE!  
 
FIRST 50 TICKETS SOLD ENJOY DISCOUNTED TICKETS, grab your tickets before they sell out!  
 
Bring friends, take your time, and let an evening of art, music and conversation unfold. 
 
Purchase via the link in bio. 
 
geelonggallery.org.au/events/outreach/after-hours

Farewell to works by some of Australia’s leading text-based artists, including these striking pieces by Rose Nolan, which have occupied the Gallery as part of Art + Language over the past two months.⁠
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Images:Art + Language, installation view with works by Rose Nolan, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis, © the artists

Farewell to works by some of Australia’s leading text-based artists, including these striking pieces by Rose Nolan, which have occupied the Gallery as part of Art + Language over the past two months.⁠
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Images:Art + Language, installation view with works by Rose Nolan, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis, © the artists

Farewell to works by some of Australia’s leading text-based artists, including these striking pieces by Rose Nolan, which have occupied the Gallery as part of Art + Language over the past two months.⁠
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Images:Art + Language, installation view with works by Rose Nolan, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis, © the artists

Discover Impressionist paintings by Berthe Morisot at Geelong Gallery from 20 June.⁠
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Morisot was introduced to Paul Durand-Ruel by Édouard Manet in 1868, with Durand-Ruel purchasing works from her in 1872 and 1873.⁠
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An artist who is now heralded as defining the Impressionist style with her unique and innovative approach, Berthe Morisot's work elicited mixed reviews from contemporary critics. This lecture will examine the life and career of this extraordinary artist, the sole woman who exhibited work alongside twenty-nine men in the new Impressionist movement’s first group exhibition in 1874.⁠
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Tickets on sale now.

Last days to experience Jon Campbell—yEAH / dUNNO at Geelong Gallery.⁠
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Visit this week for a final look at Campbell’s sharp, funny and optimistic observations before the exhibition closes this Sunday 24 May.⁠
Free entry. ⁠
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Image: Jon Campbell—yEAH / dUNNO, installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis, © the artist⁠

Congratulations to @richard_lewer who this time last week was announced as the winner of the Archibald Prize 2026, Australia’s most prestigious portrait award. ⁠
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Lewer, who has been a six-time Archibald Prize finalist (including last year when it toured to Geelong), has taken out this year’s prize for his portrait of Pitjantjatjara Elder, senior artist and ngangkari (traditional healer) Iluwanti Ken. ⁠
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This is a fantastic moment for an artist whose recent exhibition I Only Talk to God When I Want Something was presented by Geelong Gallery and loved by audiences. ⁠
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We warmly congratulate Richard Lewer on this outstanding achievement in winning the Archibald Prize 2026. ⁠
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Image: Hails and Shine

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Minimal presents works from Geelong Gallery’s Collection by Australian artists at the forefront of this international movement during the second half of the twentieth century. Several of these artists lived, worked and exhibited in New York during the 1960s and 1970s alongside leading American minimalists. While drawn to New York’s vanguard art scene during this dynamic period, they arrived from Australia with established ties to progressive art circles in Melbourne, where two commercial galleries and a landmark exhibition were pivotal to the development of abstraction. ⁠
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Closing this weekend, visit now. ⁠
Free entry. ⁠
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Image: Minimal, installation view, work by Howard Arkley, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis, © The Estate of Howard Arkley, Courtesy Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art

Visit Art + Language this weekend for your final chance to see the exhibition. ⁠
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Across a diverse array of works, spanning seven decades, the exhibition explores artists’ enduring engagement with language as a means for creative investigation, critical inquiry, and poetic expression. ⁠
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Free entry. ⁠
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Images: Art + Language, installation view with works by Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis, © the artists

Visit Art + Language this weekend for your final chance to see the exhibition. ⁠
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Across a diverse array of works, spanning seven decades, the exhibition explores artists’ enduring engagement with language as a means for creative investigation, critical inquiry, and poetic expression. ⁠
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Free entry. ⁠
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Images: Art + Language, installation view with works by Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis, © the artists

Visit Art + Language this weekend for your final chance to see the exhibition. ⁠
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Across a diverse array of works, spanning seven decades, the exhibition explores artists’ enduring engagement with language as a means for creative investigation, critical inquiry, and poetic expression. ⁠
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Free entry. ⁠
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Images: Art + Language, installation view with works by Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis, © the artists

Who was Eric Thake? ⁠
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Born in Melbourne in 1904, and studying at the National Gallery Art School from 1922 and later with George Bell, Eric Thake’s early career followed a familiar pattern for Australian artists born around the turn of the century. What distinguished Thake from his peers, however, was his unique way of looking at the world. Making prints, drawings, paintings and photographs throughout a career that spanned five decades, Thake united a singular vision, which transformed the everyday into the spectacular and the surreal, with a whimsical sense of humour and refined modernist aesthetic. ⁠
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Our upcoming exhibition celebrates Eric Thake’s long connection to Geelong Gallery and the region. Throughout his life, he regularly visited and depicted scenes around Port Phillip Bay, and during his retirement lived with family in Newtown. His first solo exhibition was held at Geelong Gallery, Pubs and Bars (1976); in 1986, the Friends of the Gallery and Gallery Grasshoppers provided funds for the acquisition of Thake’s extensive Christmas card suite; and a major painting, completed during his final decade in Geelong, 'Brasilia at Corio' (1976), was acquired in recognition of the Geelong Art Gallery Foundation’s 40th Anniversary in 2024.⁠
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Geelong Gallery is currently raising funds to help deliver Eric Thake—Do You See What I See this summer.⁠
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Please support our Annual Appeal and make your tax-deductible donation today. ⁠
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Image: Richard Beck, 'Portrait of Eric Thake, painting in his studio' 1975, Australian War Memorial, © Estate of Eric Thake

Discover Impressionist paintings by Monet at Geelong Gallery from 20 June.⁠
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Art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel was one of Claude Monet’s earliest and most loyal supporters, purchasing his works when few others would.⁠
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Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand-Ruel, art dealer among the artists, tells the story of Durand-Ruel, who, over a lifetime devoted to art, purchased and promoted more than 12,000 paintings to help ensure Impressionism became known and celebrated around the world.⁠
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Tickets on sale now

Thoughtful Mother’s Day finds are waiting in the Geelong Gallery Store for anyone still searching for a last-minute gift. Open 10am to 5pm today and tomorrow.