April 28th, 2025Art museum hosts work of renowned iconoclast

The Castlemaine Art Museum is hosting an exhibition celebrating the work of renowned local iconoclast, artist “Sir” Leslie Thornton.

The exhibition spans the 50-year career of “Sir” Leslie Thornton, acknowledging decades of sustained practice and a life-long commitment to creating.

It features over 130 works and celebrates Thornton’s whimsical, playful and Aussie-centric approach.

His reverently irreverent homage to the local sits comfortably alongside the cultural and relevant – developed in the parallel practice streams of painting, sculpture and fictitious documents.

The exhibition is a prime opportunity to appreciate the wit and wile of Sir Les – a true-blue iconoclast whose art imitates life as he lives and sees it.

The exhibition is accompanied by a public program, including intimate tours of the exhibition with the artist.

Sir Leslie Thornton: Castlemaine Art Museum’s First Blockbuster is on show in CAM’s Stoneman and Benefactor’s Galleries through to June 30.

Entry to Castlemaine Art Museum (CAM) is free.