[vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content" css=".vc_custom_1626308149530{margin-bottom: 6vh !important;}"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Exhibitions" font_container="tag:h1|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.208lennoxstreet.com%2Fexhibitions-events%2F|title:The%20National%20Teacher-Artist%20Prize%202021%20Finalist%20Exhibition||"][vc_empty_space][vc_basic_grid post_type="post" max_items="24" element_width="3" item="15247" grid_id="vc_gid:1680220187797-796ee60c-b62c-1"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="About The Lennox" font_container="tag:h1|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="15007" img_size="full"][vc_column_text]

Photo: John Gollings

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A House Haunted… by Art

Ghosts, Gangsters, Artists, Actors, Authors and Musicians have all collided in this magical abode.

A veritable Who’s Who of Melbourne’s cultural characters have collected, at one time or another, at a former pub, now dubbed The Lennox, at Richmond’s 208 Lennox Street.

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THE LENNOX TODAY

A major group show curated by Ben Aitken, artist-in-residency held by Robert Kelly. Mark Schaller’s ‘Homage to Hydra’ Julian Cairns becomes the musical director and projects by Helen Bogdan and John Gollings are formulated, and much, much more[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="Read More" style="flat" shape="square" size="xs" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.208lennoxstreet.com%2Fabout-the-lennox%2F%23today|||"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][vc_column_text]

GHOSTS

Back to the 80s. Ann Holt establishes her studio, The Inevitably, ghost stories haunt buildings of such longevity. “There was a resident ghost at Lennox Street,” artist Ann Holt, who lived there during the 1980s, confirms. “I had seen it coming up the cellar stairs as a ball of white light on several occasions.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="Read More" style="flat" shape="square" size="xs" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.208lennoxstreet.com%2Fabout-the-lennox%2F%23ghosts|||"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][vc_column_text]

BECOMING AN ARTISTS ABODE

Back to the 80s. Ann Holt establishes her studio, The Lennox becomes a second home to the crew filming Dogs in Space and the ROAR artists use the space for an exhibit at the Australian National Gallery[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="Read More" style="flat" shape="square" size="xs" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.208lennoxstreet.com%2Fabout-the-lennox%2F%23becoming|||"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][vc_column_text]

THE MARK SCHALLER YEARS

Parties, exhibitions and live music; The Lennox comes alive. Plans for causes and trips were planned, most notably an artists’ journey with Schaller, David Larwill and Peter Walsh, the ongoing Artists For Kids Culture Trust was hatched at the premises. Artist Lisa Roet exhibited, and the famed Skyhooks used the space to record their first reunion song in 1990.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="Read More" style="flat" shape="square" size="xs" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.208lennoxstreet.com%2Fabout-the-lennox%2F%23schaller|||"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][vc_column_text]

THE FUTURE

A rich bricolage of art, music and performance. Upcoming exhibitions curated by Ben Aitkens, David Moulday and Ashley Crawford are planned.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="Read More" style="flat" shape="square" size="xs" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.208lennoxstreet.com%2Fabout-the-lennox%2F%23future|||"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title="About The Lennox" style="flat" shape="square" color="black" size="lg" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.208lennoxstreet.com%2Fabout-the-lennox%2F|title:About%20The%20Lennox||"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][/vc_column][/vc_row]