The Wonder of McWilliams― Survey Exhibition at QVMAG
Image courtesy of The Examiner. Image credit: Phillip Biggs.
Friday last week, the Handmark team witnessed the most remarkable exhibition at Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston.
Gentle Protagonist: Art of Michael McWilliams is a survey exhibition celebrating Michael’s extraordinary arts practice spanning over 40 years, thoughtfully curated by Shane Fitzgerald, Director of QVMAG.
To say the exhibition is epic is to be understated. The two large galleries upstairs at QVMAG are full to bursting with paintings, furniture and smaller items.
I thank the many Handmark collectors who loaned their precious works.
The exhibition runs until March 2025 and I absolutely implore you to put this show in your diary.
No words can really express how proud we are of this ‘gentle protagonist’ – for his passion, his attention to detail, his love of the environment which he expresses so beautifully and sometimes controversially in his work, his technical ability and his showcase of our wonderful Tasmanian birdlife, wildlife and …of course keeping the Thylacine alive and well in his paintings.
We look forward to Michael’s exhibition at Handmark Gallery in Hobart opening on Friday 21 November, 2025. Until then…please don’t miss the opportunity to witness the wonder of McWilliams.
Allanah Dopson
Director