The Glen Eira City Council Gallery is the public art gallery for the City of Glen Eira in Melbourne’s south-east. Located on the ground floor of the historic Glen Eira Town Hall, access to the Gallery is gained through the classically styled portico on the corner of Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield.
The Gallery is made up of two spaces, the main Gallery and Gallery Two. Our main Gallery presents a vibrant year-round program of exhibitions, adult and children’s creative workshops, curator and artist floor talks, and programs including free Live Sunday Sessions events. Showcasing work by established and emerging artists, collectives, schools and community groups – the Gallery aims to support a rich cultural life for Glen Eira residents and the wider community.
The Main Gallery presents regular survey and thematic Council-curated exhibitions, including the works of emerging, mid-career, and established modern and contemporary Australian artists. Significant exhibitions held in the Gallery include Flourish (2023), Telling Tales (2022), Celebrating Culture: Contemporary Indigenous Art (2019), Stories in Clay: Arthur Merric Boyd Pottery (2019), Boyd Women (2017) Open Country: The Murrumbeena Boyds (2015), Louise Paramor: Emporium (2013), Stephen Haley: Somewhere About Now (2012), Robert Baines: A Visible Likeness (2011), Farrell and Parkin: Topography of a Collaborative Mind (2010) and Jane Burton: Eye of the Beholder (2009).
In addition to this, the Gallery manages the Council’s Art Collection which comprises modern and contemporary works by Australian artists. The Gallery also manages the prestigious A.M.E Bale Art Award on behalf of Perpetual Trustees. School group visits and free talks for cultural groups are welcome upon prior arrangement with the Gallery Curator.
Gallery Two is a popular exhibition space alongside the Main Gallery and is free for individual artists, schools, or not-for-profit groups to present exhibitions.
