Exhibition No.1 opens Saturday 5.10.24
Civic Art Bureau is a new commercial gallery and project space dedicated to exploring and promoting contemporary art, located on the first floor of the historic Melbourne Building in the heart of Canberra City, above Smiths Alternative.
Opening 3pm Saturday 5 October 2024
Exhibition No.1 presents works by eleven distinguished artists working in and around Canberra:
Civic Art Bureau has been established to reach a broad audience, provide opportunities for artists and curators, and to encourage collectors to support their practice. The gallery will program innovative presentations by emerging and established artists and operate within a distinct precinct that includes the ANU School of Art and Design, Drill Hall Gallery, National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), and Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG).
Gallery director, Adam Bell, is an experienced cultural producer, printmaker, and musician. He studied visual art under Arthur Wicks at CSU. He curated experimental music and sound art festival Unsound in regional NSW, now a major international event, and plays guitar in the King Hits. He is a friend of the Drill Hall Gallery, Megalo member and secretary of GLAM Peak.
