[1] An intensive program of temporary exhibitions was organised, complete with educational materials, and the institution soon became an important resource centre for schools, arts and crafts groups and the public, covering the whole area of Central and East Gippsland.

[4] In 2020 the Gippsland Art Gallery Foundation was launched, a charitable fund to support acquisitions of major artworks and projects into the future.

The Gallery has also presented major exhibitions of work by William Delafield Cook, Robbie Rowlands, Kylie Stillman, Sam Jinks, Charles McCubbin, Annemieke Mein, Jane Burton, and Bill Henson.

The exhibition coincided with the release of a major publication by Curator Simon Gregg, which includes a detailed catalogue raisonne of Chevalier's Australian works.

[6] It exhibits art of all media, styles and periods, but has a focus on the natural environment and artists based in Gippsland.

[citation needed] Gippsland Art Gallery is home to a permanent collection of over 3,000 items, consisting of paintings, works on paper, ceramics, sculpture, textiles, woodwork and metalwork.

The collection includes works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jan Hendrik Scheltema, Portia Geach, Fred Williams, Peter Booth, Rodney Forbes, Victor Majzner, Rosemary Laing, Tony Lloyd, Polixeni Papapetrou, Annemieke Mein, Charles Rolando, Bill Henson, Ann Greenwood, Andrew Browne, and Sam Leach.