Small, Free Art Gallery Next to the Manly Ferries
Manly Art Gallery and Museum的点评
点评:Manly Art Gallery is only a very small space but entry is free and it’s located right on the waterfront, next to the Manly Pavilion. It’s just a short stroll from the ferry terminal. Its so easy to visit that I’m surprised Ive never been there before.
Temporary exhibitions are held on the ground floor which consists of three smaller rooms and two larger ones. The loveliest rooms are light and airy and look out towards Manly Cove Beach where the ferries pull in.
Much depends on what the current exhibition is. Right now, the finalists in the 2026 Environmental Art & Design Prize are on display. This will run until 20 Sept. It’s not a large exhibition but there was an interesting and diverse range of works across different media. A series of beautiful but stark, white rings caught my eye. Delicate and beautiful, they represented the bleaching of our coral reefs. Another large bold disc, made of coal and gold leaf was also very striking and referenced the well-known Australian poem, A Sunburnt Country. Altogether there are about 170 works.
The gallery is described as both art gallery and museum but don’t expect much in the way of museum. The museum part seems to be the small, permanent collection of ceramics which is on show in the upstairs room. Most people wouldn’t really regard it as a museum at all.
Staff are very welcoming and friendly and will readily answer any questions.
翻译:曼利艺术画廊的空间虽然非常小,但门票免费,而且它就坐落在海滨地带,紧邻曼利凉亭。从渡轮码头走过去也只需一小段路而已。这里实在太容易前往了,令我惊讶的是我以前竟然从未去过。
临时展览设在底楼,那里有三个较小的展厅和两个较大的展厅。其中最漂亮的几个展厅光线充足、通风良好,还能俯瞰到渡轮停靠的曼利湾海滩。这很大程度上取决于当前正在举办的展览是什么。目前,2026年环境艺术与设计奖的入围作品正在展出,展览将持续到9月20日。虽然规模不算大,但展出的作品题材丰富且形式多样。有一系列纯白、造型简洁的环形作品特别吸引了我的注意——它们精致而美丽,象征着珊瑚礁的白化现象。此外还有一个尺寸较大、风格粗犷的圆盘作品。由煤炭和金箔制成的作品也极为引人注目,它让人联想到澳大利亚著名的诗歌《一个被阳光灼烧的国度》。总共约有170件作品。
这座画廊被形容为艺术画廊兼博物馆,但别指望它能像传统博物馆那样展出大量藏品。所谓的“博物馆”部分,其实只是陈列在楼上房间里的一小部分永久性陶瓷收藏品而已。大多数人恐怕根本不会把它当作一家博物馆呢。工作人员非常热情友好,会很乐意回答任何问题。