Drawing on 25 years’ experience in the gallery sector, Tarragh Cunningham will explore the growth of The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, QAGOMA’s flagship exhibition series. Since 1993, the APT has drawn almost four million visitors to ten exhibitions with a compelling and surprising selection of the region’s most innovative contemporary art. Through the lens…
Read MoreIn the lead up to all major cultural projects, the benefits of improved community identity, pride, social cohesion and even health and wellbeing are enthusiastically promoted. But can art museums really achieve all that? In regional Australia? Bree Pickering has led Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) in the role of Director since 2016. Arriving just…
Read MoreHow can galleries be architecturally and programmatically developed to not only complement and integrate with the surrounding environment, but to also positively engage a broader cross section of their community? Drawing on her experience as part of the team establishing Tasmania’s cultural phenomenon – the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) – and touching…
Read MoreKatrina has been Director & CEO of ACMI since 2015. She has a particular interest in supporting cross-disciplinary practice and an extensive background as a commissioner, creative producer and festival director. Her previous roles include Head of Arts for the national broadcaster ABC TV as well as founding Director/CEO of Adelaide Film Festival. The Festival’s $1 million…
Read MoreJoin us this weekend as we see interventions and installations in and around MPavilion by 30 young people—with a series of digital-physical performances that trace and explore the mundane and novel ways we use the city. After four weeks online, the Public Protocols program moves into the real world as their month-long exploration of public…
Read More‘Suspended Activation’, designed by the Stockholm-based architecture office Secretary, is a spatial installation that explores the potential of what a playground can be and do, in the pressurised performance culture of late capitalism. Playgrounds and gyms share a mix of standardised equipment and pre-programmed activities; yet neither address the body at rest. ‘Suspended Activation’ produces…
Read More‘Order up, Mashriq’ is a contemporary installation piece—a public, remote, and monumental sculpture that displays iconic sounds enveloped by the barren landscape of the Mashriq area (the region of the Middle East). For one night only, MPavilion will transform into a thrillingly dystopian space of strange sounds and alluring, disorientating visions. Traverse the landscape of…
Read MoreWomen over the age of 55 are the fastest growing cohort of homeless in Australia and current research estimates that there are over 400,000 women over the age of 45 at risk of homelessness. Many of these women have led productive lives and have had conventional housing histories. However, they find themselves facing homelessness in…
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