Margaret Lawrence Gallery

The epicentre of art Production, a mere few steps away from the NGV, this is the place to go to see up and comning talent, in all the mediums of art offered at the prestigious Victorian College of The Arts.

I’m on my way to the ACCA and I stop at the Margaret Lawrence Gallery just around the corner. The gallery is part of the Victorian College of the Arts. It is very easy to find on the campus, as the gallery is right by the main entrance on Dodds Street. After going in the front entrance there are some glass doors on your left. Unlike so many of the contemporary art spaces in Melbourne this one is wheel chair accessible.
I’m not sure what the space was intended to be originally but it is an odd shape with a second rectangular gallery off the side. There are a lot of white walls and a large concrete floor.
The gallery has regular exhibitions of high quality contemporary art without any commercial imperatives — it often appears unsaleable. The gallery’s program of exhibitions is designed to make the students at the College of the Arts think. The exhibitions are challenging and avant-​garde but they are always of a high quality.