Contemporary Art Gallery
We have a wonderful light filled gallery space with beautiful full height street windows in our character filled creative hub. We specialise in showcasing emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Melbourne and Regional Victoria in our curated group exhibitions, solo shows, as well as collective and private group exhibitions.
We run a full schedule of rotating gallery exhibitions in our two gallery spaces through out the year, so there is always something new to discover. We love supporting Victorian Artists to grow in their practice and confidence as they progress in their artistic career at any age!
We are a full service commercial gallery, from curating, hanging, manning, sales, demounting, and promotion, we take care of it all, so artists need only drop off their work, and then collect unsold works wrapped and ready for transport home.
With modern track gallery lighting and hanging system as well as an abundance of plinths in all sizes, along with access to partition walls, our two galleries transform into the space that is needed for each exhibition.
We take the stress, learning curve and decision paralysis out of exhibiting as a emerging artist, so they can concentrate on the art.
Current Exhibitions
KYNETON DAFFODIL & ARTS FESTIVAL
ART PRIZE
The Winner of the 2026 Kyneton Daffodil Festival and Art Prize is Denise Martin, for her piece ‘I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud’. The judge was impressed with the character and life in the daffodils of the painting and the way she used the texture in the background to highlight the flowers.
Full List of Winners:
Daffodil Prize Winner - Denise Martin for their piece I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
Daffodil Prize Highly Commended - Heather Mills for their piece Daffy Dills
Friends of the Botanic Gardens Prize Winner - Deidre Bain for their piece Tree of Life with Daffodils
Watercolour Winner - Tina Wilson for their piece Study in Repose #3
Watercolour Highly Commended - Maureen Anderson for their piece Circle of Life
Oil Painting Winner - Jo Reitze for their piece Spring Flowers
Oil Painting Highly Commended - Claire Wilson for their piece Gathered Together
Acrylic Painting Winner - Deidre Bain for their piece Poppy - Inside Out
Acrylic Painting Highly Commended - Judy Perfect for their piece Wattle & Daffodils
Works on Paper Winner - Jo Reitze for their piece Spring Garden
Works on Paper Highly Commended - Janine Frith for their piece Persephone's Return
Photograghy Winner - Linda Reiss for their piece Morning's Breath, Killawarra
Photograghy Highly Commended - Jenny Orford for their piece Pelican
Other Media/Sculpture Winner - Fran Spain for their piece Wordsworth Delight
Other Media/Sculpture Highly Commended - Rebecca Mignone for their piece Spread A Little Sunshine
The 2026 Kyneton Daffodil Festival and Art Prize will be on display until 4pm Monday 14th of September
Check out our previous exhibitions in the
Main Gallery or Studio Gallery
Upcoming Exhibitions
Upcoming exhibitions in the galleries at The Old Auction House include
“Expressions of Nature”, Terri MacDonald and Michelle Slater , October/November 2025
“Groundwater”, Sally Berridge and Malini Lewis, October/November 2025
Buttlejorrk Artists plus special guests Macedon Ranges Potters, November/December 2025
Exhibit With Us
Want to exhibit at The Old Auction House? We would love to hear from you!
We specialise in emerging and mid-career contemporary artists in all mediums, except for digital and performance.
Information for artists who wish to apply to exhibit in a solo exhibition, as a collective, guild or as part of one of our curated group exhibitions can find information on our exhibiting page
