Art Leven opens new Woolloomooloo gallery

Art Leven will open its new Woolloomooloo gallery this Thursday 26 March with two inaugural exhibitions: The Places That Know Us, a major solo presentation of paintings by Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, and Gatherings, a group exhibition of aluminium and bronze sculptures created in collaboration with Urban Art Projects (UAP), presented in the gallery’s dedicated sculpture courtyard. The program will also include a screening of the short film Nana (2007), written and directed by Warwick Thornton, which offers an intimate glimpse into the life and story of Mitjili Napanangka Gibson. The opening marks the relocation of the Gallery (formerly Cooee Art) from Redfern and signals a new chapter for one of Australia’s longest-running fine art galleries dedicated to First Nations artists. Established in 1981, Art Leven has evolved over four decades through close collaboration