A vibrant place in the heart of the city, Canberra Museum and Gallery celebrates the region's social history and visual arts with dynamic exhibitions and unique community programs and events.
Housing a permanent collection, Reflecting Canberra, and a variety of local, national and international exhibitions, CMAG provides a refreshing insight to the integration of social history and the visual arts.
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Past Exhibitions
January - December 2010
CMAG Recent Acquisitions
24 July - 21 November
Gallery 5
An exhibition featuring visual art and social history objects recently
acquired for the CMAG collection.
Wattle
3 July – 31 October
Open collection
Admire Edwin Ride’s collection of objects featuring Australia’s floral emblem.
This exhibition illustrates the development of wattle as a symbol of Australia over the last 150 years. The exhibition will coincide with the 100th
anniversary of National Wattle Day on 1st September 2010.
Something in the Air:
Collage and Assemblage in Canberra Region Art
20 June – 10 October 2010
CLOSING SOON
Gallery 2/3
An exhibition of 40 artists working with found objects, assemblage and collage, highlighting the influences of international art movements and the unique landscape of the Canberra region.
1960s Canberra
13 March – 11 July 2010
Gallery 5
An exhibition celebrating aspects of the swinging sixties in the Canberra region, drawing on the Social History and Visual Arts collections of CMAG.
Kirsten Farrell
5 March – 30 May 2010
Gallery 4
An installation that explores a fictional landscape of Canberra, using the conventions of mapping in transparent forms that hover between painting and sculpture. Part of an ongoing series of site-specific works of art by Canberra artists responding to CMAG’s glass-fronted gallery on Civic Square.
Jude Rae
6 February – 6 June 2010
Gallery 3
An exhibition of still life paintings by Canberra-based artist Jude Rae, winner of the Portia Geach Memorial Award for portraiture in 2005 and 2008.
Ruth Waller
6 February – 6 June 2010
Gallery 2
A major survey exhibition of works by artist Ruth Waller, Head of the Painting Workshop at the ANU School of Art.
Caught in the ACT:
Crime and Punishment in the ACT
19 September - 24 January
Gallery 2/3
Convicts, bushrangers, crims and cops are taking over CMAG! Come and
delve into the dark recesses of Canberra’s history with this exhibition which explores crime, the law and punishment in the Canberra region since
European occupation.
Prints and Drawings
from the CMAG Collection
6 November 2009 – 28 February 2010
Gallery 5
A lively selection of prints and drawings from the CMAG permanent collection showcasing a diverse range of graphic practice from the Canberra region from the 1950s to the present.
Elizabeth Kelly
28 November 2009 – 21 February 2010
Gallery 4
An extraordinary installation of glass, one of an ongoing series of site-specific works of art by Canberra artists responding to CMAG’s glass-fronted gallery on Civic Square
Dale's Cars
24 October 2009 - 7 February 2010
Open Collection
An exhibition showcasing an amazing collection of toy cars amassed
by a local Canberra collector.
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