Tweed Regional Gallery
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File:The_Grand_Impedimenta,_2016_-_2017,_by_Tim_Storrier_(b._1949)_01.jpg entitled 'The Grand Impedimenta', (2016–2017)]]
Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre is a regional art gallery in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia.{{cite news|author=Lucy Ardern |title=The Margaret Olley Art Centre at the Tweed Regional Gallery to officially open next Sunday |url=http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/the-margaret-olley-art-centre-at-the-tweed-river-art-gallery-to-officially-open-next-sunday/story-fnj94hgr-1226844398818 |work=Gold Coast Bulletin |date=4 March 2014 |access-date=25 June 2014 }}{{cite news|author=Andrew Taylor |title=Margaret Olley's home on display at Tweed Regional Gallery |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/margaret-olleys-home-on-display-at-tweed-regional-gallery-20140307-34crk.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 March 2014 |access-date=25 June 2014 }} Lonely Planet Australia describes it as "an exceptional gallery... home to some of Australia's finest in a variety of media."{{Citation |title=Australia |chapter=Murwillumbah |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DTWV1HhItykC&dq=Tweed+River+Art+Gallery&pg=PT412 |publisher=Lonely Planet |year=2011|isbn=978-1742204239 }}
In June 2009 the gallery featured in an episode of the ABC television program, Collectors.{{cite news|author=Kristy Martin |title=Art gallery exhibition on ABC TV |url=http://www.tweeddailynews.com.au/news/art-gallery-exhibition-on-abc-tv/256146/ |work=Tweed Daily News |date=24 June 2009 |access-date=25 June 2014 }}
On 15 March 2014 the gallery opened a new Margaret Olley Art Centre, named for Margaret Olley, which cost $4 million to construct. Funding included $1 million from the federal government's Community Infrastructure Grants Program.{{cite news|title=The first sod is turned at Margaret Olley Art Centre |url=http://www.tweeddailynews.com.au/news/the-first-sod-is-turned-at-margaret-olly-gallery/1826483/ |work=Tweed Daily News |date=12 April 2013 |access-date=25 June 2014 }} The new Centre houses the 76,000 objects from the studio of artist Margaret Olley, who died in 2011 aged 88.
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Category:Art museums and galleries in New South Wales
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