David Palliser – Deep Sneeze

One of Australia’s most extraordinary abstract artists – David Palliser, who we are fortunate to have teaching painting and abstraction at Melbourne Art Class, is showing his new body of work...

10 things a beginner artist needs to know

The beginning of an artist’s journey can be fear-inducing, overwhelming, exciting, inspiring (among many other things)! These ten tips will hopefully help you successfully continue on your creative path, with...

Exhibition dates: 4 – 17 April Opening: 6 April 6pm – 9pm Location: Brunswick Street Gallery I began to reflect on the King River as a source. Its river stone...

Fractured Dwellings: Rosi Griffin

Paintings that describe fragmented domestic spaces populated with disintegrating walls, are timely. They come when the industrial spaces around Rosi Griffin’s Collingwood studio are rapidly transforming with new developments continually...

Tim McMonagle – Buangor

Gnarly eucalyptus trees often seen on a well-travelled stretch of road near the town Buangor, in country Victoria, was the starting point for Tim McMonagle’s latest exhibition. Buangor is a...

Monet’s water lilies at l’Orangerie, Paris

I was lucky enough to be in France in May this year and ticked off a few things from my bucket list (read here about visiting Arles and Van Gogh)....

40×40 Art Prize – Brunswick Street Gallery

Fitzroy art space, Brunswick Street Gallery (BSG), is calling out for applications for their annual Art Prize, 40×40 2015. Brunswick Street Gallery runs a number of large-scale prize shows every...

by Elizabeth Fritz Other Worlds, is a collection of landscape paintings that embody the subtleties of the natural world; the changing light and weather, the evolving colours and the textural...

Andrea J. Smith’s new body of work was recently exhibited at Australian Galleries, Derby Street. Andrea was a guest artist at Melbourne Art Class in 2013, discussing her art and...

Finding beauty in the Sherrin football

AFL Grand Final fever has engulfed Melbourne once again, and the mention of a Sherrin football is the last thing you may relate to artwork. However, one of our former...

Graeme Drendel – Surrender

We are pleased to announce Graeme Drendel’s latest exhibition, Surrender. MAC has been fortunate to have Graeme speak at a number of our art classes about his previous works, and...

David Palliser moves to Block Projects

ESAP guest artist David Palliser has moved to Block Projects gallery in Richmond.