| Storey Hall (RMIT Gallery) | |
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RMIT Gallery at the RMIT City campus |
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| Established | 1957 |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
| Public transit access | Melbourne Central (train), Stop 8-RMIT (tram) |
| Website | RMIT Gallery website |
Storey Hall is home to RMIT Gallery, a public art gallery, and is located at 342–344 Swanston Street in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the RMIT City campus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University).
Storey Hall is a 19th century building once owned by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and acquired by RMIT in 1957.[1] Today, RMIT Gallery, which is housed in the building, is considered to be Melbourne's most vibrant art space,[2][3][4] with a constantly changing exhibition program of architecture, craft, contemporary art, design, fashion, and fine art.[5][6]
The architectural design of the refurbished section of the building consists primarily of Penrose tiles, which are arranged to form pentagons. It was completed in 1995 to the design of Ashton Raggatt McDougall. The refurbished section is also externally adorned with Penrose tiles and is also styled with ruffles, keys and suspender belts to represent the Suffragettes—who formally used the building as a meeting hall.
The hall was named after the Storey family; John Storey (Junior), who founded the RMIT Student Union in 1944, and Sir John Storey (Senior), who left a large bequest to RMIT—in order to found the John Storey Junior Memorial Scholarships in memory of his son, whose studies were cut short in 1947 when he died of leukaemia at age 22.[7]
The vaults of Storey Hall house the smaller RMIT First Site Gallery, which is operated by the RMIT Union, and has a focus on new media, as well as a cafe named re:vault.[8]
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