This is a final farewell for the galleries before the
Collection is packed away and the Mildura Arts Centre staff’s attention is redirected to the conservation and safe keeping of the artworks during the theatre redevelopment shut down period.
Artworks by Anglo-Irish artist Sir William Orpen including The English Nude, which has in recent years travelled the globe on loan to some of the world’s prominent art institutions, and his beautiful Portrait of Grace, 1907 will be on show in the lower galleries. Alongside, more work by English artist Sir Frank Brangwyn that will complement his large scale murals in the ground floor galleries which will include a selection of paintings and works on paper.
The upper galleries will showcase artworks acquired during the 1960s to 1990s, including artwork by well known Australian artists John Firth-Smith, John Olsen and Wes Walters. The hang will also include a number of two dimensional works acquired during the era of the Mildura Sculpture Triennials. The Triennials were a series of important contemporary art events that took place between 1961 and 1988. The inheritance of these events is a significant number of substantial public sculptures in and around Mildura, including the Mildura Arts Centre lawns and along Deakin Avenue.