ANNA SCHWARTZ PROJECTS

ANNA SCHWARTZ GALLERY TO CLOSE AND REOPEN AS NEW ENTI­TY:
ANNA SCHWARTZ PROJECTS

After four decades, Anna Schwartz Gallery announces a new name and a new direc­tion: Anna Schwartz Projects.

Locat­ed in Mel­bourne’s Flinders Lane, Anna Schwartz Gallery will cease oper­at­ing in its cur­rent form after the forth­com­ing John Nixon exhi­bi­tion ​‘Artist of the Mono­chrome 1968 – 2020’, which con­cludes on 13 Decem­ber 2025, and will reopen in 2026 as a new enti­ty, Anna Schwartz Projects.

Anna Schwartz Projects will present an occa­sion­al and dynam­ic ros­ter across forms includ­ing instal­la­tion, per­for­mance, talk, pub­lish­ing and music. It will build on the gallery’s uncom­pro­mised con­cep­tu­al posi­tion and con­tri­bu­tion to cul­ture. It will embrace exper­i­men­tal approach­es to art prac­tice with a pro­gramme that is entire­ly project and event based offer­ing a par­tic­u­lar expe­ri­ence.

The deci­sion to change the focus of the gallery is dri­ven by a desire to revi­talise the cur­rent struc­ture in response to the chang­ing land­scape in Aus­tralia.

​“It has been a great priv­i­lege to work along­side artists from all over the world, to present and to fur­ther their work in Aus­tralia and over­seas. It is grat­i­fy­ing to wit­ness how the recep­tion of art has matured in this coun­try com­pared to the small mono­cul­tur­al world of con­tem­po­rary art in the ear­ly eight­ies, and I am proud to have con­tributed to this expan­sion along­side many great artists” — Anna Schwartz AM

Anna Schwartz Projects will work with col­lec­tions and facil­i­tate com­mis­sions, and will con­tin­ue to assist artists with advice and vis­i­bil­i­ty, col­lab­o­rat­ing with oth­er gal­leries and insti­tu­tions in sup­port­ing their prac­tices.

The new enti­ty will occu­py the sec­ond lev­el of the same address on Flinders Lane.