White Rabbit Gallery

White Rabbit Gallery
White Rabbit Gallery exterior
Established2009; 17 years ago (2009)
Location30 Balfour Street, Chippendale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°53′11.5″S 151°12′0.5″E / 33.886528°S 151.200139°E / -33.886528; 151.200139
TypeContemporary art museum
Collections
21st-century Chinese contemporary art
Collection size
2,500 works
FounderJudith Neilson
OwnerJudith Neilson
Websitewww.whiterabbitcollection.org

The White Rabbit Gallery is a contemporary art museum located in the Sydney inner-city suburb of Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia.

Description

The private art museum, which opened in 2009 is owned by Judith Neilson. It is located in a former warehouse and Rolls-Royce service depot, which was refurbished as an art museum, designed by Smart Design Studio. It includes four floors of gallery space, a tea house, digital media theatre, reception, car parking and an artist-in-residence studio.

White Rabbit Gallery holds two exhibitions a year, focusing on works by contemporary Chinese artists. It is considered a dynamic entity that "mirrors the rapidly evolving profile of contemporary Chinese art".

White Rabbit Gallery's collection holds over 3000 artworks by over 800 contemporary Chinese artists all made since the year 2000. The collection has become one of the most significant collections of Chinese contemporary art in the world. The collection contains artworks by leading Chinese contemporary artists including:

The White Rabbit Collection is housed in the award winning Dangrove art storage facility in Alexandria, designed by architect Alexander Tzannes.

References

  1. ↑ "Judith Neilson: Private passions made public". The Australian. 21 August 2010. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Powerhouse Museum". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "White Rabbit Gallery". Smart Design Studio. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  4. ↑ McDonald, John (4 December 2010). "White Rabbit: the Big Bang". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ↑ "White Rabbit Gallery". Judith Neilson Projects. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  6. ↑ McDonald, John (18 June 2020). "White Rabbit: And Now". John McDonald. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "White Rabbit Gallery". Judith Neilson Projects. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Dangrove Art Storage Facility". Tzannes Architect. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "'Extraordinary in every sense': Dangrove Art Storage Facility". ArchitectureAU. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2026.