The Friends of the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and Eastern Riverina Arts present Wagga’s Wonderful inaugural Annual Art Auction.

With works from established and emerging artists you are invited join the auction and invest in the future of Art in the region. There will be around 40 works up for auction!

The Friends of the Gallery collection includes items donated from the Giurgola Estate, from the collection of the late Romaldo "Aldo" Giurgola AO (2 September 1920 – 16 May 2016). Giurgola was an Italian academic, architect, professor, and author who was behind the design of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra. There are works by famous artists and some unknown.

The Eastern Riverina Arts (ERA) Collection features a series of A4 works created for an ERA project in response to COVID. 22 artists from across the region are represented in the auction.

The works will be on display at The Curious Rabbit from the 1st - 20th of November with the auction being held at The Wagga Wagga Art Gallery on Sunday the 21st of November at 2pm.

All proceeds from the FOG auction items will benefit the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. All proceeds from the ERA auction will be go back ERA for another project to support artists in 2022.