Gallery News
News, exhibition previews, artist features, and collecting insights from Lauraine Diggins Fine Art.
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
Videos now available to view… Helen S. Tiernan Two Views: As Above So Below
For those unable to celebrate the opening of our current exhibition of new paintings by Helen S. Tiernan in person, the videos of Helen’s talk and opening remarks by Rosemary Forde, Visual Arts and Cultural Development Officer, Bass Coast Shire Council, are now available on our website. Click here to watch Rosemary’s official opening. “Helen’s […]
11 December 2025
ART is good for you!
As explained in The Guardian article, “Picture of health: going to art galleries can improve wellbeing”, a study led by King’s College London reveals viewing original works of art can relieve stress, cut heart disease risk and boost immune system. Researchers found that levels of the stress hormone cortisol fell by an average of 22% […]
28 November 2025
Helen S. Tiernan New Exhibition Opening Sat 22 November at 2.30pm Two Views: As Above, So Below
Join us at the Gallery to celebrate with artist Helen S. Tiernan at the opening of her new exhibition Two Views: As Above, So Below to be officially opened by Rosemary Forde, Visual Arts and Cultural Development Officer, Bass Shire Council. Preview the exhibition on our website and download the illustrated catalogue. Please RSVP to […]
20 November 2025
Book Launch at LDFA : Unseen – Art and Crime in Australia by Penelope Jackson
We are delighted to host Penelope Jackson and Monash University Press to launch the publication Unseen: Art and Crime in Australia on Wednesday 19 November at 6pm at the Gallery. Join the author Penelope Jackson in conversation with Hilary Thurlow discussing Unseen, a riveting look at art thefts, fakes, forgeries, vandalism, ‘disappeared works’ and more. […]
13 November 2025