Landscape art has been central to how Australians see themselves and their country. It's not just about painting pretty scenery. Artists have been working with the land here for over 200 years, starting with colonial painters trying to capture the 'wild frontier' and moving through to today's work on land rights, climate change, and how Indigenous people connect with country. Walk through galleries in Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin or Perth and you'll see red deserts, rainforests in Tasmania, coastal cliffs, and inland plains that exist nowhere else. These paintings, drawings and sculptures tell genuinely Australian stories.
Nicholls, Canberra
Aarwun Gallery opened in 1999 in Canberra and shows work by Australian artists. You'll find everything from paintings to prints, ceramics, glass, and bronze sculpture. They work across a fair range - landscape and portrait painting, contemporary art, and Indigenous art.
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West End, Brisbane
Aboriginal Art Co Gallery is a First Nations-led not-for-profit in West End, Brisbane (QLD 4101) that shows contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. You'll find paintings, sculptures, fibre art, and wearable pieces here, along with cultural artefacts from Indigenous artists. They run both a physical space and sell online. The gallery also puts on exhibitions, runs workshops, and does art tours.
Emerging · Mid
Sydney, Sydney
Aboriginal Art Galleries in Sydney's Queen Victoria Building focuses on contemporary Indigenous Australian art from Central Australian and remote communities. The gallery works with a range of established and emerging Aboriginal artists who paint in traditional dot painting styles and other mediums, depicting Dreaming stories, bush medicine narratives, and ceremonial themes.
Nicholls, Canberra
Aboriginal Dreamings Gallery is a long-standing Canberra gallery that deals in ethically sourced Australian Indigenous art and craft from communities and art centres around the country. The gallery runs rotating exhibitions roughly every four to six weeks and has built up a collection ranging from work going back to the 1970s through to pieces made today. It's committed to supporting Indigenous artists' rights and holds membership in both the Indigenous Art Code and the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia.
Darwin City, Darwin
Aboriginal Fine Arts is a Darwin gallery that works directly with Indigenous artists across the NT to stock their work. They've been running for over 30 years, dealing in paintings, bark artworks, and artefacts. The mob there reckon fair partnerships with artists matter, so they make sure the communities and cultural traditions get proper support out of it.
Emerging · Mid
Fremantle, Perth
Anya Brock Gallery is an online studio and physical gallery space in Fremantle, WA 6160, working in contemporary paintings, prints, and illustrated homewares. You'll find abstract and figurative work here: landscapes, botanical pieces, birds, and designs inspired by reef life. They do original paintings, limited and open edition prints, plus a range of homewares. If you're after something custom, they take commissions and personal portraits, and they run art workshops too.
Redfern, Sydney
APY Gallery is an Indigenous-owned collective of art centres showcasing contemporary Aboriginal art from the APY Lands, remote South Australia and Adelaide. The gallery represents early-career and established artists, offering paintings, ceramics, works on paper and printmaking across three physical locations and online, with an ethical 80/20 commission model that prioritises artist and community income.
Melbourne, Melbourne
Arc One Gallery is a contemporary space in central Melbourne, located on Flinders Lane. It represents an established group of Australian and international artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking and mixed media. The gallery focuses on contemporary and experimental work, handling artist representation and commissions.
Edwardstown, Adelaide
Art by Farquhar is a family-run Adelaide gallery that works with contemporary Aboriginal artists from the Central Desert and APY Lands. They buy directly from the artists and their families, which means you're getting genuine paintings, prints and photography straight up, each with a certificate of authenticity. They're members of the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia and take pride in paying artists fairly, being transparent about where work comes from, and supporting Indigenous creators. You can shop in person or online.
Emerging · Mid
Perth, Perth
Art Collective WA is an independent Perth gallery that represents a solid range of Western Australian painters, sculptors and mixed-media artists. The space shows contemporary work across landscape, abstract and figurative practices, with a real focus on oil painting and three-dimensional forms that explore colour, material and place-based ideas.
Adelaide, Adelaide
Art Of Roscoe is a studio gallery tucked in Adelaide's Regent Arcade. They focus on oil paintings of Australian landscapes, Arkaroola, coastal scenes, the red centre. The place rotates through exhibitions with work from both emerging and established artists, and they stock prints and reproductions too, plus have resident artists working there.
Emerging · Mid
Woollahra, Sydney
Art2Muse Gallery, based in Woollahra NSW 2025, represents 54 artists working in painting, sculpture, mixed media and works on paper. They offer art consultation and handle delivery and installation, with a focus on contemporary figurative and abstract pieces.
Hobart, Hobart
Artefacts started up in 1986 as a not-for-profit artist-run co-operative in Hobart's Salamanca Arts Centre. Four core artists work through the gallery, each focused on jewellery, textiles, painting or leather crafts. They also bring in rotating makers who specialise in ceramics, woodwork and decorative arts to commission work.
Darlinghurst, Sydney
Arthouse Gallery is a commercial Sydney gallery in Darlinghurst that works with a number of contemporary Australian artists doing painting, printmaking, sculpture, and ceramics. They focus on figurative, landscape, and abstract work, with a strong interest in both up-and-coming and established painters who are interested in themes around place, identity, and nature.
Emerging · Mid · Established
South Fremantle, Perth
Artitja Fine Art Gallery in South Fremantle focuses on contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from remote parts of Australia. They stock paintings, works on paper, sculpture and ceramics from artists based in desert and Top End communities. Since opening in 2004, the gallery has backed these artists and made sure their stories and voices stay front and centre.
Camperdown, Sydney
Artsite Contemporary is a Sydney gallery focused on contemporary Australian art across many mediums and styles. The gallery works with a range of established local and Indigenous artists, running rotating exhibitions and stocking available works. Located in Camperdown, it opens weekends by appointment and also does consultancy and event hire.
Emerging · Mid
Paddington, Brisbane
Aspire Gallery sits in Paddington, Brisbane and works with more than 70 contemporary artists. You'll find affordable to mid-range original paintings, prints and mixed media across the board here. They stock everything from landscapes and seascapes to figurative work and abstracts, plus themed collections focused on coastal and floral subjects.
Emerging · Mid
Collingwood, Melbourne
Australian Galleries opened in 1956 and now runs spaces in Melbourne and Sydney. They show work by significant contemporary Australian artists, with an extensive collection and a monthly exhibition program covering painting, sculpture, prints, works on paper, and photography.
Paddington, Sydney
Australian Galleries started in 1956 and now runs gallery spaces and storage facilities in both Melbourne and Sydney. They focus on contemporary Australian art, handling everything from paintings and sculptures to prints, drawings, and photos. The gallery works with plenty of different artists and puts on monthly shows that mix work from their regular roster with guest artists.
Surry Hills, Sydney
Badger and Fox Gallery is in a heritage terrace in Surry Hills (NSW, 2010) and specialises in original fine art from the 17th century through to now. The space is fairly compact, which means you get a proper look at whatever's on show. They stock a solid range, including contemporary work, modern and emerging artists, indigenous pieces, photography, drawings, prints and works on paper.
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Adelaide, Adelaide
Bearded Dragon Gallery is run by Community Bridging Services Inc. as a social enterprise. It displays and sells contemporary art from both emerging and established artists. The gallery stocks paintings, ceramics and prints in different styles, and really puts the focus on making art accessible to the wider community.
Emerging · Mid
Hobart, Hobart
Bett Gallery is based in Hobart and works with a range of contemporary Tasmanian and Australian artists. You'll see paintings, photographs, sculptures, and mixed-media pieces there, covering everything from abstract and figurative work through to landscape art. What stands out is the focus on artists who are genuinely interested in exploring land, place, and environmental issues in their practice.
Carlton, Melbourne
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Emerging · Mid
Griffith, Canberra
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Emerging
Sydney, Sydney
CBD Gallery is a contemporary space in Sydney's CBD that works with six represented artists across painting, sculpture, and textiles. You'll find everything from portraits and figurative pieces to abstract and landscape painting, covering both emerging and established contemporary work.
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Darlinghurst, Sydney
Chalk Horse opened in 2007 in Darlinghurst as a contemporary art gallery. It represents a mix of Australian and international artists, runs curatorial projects around Sydney and Asia, and works to promote Australian artists overseas. In 2026, the gallery expanded into Thailand with CHOK MAA, an artist residency in Bangkok that offers studio space and exhibition opportunities.
Hobart, Hobart
Colville Gallery is a contemporary art space in Hobart run by appointment only from Collins Street. It represents Tasmanian and Australian artists working in painting, sculpture and mixed media. The gallery works with both established and emerging practitioners, concentrating on contemporary work.
West End, Brisbane
Creative Room Art Space is a Brisbane gallery that works with a range of contemporary painters, sculptors, and textile artists. You'll find figurative works, landscape and botanical painting, printmaking, and textile art here. The artists use all sorts of materials, oil and watercolour, bronze sculpture, ceramics. The gallery runs solo and group shows, holds artist workshops, and backs both established and emerging artists.
Fremantle, Perth
Current is an artist-run gallery in Fremantle, WA 6160 that focuses on contemporary and experimental art. The space lets artists test out different ideas, whether that's sculpture, ceramics, painting, or mixed media work from newer and more experienced artists alike. They run regular exhibitions and take submissions from the public through an open call process.
Woollahra, Sydney
They focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, working with a solid group of both established and up-and-coming Indigenous Australian artists. You'll find Western Desert paintings and historical bark paintings in their collection. The gallery shows up at major international art fairs and handles primary market sales and private commissions.
Paddington, Sydney
Defiance Gallery operates out of Paddington, Sydney, and represents a range of contemporary Australian artists who work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media. They show landscape, seascape, figurative and abstract pieces, though painting is their main focus. The gallery runs regular exhibitions for emerging and mid-career artists, administers the Defiance Award, and works on conservation projects.
Emerging
Hobart, Hobart
Despard Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery in Hobart, Tasmania, that focuses on figurative and landscape painting. The gallery works with established and emerging Australian artists, showing oil paintings, mixed-media works, and photographic pieces. They run regular exhibitions and offer private sales as well.
Mid
Rushcutters Bay, Sydney
Dominik Mersch Gallery opened in 2006 at Rushcutters Bay and focuses on work by emerging, mid-career and established Australian and European artists. The shows are conceptually strong and visually compelling. The gallery runs exhibitions, panel discussions, performances and special projects in its physical space and online, attracting serious collectors and sparking real conversation about what's happening in contemporary art today. NSW 2011.
Woollahra, Sydney
Fellia Melas Gallery in Woollahra, NSW, represents work from some of Australia's top contemporary and established artists. You'll find figurative and landscape paintings, sculpture, and printmaking across the space. The gallery operates in both primary and secondary markets, running regular solo and group shows with a solid stockroom of available pieces.
Paddington, Brisbane
Field Trip is a contemporary art gallery in Paddington, Brisbane, showing rotating exhibitions of modern art. You'll find painting, ceramics, mixed media, photography and textiles on the walls. The gallery works with both established and emerging artists, and they put on talks and community events pretty regularly.
Woolloomooloo, Sydney
Firstdraft is a non-profit, artist-run gallery in Woolloomooloo that backs experimental contemporary art. They run exhibitions, commissions and writers programs. The gallery shows emerging and established artists working in painting, moving image, sound, textiles, drawing and digital practice. They focus on risk-taking, inclusion and artistic labour.
Emerging
Melbourne, Melbourne
Flinders Lane Gallery sits in Melbourne's Nicholas Building and shows work by both established and up-and-coming Australian artists. They focus on painting, sculpture, prints and other contemporary art, with a steady stream of exhibitions on rotation.
Surry Hills, Sydney
Flinders Street Gallery in Surry Hills, NSW 2010, runs contemporary art shows with both up-and-coming and established artists. You'll find painting, drawing, and mixed media on display. The gallery rotates its exhibitions regularly, showing work from the artists they represent, which covers everything from figurative stuff through to abstraction and landscapes.
Collingwood, Melbourne
Fox Galleries is a contemporary art space in Collingwood, Melbourne, that works with a number of artists doing all sorts of conceptual and visual work. Since 2016, they've been putting on monthly exhibitions of both older and newer pieces, and they've got a private sales area where you can get valuations and insurance assessments done.
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Surry Hills, Sydney
Gallery 144 is a contemporary art gallery in Surry Hills, Sydney, that works with both established and emerging artists. You'll find painting, printmaking, mixed media and sculpture on the walls. The artists the gallery represents work across abstract, figurative and landscape styles.
Emerging
Marrickville, Sydney
Gallery 371 is an artist-run space in Marrickville, Sydney. They put on rotating shows of contemporary art from local and international artists. The gallery handles a pretty broad range of work and styles. You'll find painting, watercolours, mixed media and photography. There's plenty of representational stuff too, including seascapes, landscapes and figurative pieces. The place has a friendly vibe and a real community feel about it. They run group shows and solo exhibitions with both up-and-coming and more established artists.
Norwood, Adelaide
Gallery Lenuancier in Adelaide deals in contemporary paintings and drawings. You'll find oil, acrylic, and watercolour work on the walls, along with charcoal and pastel pieces. The gallery also stocks artisanal goods. There's a decent range of prices and mediums if you're after something specific.
Emerging · Mid
Prahran, Melbourne
Gallerysmith is a contemporary art gallery in Melbourne that focuses on collectible work by both established and up-and-coming Australian artists. The place stocks over 600 original pieces covering painting, sculpture, ceramics and photography. They'll help you out with art advice tailored to what you're after, framing, getting work installed properly, and they can arrange studio visits too.
Glenelg, Adelaide
Glenelg Art Gallery displays contemporary paintings, sculptures, jewellery and decorative arts from Adelaide-based and Aboriginal artists. The gallery works with artists from Circle of Arts Foundation and Indigenous creators across South Australia and the Northern Territory, selling original pieces that come with authenticity certificates and background on the makers.
Fyshwick, Canberra
Grainger Gallery is a commercial fine art gallery in Fyshwick, ACT 2609. It represents a solid lineup of contemporary Australian artists and operates from a dedicated studio-gallery space. The gallery handles framing services and works across painting, sculpture, and mixed-media pieces, covering figurative, landscape, and abstract styles.
Emerging · Mid
Hobart, Hobart
Handmark Gallery is a commercial gallery in Hobart, TAS 7000, representing a number of contemporary artists who work across painting, sculpture, ceramics, works on paper and jewellery. They offer art consultancy if you're kitting out a home or workplace, and they're always putting on shows from their roster of artists.
West Perth, Perth
Holmes a Court Gallery runs two spaces in Western Australia. The main one's at 10 in West Perth's Pickle District, with another site out at Vasse Felix near Margaret River. They put together exhibitions from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection, focusing on contemporary Australian art. The curatorial angle emphasises cross-cultural artistic dialogue, indigenous representation, and how contemporary and traditional art practices overlap and feed into each other.
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Jan Murphy Gallery is based in Fortitude Valley and represents a solid range of contemporary artists. You'll find painting, sculpture, textiles and mixed media on the walls. The gallery works with both seasoned and up-and-coming artists, so the shows cover figurative work, landscapes, abstract pieces and indigenous art practices.
Fremantle, Perth
Japingka Aboriginal Art sits on Fremantle's High Street and focuses on contemporary paintings by Indigenous artists from right across the country. They represent more than 50 artists and stock acrylic works on canvas and linen covering everything from Dreaming stories to cultural symbols. You can browse their collection online or visit the physical gallery. They're accredited by the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia and the Indigenous Art Code.
Emerging · Mid
Perth, Perth
Kamilė Gallery is a Perth-based contemporary gallery that focuses on museum-quality Aboriginal, Australian and international art. The gallery represents 17 artists and shows work across multiple mediums, from acrylic paintings to mixed media and sculpture. It works with both emerging and established artists.
Emerging · Mid · Established
Rozelle, Sydney
Kate Owen Gallery, based in Rozelle, NSW 2039, focuses on contemporary Indigenous Australian art. It works with over 200 artists from both remote and urban areas across the country. The space spans 600 square metres across three levels. You'll find everything from traditional desert dot paintings and ochres through to contemporary bark paintings, sculptures and prints. There's also a Collectors' Gallery section with high-quality work by established artists.
Emerging · Mid · Established · Blue-chip
Darlinghurst, Sydney
King Street Gallery on William is a Sydney gallery in Darlinghurst that shows work by established and emerging Australian artists. You'll find contemporary painting, sculpture, printmaking, and works on paper, with a focus on landscape and figurative pieces. They run major exhibitions alongside their roster of represented artists.
Toowong, Brisbane
Land Street Gallery is a contemporary exhibition space in Toowong, Brisbane. It shows work by emerging and established artists working across painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking and mixed media. The gallery runs solo and group shows, and operates a working studio program where artists can apply. It's set up as a community-focused venue with regular programming.
Richmond, Melbourne
Lennox St. Gallery sits in Richmond, Melbourne, and shows work by both well-known and up-and-coming artists. They focus on painting, sculpture, and mixed media across different styles - you'll find figurative pieces, abstract work, landscapes, and indigenous art. The gallery takes its exhibitions seriously, with careful selection and support for developing artists. Lennox St. Gallery | Richmond | VIC | 3121.
Newtown, Sydney
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Paddington, Brisbane
Lethbridge Gallery is a Brisbane outfit that works with a solid lineup of established and emerging artists across different mediums. They put on exhibitions, run art awards, and have an artist residency programme. They also handle a secondary market service, so collectors can buy and sell work through them.
Darlinghurst, Sydney
Liverpool Street Gallery operates out of Darlinghurst, exhibiting paintings, sculptures, ceramics and mixed media by Australian and international contemporary artists. They run a steady rotation of solo and group shows featuring abstract, figurative and landscape work, along with thematic exhibitions and gift salons.
Richmond, Melbourne
LON Gallery operates as a commercial contemporary art space in Richmond, Melbourne. The gallery works with a mix of emerging and established artists who practise across painting, sculpture, and mixed media. You'll see solo and group exhibitions featuring figurative, landscape, and abstract work, along with still-life and photographic pieces from the artists they represent.
Griffith, Canberra
M16 Artspace is an artist-run gallery and studio collective set up in 1985 in Canberra. It's got 31 artist studios on site and puts on rotating shows of work by emerging and established artists. The space operates three gallery areas with exhibitions changing every four weeks, with contemporary work in all kinds of mediums and styles.
Mid
Malvern, Melbourne
Manyung Gallery Group runs five contemporary art spaces around Melbourne, with one based in Malvern. They work with a pretty varied range of Australian artists doing painting, sculpture, photography and mixed media stuff. You'll see everything from established names to up-and-coming types. The gallery shows contemporary figurative work, landscapes, abstract pieces, still life and botanical subjects.
Darwin City, Darwin
Mason Gallery focuses on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, mainly sourced from the Central and Western Desert regions, Utopia Lands, Arnhem Land and the Top End. You'll find traditional paintings, sculptures and textiles by Indigenous artists here. The gallery's a member of the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia.
Darwin City, Darwin
Mbantua Gallery stocks genuine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artwork. You'll find pieces from Utopia, Arnhem Land, Hermannsburg, North Queensland, and Western Desert artists, with a solid range available online. The gallery works with plenty of Indigenous artists and carries paintings, sculptures, bark works, watercolours, and artefacts. Prices and styles vary, so there's something for different budgets and tastes.
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Chippendale, Sydney
Michael Reid Gallery Sydney is a contemporary art gallery with a base in Berlin as well. They work with Australian artists, both established ones and people just starting out. The gallery focuses on painting, photography, sculpture and indigenous works. They keep a stockroom of pieces across different styles and materials.
Emerging · Mid · Established · Blue-chip
Subiaco, Perth
Mirage Gallery is a Perth commercial gallery that deals in affordable Australian landscape and seascape art. They represent a range of established painters and photographers, mostly focusing on Western Australian subjects. You'll find plenty of work depicting Rottnest Island, the Kimberley and coastal scenes.
Emerging · Mid
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
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Mid · Established
Perth, Perth
Moore Contemporary is a gallery in Perth that reps over twenty contemporary artists making work across all sorts of different mediums and styles. You'll find it at Cathedral Square on Hay Street. The gallery handles painting, sculpture, and mixed-media pieces, everything from abstract stuff through to figurative work and landscapes. They focus on supporting both established and emerging Australian artists.
Subiaco, Perth
Mossenson Galleries opened in 1993 in Subiaco, Perth (WA 6008). It's become one of Australia's top galleries, focusing on contemporary work from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non-indigenous Australian artists. You'll find a lot of landscapes and seascapes here, mostly dealing with iconic Australian country and coastal scenes.
Richmond, Melbourne
Niagara Galleries is a commercial Richmond gallery that represents a mix of contemporary and established Australian and international artists. The space focuses on painting, sculpture, and works on paper, covering everything from abstract and figurative pieces to landscapes. They're regulars at major Australian art fairs and have a strong commitment to showing work by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.
Collingwood, Melbourne
Nicholas Thompson Gallery opened in Collingwood back in 2015 and focuses on contemporary Australian art. You'll find work across painting, printmaking, and mixed media from a range of artists.
Richmond, Melbourne
Nissarana Galleries runs contemporary art spaces across Noosa Heads, Richmond Melbourne, and Bangalow NSW. Since 2008, they've worked with over eighty Australian and international artists, focusing on painting, sculpture, ceramics, and photography that explores spirituality and cultural identity. The gallery takes artists seriously when their work reflects genuine inner exploration rather than surface-level trends.
Hobart, Hobart
Nolan Gallery & School of Art sits in Hobart's Salamanca Arts Centre and shows work by local Tasmanian artists. You'll see paintings, sculptures, jewellery and ceramics. Some pieces are pretty traditional, landscapes and portraits mostly, while others lean more towards abstract or contemporary art. They run art classes, put on exhibitions, and you can hire the space for events.
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Redfern, Sydney
Nussinov Gallery sits in Redfern, NSW, as an artist-run space where Micha Nussinov shows work across painting, digital composites, collages, and sculpture. The work ranges across figurative and landscape subjects through to abstract and contemporary pieces. It's based at 56 Cope Street and functions as both a working studio and exhibition space.
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Woollahra, Sydney
Olsen Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Woollahra that focuses on modern painting, sculpture, ceramics and works on paper. It shows work by both established and up-and-coming Australian artists working across figurative, landscape and abstract styles. The gallery runs two spaces: the main one in Sydney and the Olsen Annexe. It also operates LIMITED Contemporary Editions, an archival print studio.
Emerging · Mid · Established · Blue-chip
Melbourne, Melbourne
Original & Authentic Aboriginal Art is a Melbourne-based gallery that stocks traditional and contemporary Aboriginal artwork straight from Australia's leading Indigenous art centres and independent artists. You get certificates of provenance with every piece, so authenticity's covered. They work across painting, sculpture, ceramics and works on paper, and they're serious about treating artists fairly and paying them properly for their work.
Emerging · Mid · Established
South Brisbane, Brisbane
PARKER Contemporary is a Brisbane gallery that focuses on contemporary print and paper work. You'll find it in the Fish Lane Arts Precinct. The space represents a mix of established and emerging artists who work across printmaking, drawing, painting, and mixed media. They're keen on hand-crafted pieces and experimental approaches, particularly with works on paper.
Hobart, Hobart
Penny Contemporary is a gallery in Hobart that works with local, national, and international artists in contemporary art. You'll find both emerging and established artists here, showing work across painting, sculpture, photography, textiles, and mixed media. Their focus leans toward figurative, landscape, and abstract pieces.
Emerging · Mid
Bowden, Adelaide
Praxis Artspace, set up in 2015 in Bowden, Adelaide (SA 5007), is an independent contemporary gallery and artist studio space. It works as both a working studio complex and exhibition venue, with rotating shows featuring different contemporary artists and a stockroom holding artworks in various mediums and styles.
Woollahra, Sydney
Project Gallery is a contemporary gallery in Woollahra showing work by emerging and established local artists. The gallery reps a range of artists working across painting, ceramics, and sculpture. You'll find a lot of figurative work, still-life studies, and landscape painting in the shows. They also do art consulting, and there's an active online store if you want to shop from home.
Emerging · Mid
Port Melbourne, Melbourne
Red Desert Dreamings is an Aboriginal art gallery located in Port Melbourne, Victoria, that stocks authentic paintings, barks, artefacts and glass made by Indigenous artists from Australia's Central and Western Desert regions, the Kimberley, and Tiwi Islands. The gallery takes care to represent artists fairly and handle their cultural knowledge with respect.
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Red Hill, Brisbane
Red Hill Gallery is a Brisbane commercial art gallery that focuses on contemporary Australian paintings, sculpture, glass, ceramics and jewellery. Situated in Red Hill, it works with both established and emerging artists across figurative, landscape and abstract styles. The gallery sells existing pieces and takes on new commissions for collectors.
Emerging · Mid · Established
Albion, Brisbane
Revival Art & Design Gallery operates out of Albion in Brisbane, showing work from Queensland and Australian artists. They put on regular solo and group shows, run an annual prize for emerging artists, and take work to art fairs around Australia and overseas. You'll also find fine craft, industrial design, and ceramics in the space, mixed in with painting and sculpture.
Emerging · Mid
North Sydney, Sydney
Rochfort Gallery is a commercial art space in North Sydney that represents a pretty varied mix of contemporary Australian and international artists. You'll find painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and works on paper, covering everything from abstract and figurative work to landscape and conceptual pieces. The gallery opens by appointment and on weekends, and it gives both established and emerging artists a chance to show work that deals with cultural, environmental, and philosophical stuff.
Paddington, Sydney
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Paddington, Sydney, representing a diverse roster of established and emerging artists. The gallery works with contemporary painting, sculpture, photography and mixed-media works, covering figurative, abstract and conceptual practices, with a focus on Australian and international artists engaged with contemporary discourse.
Darlinghurst, Sydney
Scieppan Gallery is a contemporary art space in Darlinghurst that focuses on figurative, narrative, and abstract painting. They work with Australian and international artists, showing oils, acrylics, and mixed media pieces. You'll find a lot of figurative work on the walls, alongside surreal landscapes and abstract stuff.
Emerging · Mid · Established
Prahran, Melbourne
Scott Livesey Galleries operates in Prahran and focuses on contemporary Australian art. The gallery works with painters, sculptors, ceramicists and mixed-media artists. There's a dedicated area for work by Indigenous Australian artists.
Adelaide, Adelaide
Segwood Galleries is an Adelaide gallery that shows mid-career to established contemporary Australian artists alongside high-end designer furniture, lighting, and antiques sourced from local and overseas markets. The space leans toward contemporary and experimental art, including street art, with a real interest in Japanese, Chinese, and African cultural objects.
The Rocks, Sydney
Shazia Imran Gallery is a commercial art space in The Rocks, NSW 2000, run by award-winning artist Shazia Imran. The gallery stocks contemporary mixed-media paintings, sculptures, and fine-art prints. You'll find everything from abstract works and coastal paintings to figurative pieces and botanical studies, available as originals or reproductions. Shazia also takes on commissions and runs workshops.
Emerging · Mid · Established
Darwin City, Darwin
Sister7 is an Indigenous women's art gallery and ethical gift shop on Larrakia country in Darwin. They stock authentic artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women artists, complete with certificates of authenticity and artist stories. The shop also sells homewares, textiles, jewellery and cultural products from fair-trade and ethical makers.
Fitzroy, Melbourne
Sol Gallery is a contemporary commercial art space in Fitzroy, Melbourne, showing established and emerging artists across painting, photography, ceramics, and mixed media. The gallery actively participates in major international art fairs and represents artists, whilst also operating a secondary project space in Collingwood.
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Richmond, Melbourne
Sophie Gannon Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Richmond, Melbourne that works with more than forty established and emerging artists. The gallery shows painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography and design, covering everything from figurative and abstract work through to realism and design-focused pieces.
The Rocks, Sydney
Spirit Gallery sells Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and didgeridoos from their shop in The Rocks, Sydney. They've got a good range - over 220 paintings and 113 didgeridoos on hand. Most of their stock is traditional Indigenous work, featuring dreaming stories and cultural patterns. You can also order online and they'll ship worldwide.
North Fremantle, Perth
They stock work by solid contemporary Australian artists across painting, sculpture, ceramics, and decorative pieces. The gallery carries figurative and abstract work, along with landscapes, still-life, seascapes, and wildlife paintings from artists working in different styles and mediums.
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Darlinghurst, Sydney
Stanley Street Gallery is located in Darlinghurst, Sydney. It represents a diverse group of contemporary artists working across various mediums. The gallery puts on regular exhibitions and keeps solid ties with the local community. It acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of the land.
Melbourne, Melbourne
Stephen McLaughlan Gallery is an established gallery in central Melbourne that represents a diverse group of contemporary Australian artists working in painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass and printmaking. The gallery exhibits figurative, abstract, landscape and still-life work, and focuses on supporting professional artists through regular exhibitions and representation.
Subiaco, Perth
SubiARTco was a Perth artist collective that ran galleries in Subiaco from 2017 to 2021. They showed member work across painting, photography, sculpture, glass art and jewellery. The cooperative worked with a range of contemporary styles and still helps shift artwork and take on commissions through direct artist contact. You can see their current pieces at local pubs and cafes around the place.
Fitzroy, Melbourne
Sutton Gallery in Fitzroy, VIC 3065 represents a range of contemporary Australian artists making work in painting, photography, sculpture and works on paper. You'll find everything from abstraction and figuration to landscapes and still-lifes on the walls. The gallery actively supports indigenous and Asia-Pacific artists, putting them front and centre in the work it chooses to show.
Adelaide, Adelaide
T'Arts Collective is a member-run artist co-op based in Gay's Arcade, Adelaide, SA 5000. It represents 34 South Australian artists who work in painting, printmaking, ceramics, glass, sculpture, textiles and craft. The gallery has member artists on site most days, and they focus on selling original artworks and handmade gifts.
Surry Hills, Sydney
TAP Art Gallery in Surry Hills operates as a contemporary art space where emerging and established artists get together. The place runs regular exhibitions, art classes, and artist talks, plus they host fundraising events and community activities around art. You'll see different kinds of work across various mediums and styles, from solo artists to people working together on projects.
Marrickville, Sydney
The Commercial is a contemporary art gallery in Marrickville, Sydney that shows work from both established and up-and-coming Australian artists. You'll find painting, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media on the walls, spanning everything from figurative work through to landscapes and abstracts. The artists exhibited there regularly show up in major institutional exhibitions and international art fairs.
The Rocks, Sydney
The Ken Done Gallery in The Rocks is a single-artist space that shows off Ken Done's bold, colourful paintings and limited edition prints. You'll find original works, fine art prints on quality archival paper, and plenty of licensed stuff like homewares, clothing and accessories that pick up on the artist's bright style.
Newstead, Brisbane
Maud Creative is Brisbane's dedicated photography gallery and cultural centre, housed in Newstead. It showcases contemporary and documentary photography across diverse subjects, from landscape and architecture to portraiture, wildlife and community. The gallery operates darkroom facilities, runs workshops in analogue and digital photography, and represents a roster of established and emerging photographers.
Emerging
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
The Renshaws is a Brisbane gallery that represents contemporary Australian artists working across painting, sculpture, photography and mixed media. Located in Fortitude Valley, the space features everything from abstract and figurative work to landscapes and photography, with a focus on both seasoned and up-and-coming artists.
Hobart, Hobart
TAG Art Gallery, established over 25 years ago, presents a curated program of contemporary Australian art in central Hobart. The gallery specialises in abstract and landscape works, offering personalised guidance to collectors and featuring both emerging and established practitioners exploring spatial relationships, chromatic sophistication, and emotional abstraction.
Fitzroy, Melbourne
THIS IS NO FANTASY is a contemporary art gallery in Fitzroy, VIC 3065 that works with emerging and established artists doing painting, sculpture, photography and mixed-media. It was co-founded by Dianne Tanzer and Nicola Stein and focuses on abstract and figurative contemporary work.
Cottesloe, Perth
Tunbridge Gallery stocks ethically sourced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from 292 artists working across Australia. You'll find the gallery in Cottesloe, Perth. Their range includes contemporary Aboriginal paintings covering desert scenes, coastal imagery and cultural storytelling. They're pretty focused on treating artists fairly and making sure they get proper recognition for their work.
Emerging · Mid · Established · Blue-chip
Waterloo, Sydney
Utopia Art Sydney works with a number of contemporary Australian artists, both Indigenous painters from Papunya Tula and established Sydney-based practitioners. The gallery focuses on painting and works on paper. You'll find abstract, figurative and landscape work there, but they're particularly interested in Aboriginal desert art and how it talks to modern Australian practice.
East Melbourne, Melbourne
The Victorian Artists Society is a co-operative gallery in East Melbourne running five exhibition spaces that put on over 50 shows each year. Set up back in 1870, it displays work by its members covering painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture in all sorts of styles and subjects. The galleries refresh their exhibitions every couple of weeks with new pieces.
Emerging
Sydney, Sydney
Wentworth Galleries has been running for over 30 years, focusing on contemporary Australian and Aboriginal artists. They've got spaces in both Sydney and Brisbane, stocking paintings, sculptures and various other pieces. Their main areas are landscape work, figurative stuff and indigenous art.
Galleries usually run as proper businesses, backing artists they reckon will shift work. They're focused on making sales happen and might chuck in some investment advice. Not-for-profit spaces and artist-run spots work differently - they're more interested in pushing experimental art, getting the community involved, and sticking to cultural values that matter more than the bottom line. Gallery prices tend to track what the market will bear and cover their running costs. Artist-run spaces usually have cheaper work on offer and you'll actually talk to the artists themselves. Neither's better than the other really, they just cater to different sorts of collectors and different reasons for visiting.
Both paintings and prints are worth collecting. Oil and acrylic paintings tend to hold their value well and have that traditional market appeal since they're one-offs. Quality prints by good artists are finished works in their own right and cost less, so they're a decent way to start collecting if you haven't got big money to spend. What you go for really depends on what you actually like looking at, how much you can afford to spend, how much wall space you've got, and what the artist's track record is like. Plenty of collectors end up with a mix of both.
When you're buying Indigenous art, stick to galleries that can back up who made it and where it's from. The good ones that focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art have proper systems to verify everything's genuine. Have a chat with the staff about the artist's story, which community they're from, and how they sell their work. Skip the dodgy street vendors and mystery shops. Going through legit galleries means the artists actually get paid properly and their cultural knowledge gets the credit it deserves. They'll usually give you paperwork and certificates so you know what you're getting is authentic.
Drawings, prints and work by up-and-coming artists start at a few hundred dollars and go up to around three grand. Established contemporary artists usually charge between three and thirty thousand for serious paintings, though the bigger names go higher still. If a piece has real historical or cultural weight, you might be looking at six figures. What you'll pay depends on your budget, who made it, what medium they used, how big it is, and where it's been shown. Just pick a price range that works for you. Good work exists everywhere on the spectrum, and you don't need deep pockets to build a collection that matters."}.
Search online for galleries in your city that focus on landscape, contemporary, or Australian art. If you're keen on building a collection or have specific interests, it's worth ringing ahead. The staff can point you toward relevant artists, tell you what they've got in stock, and let you know about shows coming up. A lot of galleries appreciate a heads-up from serious buyers and might even arrange a private viewing. That said, you don't need to ring first. Most galleries are happy to have people browse at their own pace and will chat about the work if you're interested.
{"text":"Take time to ask yourself if you genuinely enjoy looking at the work, rather than just assuming it looks impressive. Examine the craftsmanship carefully, research what the artist has created previously and where their pieces have been exhibited, and investigate the history of this specific work. Assess its condition thoroughly, consider whether it will suit your home properly, and compare the price against similar pieces to ensure it's reasonable. Speak with the gallery staff about framing options, delivery arrangements, insurance valuation, and warranty coverage. Don't make an impulse purchase. Quality art tends to improve as you live with it over time, so wait and confirm you're still satisfied once the initial excitement fades. Reputable gallery staff will happily address any questions you have about these matters."}.
Landscape art has been central to how Australians see themselves and their country. It's not just about painting pretty scenery. Artists have been working with the land here for over 200 years, starting with colonial painters trying to capture the 'wild frontier' and moving through to today's work on land rights, climate change, and how Indigenous people connect with country. Walk through galleries in Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin or Perth and you'll see red deserts, rainforests in Tasmania, coastal cliffs, and inland plains that exist nowhere else. These paintings, drawings and sculptures tell genuinely Australian stories.
What makes it compelling is the sheer range. One landscape might be a careful study of how light falls on Uluru or the Tasmanian wilderness or Sydney Harbour's rocky coastline. Another could be grappling with colonisation, environmental damage or Indigenous land stewardship. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists especially treat landscape as something loaded with cultural knowledge, spiritual meaning and political weight. That's why serious collectors hunt through Australia's 110+ galleries looking for landscape work. These pieces work as objects you'd want on your wall and also as ways to understand the country.
The spread of galleries across Australia tells you something. Sydney has 36 venues, Melbourne has 21, Perth 14, Brisbane 13, Adelaide 9, Hobart 8, Canberra 5 and Darwin 4. Each place looks at landscape differently. Darwin galleries might focus on Top End Indigenous traditions, while a Melbourne space could be showing contemporary abstract landscapes or colonial historical work. This geographic distribution means collectors and enthusiasts can find distinctly regional takes on the subject, which is why surveying Australian galleries as a whole matters.
Landscape art boils down to work where the natural world is the main subject. It takes many forms: paintings that try to capture real places, abstract pieces that use the land as a starting point for formal ideas, prints that play with texture and marks, and sculptures or installations built into outdoor space. The definition has loosened considerably over the last few decades. A landscape artwork might not show a specific location at all. Instead, an artist might use colour, shape, or big conceptual ideas to explore themes like wilderness, farming, belonging, or dispossession. In Australia's contemporary art scene, this broader understanding has opened things up for artists at every stage of their careers.
Australian galleries show landscape art that mixes tradition with fresh thinking. Collectors buy Australian landscape art for straightforward reasons: they like how the work captures the country's distinctive scenery, they see it as a solid investment since Australian contemporary and historical art tends to gain value over time, and they enjoy thinking through how artists interpret place, identity, and environmental issues. The market spans everything from cheap prints and drawings in regional galleries to six-figure paintings in major Sydney and Melbourne spaces. Several things affect what a piece costs: how much the artist has shown their work and what critics say about them, where the work came from and its history, whether it's rare or significant, plus its size, medium, and condition. A landscape painting by a well-known Australian artist depicting an iconic location will typically fetch far more than a solid piece by someone just starting out.
The landscape art market right now is marked by Indigenous and First Nations artists getting real visibility. Galleries across the country now feature Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander landscape art as part of the core of contemporary Australian art, rather than treating it as something separate. This change happens for two reasons at once: people are recognising that Indigenous artists have genuine cultural ownership of these works, and collectors actually want to buy them. In Melbourne's Arc One Gallery, Sydney's Aboriginal Art Co Gallery in West End, or Darwin's Aboriginal Fine Arts in Darwin City, you'll find plenty of market activity, backing from institutions, and buyers from overseas interested in Indigenous landscape traditions.
Sydney dominates with 36 galleries holding landscape art. The city built this position through its history as an early art centre and its current strength as a market. Walk into any of them and you'll see colonial landscape paintings that track Sydney's artistic roots alongside contemporary work wrestling with the city's harbour, geography, and spreading suburbs. Inner-city areas like Redfern, West End, and Fremantle have focused collections. Larger venues around the metropolitan area hold more extensive ones. The sheer spread reflects Sydney's double role as both a commercial art market and a place where artists actively experiment with how to paint landscape.
Melbourne has 21 galleries dedicated to landscape art, and they've built their reputation on being intellectually serious spaces. The city's art scene has always approached landscape through theory and philosophy, so you'll often find work that pushes back against how landscape is normally shown. Brisbane's 13 galleries work with tropical and subtropical imagery, drawing on the region's humidity, heat, and vegetation. Perth's 14 galleries engage with Western Australia's particular landscape: unusual plants, distinctive light, and the long distance from the eastern states. Adelaide's 9 galleries frequently show work connected to the Adelaide Hills and nearby areas. Canberra's 5 venues, being the capital, sometimes place landscape within overtly political or institutional frameworks.
Hobart's 8 galleries stand out for their focus on Tasmania's wild country and cool-climate traditions. Darwin's 4 galleries punch above their weight by representing Indigenous landscape art from the Top End and tropical land-based practice. The real point is that these regional collections aren't just scaled-down copies of what Sydney does. Each city has built different gallery approaches, different collector interests, and different artist communities that read landscape through local and regional eyes. A landscape in Hobart might sit within conservation politics. One in Darwin might be about Indigenous land rights. A Perth work might explore distance and deep geological time. The more cities you visit, the clearer it becomes that landscape art responds to where it's made, even as Australian artists talk to each other across the whole country.
When you're looking at landscape artwork in Australian galleries, a few things are worth paying attention to if you want to get more out of the experience or you're thinking about buying. Start by looking at how accurately the artist has represented the landscape. Are they trying to paint something recognisable, or have they warped it through abstraction or emotion? There's no right answer here. What matters is understanding what the artist was actually trying to do. Then look at the technical side. How does the artist use their medium? If it's a painting, check out the brushwork. If it's a drawing, what kind of marks are they making? If it's a print, how does the printing process itself affect what you're looking at? Technical skill is good, but plenty of contemporary artists care more about whether the idea makes sense than about perfect technique.
Think about what the artwork's saying about a specific place. Is it clearly about one location, somewhere you can actually identify? Or is it a broader take on Australian landscape in general? Does it engage with what the land means historically or culturally? Plenty of landscape works doing the rounds in Australian galleries do two things at once. They look interesting as objects, but they're also asking questions about who owns the land, how the environment's changing, what happened during colonisation, or where we're at with ecology now. Getting these layers makes the work make more sense.
Pay attention to the scale and where you'd hang it. A massive landscape painting takes over a room and pulls you in. A small one lets you look closely and spend time with it. Gallery staff can tell you how the size affects the whole feel of a space. Before you buy, have a look at the provenance and where the work's been shown. Which galleries or collectors have owned it? Have critics written about it? Is it in books? That track record matters and gives you confidence it's genuine. Staff at Australian galleries, whether it's Aboriginal Art Galleries in Sydney or Art Images Gallery in Adelaide, should know the work's history, the artist's reputation, and what similar pieces are worth. Ask them questions. Good galleries expect it and welcome people who want to know what they're buying.
Australian landscape art comes in just about every medium you can think of, and each one has its own look and price tag. Oil and acrylic paintings usually cost more than works on paper, partly because the materials last longer and partly because that's what the market expects. A decent contemporary landscape in oils might go for anywhere from $2,000 to $50,000 or more, depending on how well-known the artist is. Acrylics sit in a similar ballpark, though they dry faster, which sometimes means artists can work bigger and quicker, and that can shift the price. Watercolour landscapes have a long history in Australian art and plenty of people still want them; you'll pay anywhere from a few hundred to several thousand dollars depending on the artist and the quality of the work. Mixed media pieces, where artists combine paint with collage, found objects, or other bits and pieces, are showing up more often and the price varies wildly depending on how complicated the work is and where the artist sits in the market.
Prints and works on paper like drawings, pastels, charcoal, and printmaking techniques (lithography, etching, screen printing, digital printing) give collectors with smaller budgets a way in. Most Australian galleries stock landscape prints and drawings somewhere between $100 and $5,000, with plenty of solid work available for $300 to $1,500. These aren't second-rate; printmaking's always been a major landscape medium in Australia, and plenty of artists treat their prints as proper finished works, not just copies. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander landscape art often uses acrylic and sometimes traditional dot-painting methods; prices range all over the place, but serious work by established Indigenous artists usually goes for $3,000 to $20,000 or more. Sculpture and three-dimensional landscape work tends to be pricier since the materials and making costs are steep.
When you're looking at prices, remember they're shaped by more than just what the materials cost. You've got the artist's exhibition record and reputation, whether it's a one-off or part of an edition, what the gallery's got to spend on overhead and staff, and what people actually want to buy. Younger artists cost less than the big names, which gives collectors a chance to get in early on careers that could take off. Regional galleries sometimes price differently than fancy city galleries, which comes down to their own costs and market position. Most galleries will sort out payment plans or layby if you're spending serious money. Don't assume expensive always means better; price reflects market stuff that might not line up with how good it actually looks or how much it speaks to you. Some collectors' favourite pieces have been affordable works by artists they just clicked with.
Australia's 110+ landscape art galleries operate with pretty different curatorial philosophies, specialisations, and market strategies. Some galleries stick with historical landscape traditions, keeping collections of colonial and early-twentieth-century works that show how Australian artists first tackled the continent's terrain. Others focus purely on contemporary landscape practice, treating themselves as test beds for experimental approaches to representing land. Many galleries specialise in Indigenous and First Nations landscape art, centring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists whose connections to country go back centuries. Aarwun Gallery in Nicholls, Aboriginal Dreamings Gallery also in Nicholls, and Aboriginal Fine Arts in Darwin City are galleries where Indigenous landscape traditions sit at the heart of the collection, though you should verify details directly with the venues themselves.
Some galleries zero in on a particular region, focusing on landscape art from or about that place. A Darwin gallery might prioritise Top End landscape traditions; a Tasmanian venue might focus on Tasmanian wilderness aesthetics; a Perth gallery might emphasise Western Australian landscape vocabulary. Others work with themes instead, organising collections around ideas like urban landscape, environmental change, light and colour, or wilderness and cultivation. Galleries typically operate as businesses, sourcing and selling work by established or emerging artists with investment potential in mind. Not-for-profit and artist-run spaces often prioritise artistic experimentation and community access over making money. Auction houses and larger dealing operations work pretty differently from independent neighbourhood galleries. Understanding where a venue sits (whether it's highly commercial, artist-focused, community-oriented, or academically inclined) helps you figure out what you'll encounter and how staff will talk about landscape art.
Gallery size and scope can vary wildly. Some venues are small single-artist studios or independent spaces showing rotating exhibitions of regional artists. Others, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, are serious commercial operations representing multiple artists, hosting major exhibitions, producing catalogues, and maintaining active connections with collectors, curators, and institutions. Larger galleries often have staff specialising in particular mediums (Australian Aboriginal art, contemporary painting, printmaking) and can give you detailed market information. Smaller galleries often offer more personal engagement and may have stronger knowledge of local or regional landscape traditions. Neither size is necessarily better; they serve different collector needs and visit experiences. Working your way through galleries of varying sizes across a region shows how landscape art functions at different institutional levels.
Before heading to a gallery, do a bit of homework. Work out which galleries are worth your time, then check their websites to see what exhibitions are actually on. If you're serious about collecting, ring ahead and have a chat with someone about what you're after. Most galleries will set aside time to talk through what might suit you, and they can often dig out work that isn't hanging on the walls. They're keen on genuine collectors, so don't be shy about ringing up with proper questions.
Take your time when you're actually in a gallery. Landscape art rewards a slower look, and you'll miss stuff if you rush. Talk to the staff. Ask about the artist, the price, how much framing might cost, whether they ship interstate. Questions about where a work's come from, whether it's part of a limited edition, the condition, the size, all of that is fair game. If something catches your eye but you're not ready to buy, ask them to send you some photos or more details. Most galleries keep records and will ring you when something relevant comes in. Can't get in person? No worries, plenty of galleries handle detailed inquiries by email or post, and many can ship things around Australia or overseas.
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Building a landscape art collection comes down to personal taste, how much you want to spend, and what matters to you about place and environment. Some people go in with a clear idea: maybe you only want Australian urban landscapes, or pieces by Indigenous artists from a particular region, or work that deals with environmental issues. Others just buy what grabs them, which works just as well. Your collection should be yours. If you're new to collecting, start small, hit the galleries regularly, get to know different artists' work, and buy thoughtfully rather than just grabbing whatever's available. A handful of pieces you genuinely love beats a bigger collection of stuff you're just okay with.
Landscape art in Australia keeps changing. New artists come through with different ways of looking at the country's geography. A lot of contemporary painters are wrestling with environmental stuff now - climate change, land degradation, conservation - and that urgency shows in their work. Some push boundaries through technology or by shaking up how we normally represent landscape. To stay across what's happening, go to exhibitions, read what artists and critics are saying, follow galleries online, and keep an eye on what people are making. Most galleries put on artist talks, opening nights, or panel discussions. These are good chances to understand more and meet the artists and other collectors. Since landscape art varies from city to city across Australia, looking at work in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, and Darwin gives you a fuller picture of what's out there.
{"text":"At the end of the day, landscape art is part of how we think and talk about Australia's actual environment and questions about land, identity, and the future. Collecting landscape art isn't just about owning nice things. It's about engaging with how artists are looking at and responding to the places we live in. You might seek out work celebrating wild spaces, paintings questioning how cities are developing, Indigenous traditions showing cultural connection to land, or contemporary pieces grappling with environmental change. What you do as a viewer and collector counts. The 110+ galleries across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, and Darwin are there partly for that reason: bringing artists, works, and people together to keep talking about what landscape art is and why it matters in Australia right now."}.
