Ingrid Hedgcock, director of the Tweed Regional Gallery, shows me around the amazing Margaret Olley Art Centre which is the relocation of Margaret Olley’s home studio from Paddington in Sydney.

Famous for being like an Aladdin’s cave of eclectic objects, the recreated home studio contains the sources of many inspirational items which appear in Margaret Olley’s paintings.  Over an astonishing 21,000 items were relocated from Sydney to the gallery.

Ingrid, having been involved in the project almost from its inception, is the ideal person to share insights into the creation of this extraordinary tribute to Olley.

This is the second of three episodes recorded at Tweed Regional Gallery. The previous episode is my conversation with Sophie Perez and Sarah McDonald undertaking a residency at the gallery and the following episode will be my conversation with Robert Malherbe and Keith Burt at the gallery about the exhibition ‘A Dictionary for Painting’.

Photo of Ingrid Hedgcock supplied by Tweed Regional Gallery

• Podcast listeners click here to see images of the Margaret Olley Art Centre


• Margaret Olley Art Centre


• ‘A Dictionary for Painting’, exhibition with Robert Malherbe and Keith Burt at the Tweed Regional Gallery until 2 March 2025


• Scott Bevan on William Dobell


• Ben Quilty (ep 80)

‘The Hat Factory’, Margaret Olley Art Centre

‘The Yellow Room’, Margaret Olley Art Centre