Gallery News
News, exhibition previews, artist features, and collecting insights from Lauraine Diggins Fine Art.
A.M.E. Bale
A delightful exhibition currently on show at Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn celebrates the work of Alice Marian Ellen Bale (1875 – 1955). With over 100 artworks spanning five decades, we can appreciate the talent of an artist who as a student at the National Gallery School won 9 prizes and admire her ongoing concern to […]
22 September 2026
Ambrose Patterson – a new book
An impressive new publication about Ambrose Patterson by Jane Alexander was recently launched at the Victorian Artists Society. Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, the author spoke about her connection with the artist and the process resulting in the book. With further comments by Danielle Knapp, curator of American and Regional Art at the Jordan Schnitzer […]
25 August 2026
Congratulations to Genevieve Kemarr Loy
Congratulations to Genevieve Kemarr Loy, finalist in this year’s John Leslie Art Prize at Gippsland Art Gallery. One of Australia’s most prestigious prizes for landscape, the exhibition will showcase 49 finalists, chosen from 577 entries received from artists Australia-wide and will be held from 5 September to 22 November at Gippsland Art Gallery. Genevieve’s painting, […]
14 August 2026
Art Duet : Fu Hong and Echo Cai – Opening Sat 13 June
New paintings by Fu Hong and Echo Cai showing at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art 13 – 30 June. Art Duet : Fu Hong and Echo Cai opening Sat 13 June at 2pm with official opening by Lucia Xia, Guardian Art Centre, China and Exhibition & Museums Programs Professional RSVP: ausart@diggins.com.au Preview the exhibition at www.diggins.com.au
11 June 2026
LDFA @ The Sydney Fair
Visit us at The Sydney Fair Friday 29 – Sunday 31 May at Randwick Racecourse. Amongst over 50 dealers showcasing art, furniture, jewellery, antiques, decorative objects, vintage couture and so much more – visit us at Stand #3 where we are exhibiting a range of Australian artworks from the late nineteenth century to today. Highlights […]
29 May 2026
John Dent Gouaches – Peter Perry’s opening remarks
For those not able to join us last Saturday at the opening of John Dent’s exhibition of gouache paintings, we were delighted to hear the insightful words of Peter Perry OAM and to learn his favourite works in the exhibition. Peter was the Director of the Castlemaine Art Gallery (1975 – 2013) and author of […]
22 April 2026
JOHN DENT: Gouaches exhibition opening Saturday 18th April
John Dent’s new exhibition showcases over 50 gouache paintings, a medium with the immediacy and intimacy of watercolour but with the ability to layer colour pigment. The gouaches mostly depict the landscape around Australia – the lush fields of rural Victoria; the heat and intense colour of the Northern Territory; coasts of blues; McLaren Vale […]
17 April 2026