Walk ONE Central Station to Crown Street circuit
Walk TWO Central Station to Danks Street circuit
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Walk Two: Central Station to Danks Street circuit
Overview: From Central Station, exit at Devonshire and Chalmers Streets. Walk to Danks Street Galleries. Then walk along Young, then Crown, then down Devonshire St back to Central Station to the point where you started from.
It is quite a long walk from Central Station to Danks Street - about 30 minutes. If you wish to start the walk closer to the Danks Street galleries, you can take a bus from Central Station, at the Elizabeth Street exit. Bus #343 runs along Elizabeth Street. Alight at the corner of Phillip Street, parallel to Danks Street.
You can also take other buses from Circular Quay: Buses #301-3 and alight in Bourke Street near the corner with Danks Street. Bus #343 also starts from Circular Quay.
Start at the Central Station rear exit at the corner of Devonshire St and Chalmers St. Walk up Devonshire St to Elizabeth St and turn right. As you walk along you will pass various cafes and home renovation suppliers for the heritage terrace houses and modern inner city apartments in the area. Cross Cleveland Street and continue along Elizabeth St until you reach Philip St (a bit of a stretch), then turn left and walk up Philip St. Then turn right into Young St and then left into Danks St. The first group of galleries is in a large warehouse. In this space there are eleven galleries, mainly displaying contemporary art, and an award-winning cafe!
This space includes the following galleries: The complex is called
2 Danks Street Galleries and is on the corner of Young and Danks Sts.
Dominik Mersch Gallery ph 9698 4499 Hours: Tus-Sat 11am-6pm email: info@dominikmerschgallery.com Contemporary art focusing on Europe's German-speaking culture.
Stella Downer Fine Art ph 9319 1006 Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-6pm email: info@stelladownerfineart.com.au
Contemporary Australian art across a variety of artistic mediums.
Brenda
May Gallery ph 9318 1122 Hours: Tues-Fri 11am-6pm
Sat 10am-6pm email: info@brendamaygallery.com.au Brenda
May Gallery is committed to the exhibition of both two-dimensional
and three-dimensional work by Australian artists. The gallery also
houses an extensive stockroom
of paintings, drawings, ceramics and sculpture.
Wilson
Street Gallery ph 9698 8443 Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5pm email: info@wilsonstreetgallerygallery.com.au Contemporary
art.
The
Depot and The Depot II ph 9351 3115 Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-6pm
email: thedepotgallery@2danksstreet.com.au Changing
contemporary exhibition art spaces available for rent by galleries
and artists.
Aboriginal and Pacific Art ph 9699 2211 Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5pm email: info@aboriginalpacificart.com.au
Utopia Art Gallery ph 9699 2900 Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5pm
email: utopiaartsydney@ozemail.com.au Indigenous and Australian contemporary art.
Studio 20/17 ph 9698 7999 Hours: Tue-Sat 11am-6pm Sun 11am-4pm email: gallery@studio2017.com.au Contemporary and Australian jewellery artists.
Annette Larkin Fine Art ph 8394 9288 Hours: open by appointment email: annette@annettelarkin.com Specialist services to collectors of contemporary, indigenous and modern art.
Cross the road for the other galleries in Danks Street.
Agathon Galleries 1D Danks St, Waterloo, ph 8399 1888 Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-6pm email: info@agathon.com.au. Contemporary Aboriginal art.
Kaleidoscope Gallery 3-7 Danks St, Waterloo, ph 9319 0934 Hours: Tue-Fri 10am-5pm Sat 10am-5pm Sun 11am-4pm Showcases emerging contemporary Australian artists in all mediums.
Walk back along Young St towards Surry Hills until you reach Cleveland St. Cross the road and turn right along Cleveland St towards Crown St to visit the next gallery.
A-Space on Cleveland 420
Cleveland St, Surry Hills, ph 9698 5156. Showcases the work of emerging artists.
Continue up Cleveland St and turn left into Crown St. Stop at one of the great cafes or view the chic window displays and visit the next gallery.
Jumoke
Gallery 525 Crown St Surry Hills ph 9699 4565.
email: info@jumokegallery.org Exquisite
items including, French style furniture, Persian rugs, silver jewellery, bric-a-brac,
chandeliers, crystal lights and Moroccan bowls.
From here, continue up Crown St and turn right into Devonshire St for the next gallery.
Ray Hughes Gallery 270 Devonshire St Surry Hills ph 9698 3200
Hours: Tue-Sat 11am-6pm email: email@rayhughesgallery.com Australian, New Zealand and Chinese artists.
Continue down Devonshire St and turn left into Esther Lane, then turn right into Esther St and then leftt into Raper St. Here you will find the Brett Whiteley Studio complete with the current exhibition, an open section of his workspace, various literature, and you can watch videos of his life in a relaxed atmosphere.
Brett Whiteley Studio 2 Raper St Surry Hills ph 9225 1740. Hours Sat-Sun 10am-4pm.
email: brettwhiteleystudio@ag.nsw.gov.au
The Brett Whiteley Studio was his workplace and home, and you can experience his studio with his unfinished paintings, art equipment, collections of reference books. The gallery has changing exhibitions of his work.
From here you could continue with Walk One to the Sydney Antique Centre. However, to continue with Walk Two, from the Brett Whiteley Gallery turn right, then left again into Davies St and walk up to Crown St. Once you reach Crown St, turn right and wander up. Along the way you will pass restaurants including Bird Cow Fish, Toko and the Clock Hotel, clothing boutiques, furniture galleries, interiors, ceramic tiles which include the following:
Mondo Luce 439 Crown St Surry Hills ph 9690 2667
email: mondosyd@studioitalia.com.au Elegant contemporary lighting including a range of Venitian Murano glass lights.
Mrs Red
and Sons 427 Crown St Surry Hills ph 9310 4860. Tues-Fri 11am-6pm Sat
10am-5pm Sun 12-4pm. Email is via a form on the website. A tranquil space
of Asian interior objects.
Chee Soon & Fitzgerald 387 Crown St, Surry Hills, Ph 9360 1031.
email: info@cheesoonfitzgerald.com Interior furnishings and design objects ready made and custom made by both Australian and international designers.
You can either turn left at Foveaux St and walk down the hill to Central Station or return to the corner of Crown St and Devonshire St and walk back to the Chalmers St entrance of Central Station.
Hope you had a fantastic day!
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