Margaret Olley: Shapes of Stillness

About this event

Margaret Olley: Shapes of Stillness is on at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre (2 Mistral Road, South Murwillumbah, New South Wales, 2484) on Sun 8 Nov 2026.

Tickets and details are on the organiser’s website, linked on this page. Prices listed by the organiser: Price Free. They’re indicative, so check the final price when you book.

The organiser lists these accessibility features for the event: disability awareness training for staff, asks visitors about specific access needs, tour guides trained in accessibility, assistance available when booking, use floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth, have grab rails in the bathroom, seating in common areas, step-free pathways, step-free main entrance, accessible restaurant, have step free access to the conference or function room, lift access, easy-grip door handles, accessible toilet and accessible parking.

From the organiser

This exhibition explores the art practice of beloved Australian painter Margaret Olley AC (1923–2011). 'Margaret Olley: Shapes of Stillness' offers a unique opportunity to consider Olley's still lifes alongside Natura morta [Still life] 1956 by Italian painter and printmaker Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964), an artist she greatly admired.

'Shapes of Stillness' is a reminder that Margaret Olley's constructed worlds typically evolved from lived-in spaces, gathered utilitarian vessels, decorative objects, fruit, flora, house-hold furniture. Through the generous and sensitively rendered works that deftly evoke a profound sense of reverence and stillness, this exhibition invites consideration of Morandi's enduring influence on the still life tradition while recognising Olley's brilliance in depicting objects of desire in a modern world.

A Tweed Regional Gallery initiative.

Margaret Olley (1923–2011)

White still life II 1977

oil on board, 60 x 74.5 cm

Private collection. Courtesy Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane

© Margaret Olley Art Trust

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