It’s essentially an art gallery, and the collector’s family home at the same time. Just wondering if anyone who lives in Kew, or around, has heard of it/noticed it/been there before?
It houses one of the biggest, most important contemporary Australian art collections in the country.
The paper’s about the collectors, and the unusual gallery space and I wanted to include a little anecdotal bit about how it’s just part of the suburbs etc, and people may or may not know what a significant building/house it is.
Didn’t get a chance to make it when I was last in Melbourne to see it in its suburban context.
Can’t help personally, but this guy I follow on Instagram named Samuel Condon is a Melbourne artist that I suspect might be familiar with this place. Pretty sure he’s a bike guy eh, and probably on here. I think that’s how I found him.
Nup. I’ve always noticed the building. From the outside it looks like a really flash house, which isn’t unusual for the area (the flashness, not the actual design), or I’ve thought it might be some sort of official place like a fancy daycare or offices. Yesterday I noticed something brightly coloured and smoothly shaped poking above the external wall that I don’t remember noticing before, highlighted by the dark background of the building.