Tweed Regional Art Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
A: 2 Mistral Rd, Murwillumbah South, NSW Australia
P: +61 2 6670 2790
Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre is housed in a large, modern, architecturally award-winning building with views to Wollumbin/Mount Warning.
The Gallery’s seven exhibition spaces present a dynamic program of historical to contemporary touring exhibitions, alongside exhibitions showcasing the work of regional and national artists presented exclusively at the Tweed Regional Gallery. The program includes the Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture. An extensive collection of portraits representing Australia’s diverse community is a highlight of the Gallery’s permanent collection.
Visitors can participate in a range of complementary public programs and workshops catering for all ages and abilities. The Gallery also includes a workshop and education space, a research library, Gallery Shop and Café with indoor and outdoor seating.
The Margaret Olley Art Centre (MOAC) celebrates the career, life and legacy of Margaret Olley, Australia’s most celebrated painter of still life and interiors. MOAC combines exhibitions, interactives and the permanent re-creation of areas of Olley’s famous home studio. MOAC is complemented by the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio.
Gallery open 10am – 4pm Wednesday to Sunday. Free entry. Bookings required for groups of 10 or more people.
Café open 10 am – 4pm Wednesday to Friday and 9am – 4pm on weekends.
AWARDS
The Olive Cotton Award is a $20,000 biennial national award for excellence in photographic portraiture in memory of photographer Olive Cotton. The exhibition is selected from entrants across Australia and is a significant opportunity for established and emerging photographers. The winning work is acquired for the gallery’s collection.
FACILITIES
- Cafe
- Free guided tours
- Gallery shop
- Library
- Onsite parking
- Parklands
- Wheelchair access
- Workshops & classes
Image: Tweed Regional Gallery. Photo: David Sandison. Courtesy: Tweed Regional Gallery, South Murwillumbah.
FEATURED STORIES AND EXHIBITIONS
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Emily Riches
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Emily Riches2025-03-18 10:32:172025-03-18 10:32:17Luther Cora: Breast Plates
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Emily Riches
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Emily Riches2025-03-03 11:15:432025-03-03 11:15:43Group Exhibition: Painting Life: Margaret Olley and Works from the Collection
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Emily Riches2025-02-03 13:47:522025-02-03 13:47:52Minghua Xiang: Finding Harmony in Hope
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Emily Riches2025-02-03 13:42:462025-02-03 13:42:46Group Exhibition: Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali
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Accounts2024-09-24 19:57:552024-09-24 20:35:20Deirdre Bean: Domestica
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Accounts2024-06-24 02:34:362024-06-24 02:34:36Group Exhibition: Margaret Olley from the collection
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Accounts2024-05-27 01:15:412024-05-27 01:15:41Emily Ebbs: Slow, Motions
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Accounts2024-04-23 01:42:112024-05-02 07:59:17Group Exhibition: Know My Name, Australian Women Artists
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Accounts2024-03-25 22:18:432024-03-28 06:22:13Kat Shapiro Wood: Precipice, The Edges of Things
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Accounts2024-03-25 22:17:342024-03-25 22:17:34Group Exhibition: A Delicate Terrain
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Accounts2024-02-26 03:56:022024-02-26 03:56:02Group Exhibition: Synergy, identity, portraiture and the moving body
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Accounts2024-01-30 04:14:102024-01-30 04:14:10Grace Fayrer: Murmurs from Nowhere
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Accounts2023-11-21 05:27:202023-11-21 05:27:23Group Exhibition: Three Echoes – Western Desert Art
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Accounts2023-10-22 06:46:292023-10-22 06:46:29Margaret Olley, Laura Jones, India Mark and Mirra Whale: Light & Life
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Accounts2023-09-26 00:16:162023-09-26 00:16:16Group Exhibition: Recent Acquisitions, Tweed Regional Gallery Collection
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Accounts2023-08-27 02:14:532023-08-27 02:15:14Group Exhibition: BSA 10 Years
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Accounts2023-07-30 20:25:012023-07-30 20:25:01Clare Belfrage: In the Glow of Green
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Accounts2023-06-24 18:55:192023-06-24 18:55:19Group Exhibition: 2023 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture
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Accounts2023-05-25 03:46:542023-05-25 03:50:46Julie Fragar: Biograph
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Accounts2023-04-26 22:15:152023-04-26 22:15:15Susie Dureau: The River in the Sky
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Accounts2023-03-29 14:53:052023-03-30 01:19:01Margaret Olley: Far from a Still Life
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Accounts2023-02-23 05:47:142023-09-26 00:20:14Group Exhibition: One foot on the ground, one foot in the water
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Accounts2023-01-29 05:50:542023-01-29 05:50:54Group Exhibition: The Female Gaze, Women by Women Artists
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Accounts2022-12-04 05:20:002022-12-05 07:14:03Lindy Lee: Flowing Everywhere and Always
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Accounts2022-10-14 15:54:082022-10-14 15:54:41Michael Cook: The Mission
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Rosy Leake2022-10-12 15:46:482022-10-12 15:46:48Winners announced for the new Wollumbin Art Award 2022
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Accounts2022-09-26 14:31:322022-09-26 14:31:32Wollumbin Art Award 2022
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Accounts2022-08-30 13:30:592023-09-26 00:26:15Margaret Olley: The Art of Flowers
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acmag20192022-06-23 11:23:452023-09-26 00:26:22Group Exhibition: ARTEXPRESS 2022
