Tweed Regional Art Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre

A: 2 Mistral Rd, Murwillumbah South, NSW Australia

P: +61 2 6670 2790

E: tweedart@tweed.nsw.gov.au

W: artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au

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

Deirdre Bean: Domestica

Tweed Regional Gallery presents works by Deirdre Bean

Group Exhibition: Margaret Olley from the collection

Tweed Regional Gallery presents works by Margaret Olley, alongside artworks by contemporary Australian painters and photographers who have responded to Olley’s art, life and legacy.

Emily Ebbs: Slow, Motions

Tweed Regional Gallery presents work by Emily Ebbs.

Group Exhibition: Know My Name, Australian Women Artists

Tweed Regional Gallery presents a National Gallery Touring Exhibition.

Kat Shapiro Wood: Precipice, The Edges of Things

Tweed Regional Gallery presents work by Kat Shapiro Wood.

Group Exhibition: A Delicate Terrain

Tweed Regional Gallery presents a group exhibition featuring work from the Gallery collection.

Group Exhibition: Synergy, identity, portraiture and the moving body

Tweed Regional Gallery presents work by Atong Atem, Gerwyn Davies, Tim Georgeson and Sue Healey.

Grace Fayrer: Murmurs from Nowhere

Tweed Regional Gallery presents works by Grace Frayer.

Group Exhibition: Three Echoes – Western Desert Art

Tweed Regional Gallery presents a group exhibition curated by Djon Mundine OAM FAHA.

Margaret Olley, Laura Jones, India Mark and Mirra Whale: Light & Life

Tweed Regional Gallery presents work by Margaret Olley, Laura Jones, India Mark and Mirra Whale.

Group Exhibition: Recent Acquisitions, Tweed Regional Gallery Collection

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre presents an exhibition of recently acquired artworks.

Group Exhibition: BSA 10 Years

Tweed Regional Gallery presents a group exhibition by Bryon School of Arts.

Clare Belfrage: In the Glow of Green

Tweed Regional Gallery presents work by Clare Belfrage.

Group Exhibition: 2023 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture

Tweed Regional Gallery presents the 2023 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture.

Julie Fragar: Biograph

Tweed Regional Gallery presents work by Julie Fragar.

Susie Dureau: The River in the Sky

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre presents works by Susie Dureau in partnership with the National Art School.

Margaret Olley: Far from a Still Life

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre presents work by Margaret Olley drawn entirely from the Gallery collection.

Group Exhibition: One foot on the ground, one foot in the water

Tweed Regional Gallery presents the group exhibition One foot on the ground, one foot in the water.

Group Exhibition: The Female Gaze, Women by Women Artists

Tweed Regional Gallery presents The Female Gaze: Women by Women Artists.

Lindy Lee: Flowing Everywhere and Always

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre presents work by Lindy Lee.

Michael Cook: The Mission

Tweed Regional Gallery presents 'The Mission' by Michael Cook

Winners announced for the new Wollumbin Art Award 2022

Amber Wallis takes out top $15,000 prize with painting 'Ivy With Eyes'.

Wollumbin Art Award 2022

Tweed Regional Gallery presents Wollumbin Art Award 2022.

Margaret Olley: The Art of Flowers

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre presents: Margaret Olley: The Art of Flowers

Group Exhibition: ARTEXPRESS 2022

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre presents ARTEXPRESS, an annual exhibition featuring a selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the art-making component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts in NSW.