White Rabbit Gallery
Contemporary art museum in New South Wales, Australia
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The White Rabbit Gallery is a contemporary art museum located in the Sydney inner-city suburb of Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia.
White Rabbit Gallery exterior | |
  Location in greater metropolitan Sydney | |
| Established | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Location | 30 Balfour Street, Chippendale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°53′11.5″S 151°12′0.5″E |
| Type | Contemporary art museum |
| Collections | 21st-century Chinese contemporary art |
| Collection size | 2,500 works |
| Founder | Judith Neilson |
| Owner | Judith Neilson |
| Website | www |
Description
The private art museum, which opened in 2009 is owned by Judith Neilson.[1] It is located in a former warehouse and Rolls-Royce service depot,[2] which was refurbished as an art museum, designed by Smart Design Studio.[3] 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"[4].
White Rabbit Gallery's collection holds over 3000 artworks by over 800 contemporary Chinese artists[5] all made since the year 2000[6]. The collection has become one of the most significant collections of Chinese contemporary art in the world.[7] The collection contains artworks by leading Chinese contemporary artists including:
- Zhang Peili
- Gu Wenda
- Shi Yong
- Chen Yanyin
- Huang Xialiang
- Yang Shen
- Shang Yang
- Miao Ying
- Zhu Jinshi
- Yu Hong
The White Rabbit Collection is housed in the award winning[8] Dangrove[9] art storage facility in Alexandria, designed by architect Alexander Tzannes.
Gallery
White Rabbit Gallery interior
White Rabbit Tea House
