Warrnambool Art Gallery

27/05/2026

Young Portrait Show 2026- Call for Entries!!

Warrnambool Art Gallery invites young people up to the age of 18 and living in South West Victoria to create a portrait of someone who they know personally and who is special to them.

The Young Portrait Show aims to celebrate and foster the creativity and originality of young artists and provide young people the platform to showcase their artwork and special people in their lives.

Portraits must be created on the Young Portrait Show art board and be in portrait format. Art boards and entry forms are available from the Gallery Store

Entries close
5pm Friday 14 August

Exhibition dates
Saturday 22 August to Sunday 18 October

25/05/2026

The Transient Nature of Things
From the Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
28 Mar 2026 - 2 Aug 2026

Borrowed from the title of Elizabeth Gower’s work of the same name, The Transient Nature of Things touches on the complex lives of women who walk the tightrope between motherhood, art-making and selfhood.

Working with bold colours and in large scale, each artist presents personal experiences that resonate with the feminist politics of the 1970s and 80s. From the elevation of what had previously been considered traditional female craft practices, to the recognition and depiction of personal domestic life as an inescapable political act; this exhibition acknowledges the ways that motherhood is woven, both seen and unseen, through the lives of these artists.

Featuring artists, Marie Cook, Elizabeth Gower and Ann Newmarch.

Curated by Serena Wong.

Image: Installation view, Warrnambool Art Gallery, 2026.

18/05/2026

Part Interior, Part Object, Part Feeling
Claire Lambe
28 Mar 2026 - 28 Jun 2026

Claire Lambe’s process-oriented practice is a sophisticated synthesis of cultural material and autobiographical narrative. Her work, spanning sculpture, sound, film, and installation, operates at the intersection of her personal history and a rigorous engagement with the canons of art history, contemporary art, cinema and music. In her presentation, these influences merge into a singular, cohesive aesthetic language, immersing the viewer in image, sound and object, as a proposition to question whether art can offer a meaningful reflection upon existence.


For her solo exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery, Lambe presents a newly commissioned work that weaves together architectural, art historical and personal references, constructing a space designed for subconscious association. This approach challenges the traditional dichotomy between the domestic and the professional. By navigating the transition of the private into the public sphere, Lambe demonstrates that “art-making isn’t separate from living; at best, it’s where your environment is exposed, and where the daily dynamics of intimate relationships stop being private.”

Curated by Micky Schubert

Image: Claire Lambert, Installation view (detail), 2026. Courtesy the Artist and Sarah Scout Presents.
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30/04/2026

On Tour | Now Open
Kait James: Red Flags

Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
11 April – 14 June, 2026

Kait James: Red Flags is Wadawurrung artist Kait James’ most ambitious solo exhibition to date. Since 2018, James has been carving out a unique visual language based in the reappropriation of racialised products. Colloquially identified as ‘Aboriginalia’, these mass-produced, commercial objects range from souvenir tea towels and pennant flags to children’s dolls and ceramic figurines. Primarily created from the 1950s through to the 1980s for consumption by non-Indigenous tourists, they depict culturally insensitive and racially stereotyped imagery, designs and motifs.

Kait James: Red Flags is a Warrnambool Art Gallery exhibition, curated by Aaron Bradbrook and touring nationally with NETS Victoria.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and the Visions of Australia program, and has received development assistance from NETS Victoria’s Exhibition Development Fund, supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Image: Installation View, Orange Regional Art Gallery, 2026. Photo Courtesy the artist, Neon Parc and Orange Regional Gallery.

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15/04/2026

Part Interior, Part Object, Part Feeling
Claire Lambe

28 Mar 2026 - 28 Jun 2026

Claire Lambe’s process-oriented practice is a sophisticated synthesis of cultural material and autobiographical narrative. Her work, spanning sculpture, sound, film, and installation, operates at the intersection of her personal history and a rigorous engagement with the canons of art history, contemporary art, cinema and music. In her presentation, these influences merge into a singular, cohesive aesthetic language, immersing the viewer in image, sound and object, as a proposition to question whether art can offer a meaningful reflection upon existence.

For her solo exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery, Lambe presents a newly commissioned work that weaves together architectural, art historical and personal references, constructing a space designed for subconscious association. This approach challenges the traditional dichotomy between the domestic and the professional. By navigating the transition of the private into the public sphere, Lambe demonstrates that “art-making isn’t separate from living; at best, it’s where your environment is exposed, and where the daily dynamics of intimate relationships stop being private.”

Curated by Micky Schubert.

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13/04/2026

Reminder—upcoming workshop with Melbourne-based artist Alexandra Peters ✍️
This Saturday 18th April 11am-2pm
Join us at the gallery for a hands-on, artist-led workshop exploring expanded drawing and printmaking processes, with a focus on mark-making, layering, and distortion. Using charcoal, paper, and photocopying techniques, participants will develop evolving compositions through cycles of drawing, copying, and reworking.

Suitable for all budding artists aged 15 and over (including adults)
Book your place via the link below

Join exhibiting artist Alexandra Peters for an artist-led workshop exploring expanded drawing and printmaking processes, with a focus on mark-making, layering, and distortion. Using charcoal, paper, and photocopying techniques, participants will develop evolving compositions through cycles of drawin...

13/04/2026

SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS THIS WEEK ⭐🌈🎨
Hurry, limited places remain—book your spot today!

Tuesday 14th 11am-12pm: Sound Lab with Gus Franklin
Discover how sound works in this immersive and sensory workshop. Participants will engage in deep listening exercises and explore how sound can be reimagined as artworks.

Thursday 16th 10.30am-12pm: Everyday Treasures
A hands-on creative collage and colour session where participants will create a layered artwork that celebrates the beauty in small, everyday things.

www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au PO Box 198, 25 Liebig Street, Warrnambool Victoria 3280 Phone: 1300 003 280 (local call) or (03) 5559 4800 email: [email protected]

31/03/2026

Learning through shared storytelling, exploration and fun is the focus of our education programs at Warrnambool Art Gallery.

❤️ Public school teachers! ❤️Do you know we offer subsidised travel to and from the gallery for public schools students?

Get in touch to find out more🎨
For more information visit
https://www.thewag.com.au/research-and-learning/learning

Yesterday we had the pleasure of sharing our recently opened collection shows with students from Port Fairy.

We explored prints of Cape Bridgewater, a beautiful tapestry by Marie Cook and how people in our community helped to restore habitat for our native animals with the help of a painting created in 1855, a place they had just driven past on the bus, Tower Hill 🌳 🐨 🦘

Our Gallery Explorers program responds to works from the recently opened collection shows and includes a hands on creative session in the studio and is suitable for all ages.

Students got their hands dirty, using print to create texture and colour on koala, cockatoo, emu, kangaroo, echidna and wombat masks, all animals that once called Tower Hill home.

Public school subsidised travel and free entry for all students is provided with funding from the Department of Education and Training.

26/03/2026

Exhibition Launch Saturday 28 March. 5-8pm |
Claire Lambe: Part Interior, Part Object, Part Feeling

28 March to 28 June 2026

Claire Lambe’s process-oriented practice is a sophisticated synthesis of cultural material and autobiographical narrative. Her work, spanning sculpture, sound, film, and installation, operates at the intersection of her personal history and a rigorous engagement with the canons of art history, contemporary art, cinema and music. In her presentation, these influences merge into a singular, cohesive aesthetic language, immersing the viewer in image, sound and object, as a proposition to question whether art can offer a meaningful reflection upon existence.

For her solo exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery, Lambe presents a newly commissioned work that weaves together architectural, art historical and personal references, constructing a space designed for subconscious association. This approach challenges the traditional dichotomy between the domestic and the professional. By navigating the transition of the private into the public sphere, Lambe demonstrates that “art-making isn’t separate from living; at best, it’s where your environment is exposed, and where the daily dynamics of intimate relationships stop being private.”

Curated by Micky Schubert

Image courtesy the artist and Sarah Scout Presents.
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23/03/2026

UPCOMING WORKSHOP ⭐

Expanded drawing and printmaking with Alexandra Peters

Saturday 18 April 11am-2pm,

Ages 15-18 / $5, members free
Adult / $15, members $10

Join exhibiting artist Alexandra Peters for an artist-led workshop exploring expanded drawing and printmaking processes, with a focus on mark-making, layering, and distortion. Using charcoal, paper, and photocopying techniques, participants will develop evolving compositions through cycles of drawing, copying, and reworking.

Limited places available - book your spot via the link below.

Join exhibiting artist Alexandra Peters for an artist-led workshop exploring expanded drawing and printmaking processes, with a focus on mark-making, layering, and distortion. Using charcoal, paper,...