Tweed Gallery Acquires Iconic Margaret Olley Portrait

Tweed Shire Council

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Ben Quilty with his Archibald Prize winning portrait Margaret Olley 2011. Image courtesy Jan Murphy Gallery. Photo: Louis Lim

Photo 2: Margaret Olley

Ben Quilty (b.1973) Margaret Olley 2011 oil on linen 170 x 150 cm Purchased with funds from Principal Donors Tim Fairfax AC and Gina Fairfax AC and from Donors the Margaret Olley Art Trust, the Estate of Kenneth Fizzell and Eugene McGrath through the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd., an anonymous donor, Friends of Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre Inc., Philip Bacon AO, the Nelson Meers Foundation, Liz and Graeme Wikman, Michael Hudson and supporters of the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Acquisition Appeal, 2025 Tweed Regional Gallery collection © The artist

Photo 3: Ben Quilty & Margaret Olley

Ben Quilty and Margaret Olley in front of Ben Quilty's 2011 Archibald Prize winning work, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Image © Art Gallery of New South Wales

Photo 4: Ben Quilty & Margaret Olley

Ben Quilty and Margaret Olley in front of Ben Quilty's winning Archibald Prize work at the 2011 Archibald Prize Announcement, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Image © Art Gallery of New South Wales

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2002 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship winner Ben Quilty with Margaret Olley, Brett Whiteley Studio, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Diana Panuccio

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Ben Quilty (b.1973) Mother's Love in Olley vessel II 2025 oil on linen 61 x 50 cm. Collection of the artist © Courtesy of the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

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Ben Quilty (b.1973) New season hydrangea in Beryl's opaline milk glass vase (Portieux Vallerysthal) 2025 oil on linen 61 x 50 cm. Collection of the artist © Courtesy of the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

Photo 8: Ben Quilty

Ben Quilty (b.1973) Yellow buddleia in Beryl's vase 2025 oil on linen 61 x 50 cm Collection of the artist. © Courtesy of the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

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Ben Quilty (b.1973) Cardoon in Olley Ceramic Vessel, 2025 Oil on linen 61 x 50 cm Collection of the artist. © Courtesy of the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

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