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25.01.2022 Community service announcement: There are still a few spaces available in this free City of Monash event on Saturday. The presentation is led by Indigenous artist, master weaver, traditional dancer, bushtucker woman and educator Cassie Leatham. Learn more and book here: https://www.monash.vic.gov.au//NAID/Bushtukka-Presentation

25.01.2022 Council elections are happening in October. During the election period (from midnight 22 September until 6pm 24 October) we will not publish anything that may influence, or be seen to influence, people’s voting decisions. Visitor posts will be monitored during this period and comments removed if they seek to influence people’s voting decisions. Private messages can still be received and responded to. https://www.monash.vic.gov.au//Caretaker-period-during-Cou

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24.01.2022 #lestweforget2020 Darren Siwes is of Aboriginal and Dutch descent and his works explore themes of history, colonialism and Indigenous identity. This work shows the artist dressed in a suit, standing in front of an Adelaide war memorial. Siwes has turned himself into an apparition by using a long exposure and appearing in the frame for only part it. This technique gives the image a dreamlike and ghostly quality. The artist’s transparent figure haunts this war memorial as if to... suggest the ongoing presence of Indigenous Australians in contemporary life, and to question why Indigenous participation in historic events such as the First World War was overlooked. The shimmering reflective surface of the print is a result of the artist’s use of the silver dye bleach printing process. This surface contributes to the ghostly effect of the image. See more photographs from the Australian home of photography here: https://www.mga.org.au/collection/explore Image: Darren SIWES Stand 2001 from the series Mis/perceptions silver dye bleach print 100.0 x 120.0 cm Monash Gallery of Art, City of Monash Collection acquired 2001 MGA 2001.14 courtesy of the artist and Gagprojects / Greenaway Art Gallery #rememberanceday #minutesilence #NAIDOCWeek #alwayswasalwayswillbe

23.01.2022 MGA is pleased to introduce James Tylor, the fifth and final commissioned artist for our upcoming exhibition STAGES: photography through the pandemic. James Tylor is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice explores the Australian environment, culture and social history. Working across photography, video, painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, sound, scent and food, Tylor examines Australian cultural representations through the perspectives of his multicultural heritag...e that comprises Nunga (Kaurna), Mori (Te Arawa) and European (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch and Norwegian) ancestry. Tylor’s work focuses largely on the history of 19th century Australia and its continual effect on present day issues surrounding cultural identity and the environment. ‘My new photographic series, Nguya, will comprise of landscape photographs from Warrang Sydney, down the Murray River and the South East coastline to Tarntanya Adelaide following the path of the smallpox epidemic across Australia. In a time when our contemporary experience of the COVID-19 global pandemic is considered by the media as ‘unprecedented’ in the history of our country, I want to remind contemporary Australians of the smallpox epidemic that killed well over half the population of this continent only 200 years ago.’ STAGES: photography through the pandemic will see Jane Burton, Cherine Fahd, Phuong Ngo, Isobel Knowles + Van Sowerwine, and James Tylor respond creatively to the unprecedented social, environmental and economic impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The resulting bodies of work will feature in online and gallery-based exhibition outcomes as part of MGA’s Luminaries exhibition series in 2021. A selection of the commissioned works will also join the MGA Collection to contribute to the cultural record of this time. Read more about James Tylor’s project here: https://tinyurl.com/y6zrqofk

23.01.2022 Glenn Sloggett (1964 ) is a Melbourne-based artist who practices a highly personalised form of documentary photography, recording aspects of his environment that emphasise the tragedy and humour of human ambition. His earliest series of works, Abandon, focused on highlighting traces of human activity in abandoned, dilapidated suburban settings. Sloggett’s photographs, whilst devoid of actual people, draw attention to the often-overlooked details of everyday suburbia and spea...k to the lives of ordinary human beings. His work 'Filing cabinets' is featured in VIEW FINDING, an image-led publication that looks at the past, present and future of photography in Australia, presenting moments that have defined MGA, its collection and exhibition history. This publication is supported by MGA Philanthropic partners Gordon Darling Foundation, The Vizard Foundation, Bowness Family Foundation. VIEW FINDING Monash Gallery of Art 19902020 Available here: https://shop.mga.org.au//view-finding-monash-gallery-of-ar

22.01.2022 One of the things we miss at the moment is being able to be in contact. There’s some clanging irony in the pandemic patter that’s rolled out in virtual meetings and in emails ‘I’m just reaching out’, ‘let’s stay in touch’ when really, it’s been months since we’ve brushed passed anyone, or held anyone’s hand. The quick, sweet press of two cheeks as we greet someone, the firm grasp of a handshake, a tight, good hug. Oh how we miss it all! Photographs selected from the Mon...ash Gallery of Art Collection put a point on just how much can be communicated through touch. The Beatles put it well in 1963. View this mini online only exhibition over at our Instagram account @mga_photography and follow our stories to learn more about the works and the artists that made them. #australianhomeofphotography

22.01.2022 Have you started your Bowness Photography Prize entry? $30K acquisition first prize, $5K Smith & Singer People’s Choice Award plus exhibition of shortlisted works in leading photographic gallery! Start you entry here or tag a photographer: www.mga.org.au/bowness-prize Thanks for sharing Australian Arts Review

20.01.2022 PHOTO 2021 International Festival of Photography has just revealed that their Inside Out Project the global participatory art project initiated by French artist JR will be taking over Fed Square to mark the opening week of the Festival (18 - 21 February 2021). And they want you to take part! To join in, visit their website and submit a photo of yourself, along with a personal statement answering the question "What is Your Truth?". You can take your own photo or get family members or a housemate to take one for you. You will have the opportunity to see your face pasted on Fed Square's iconic main square, as part of a city and state-wide celebration of photography. https://www.photo.org.au/participate/inside-out

20.01.2022 Important update Dear community of friends and supporters, Due to the current Melbourne lockdown restrictions, STAGES: photography through the pandemic + Develop exhibition launch scheduled for this Saturday 29 March will be postponed. ... Monash Gallery of Art will also be temporarily closed to the public until further notice. Given the evolving nature of the situation, we will continue to share updates via our website and social media channels. We will be in touch soon to update you on the new exhibition launch dates with further details pending the advice of the Victorian Government and the Department of Health. If you have any questions for us please feel free to contact us at [email protected] We look forward to welcoming you back to the gallery soon! Please keep safe and well. From all of us at MGA

19.01.2022 On the last day of our current exhibition, Not standing still, join Dan Rule of Perimeter Books as he presents a collection of critical new photobook releases from around the world and discusses the role of the photobook publisher in contemporary photographic practice. It will be followed by curatorial reflections and a final tour of the show by Not standing still curators, Daniel Boetker-Smith and Pippa Milne. Sunday 16 May, 2.30pm4.00pm... RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/dKTc3T5 See more

19.01.2022 Shout out to all the dad’s today, wishing we could throw our arms around you #happyfatherday Robert Ashton's photographs of Fitzroy are characteristic of the highly personalised and soulful approach to documentary photography prevalent among photographers during the 1970s. This series was originally published as a photobook Into the hollow mountains: a portrait of Fitzroy (1974), which included essays and poems by a range of contemporary writers. Ashton launched Into the holl...ow mountains at Brummels Gallery in December 1974 with an exhibition of selected prints from the book. Ashton's pictures were presented alongside an exhibition of photographs by Carol Jerrems, who was launching her own photobook A book about Australian women (1974). View more works from Ashton's the Fitzroy series here: https://www.mga.org.au/collection/explore/index/artist_11/1 Image: Robert ASHTON Family 1974 from the series Fitzroy pigment ink-jet print 26.0 x 39.0 cm Monash Gallery of Art, City of MOansh Collection acquired 2010 MGA 2010.035 courtesy of the artist

19.01.2022 Feature artist | Broomberg & Chanarin Until recently, Adam Broomberg (1976) and Oliver Chanarin (1971) were collaborating artists who live and work between London and Berlin. They have recently and dramatically ended their collaboration with a final exhibition The Late Estate Broomberg & Chanarin in Barcelona, Spain. Their work has featured in major group exhibitions over the years, including Conflict, time, photography at Tate Modern, London (2015), the Yokohama Triennale ...(2017), and documenta 14 (2017). Currently on view at MGA is an unprecedented view of the duo’s series, Fig. from 2007. For this exhibition, the artists have loaned the orginal proof sheets used to produce their oft-referenced book, Fig., which interrogates what it means to collect things, and in turn whether photography can be an act of collecting rather than of creating. Fig. purposefully stretches and distorts the definition and intention of documentary photography through the combination of images and text that act as a starting point for us to consider how stories are told. You can visit Not standing still: new approaches to documentary photography and view this work until 16 May 2021: https://www.mga.org.au/exhibition/view/exhibition/248

19.01.2022 Feature artist | Alec SOTH Currently at MGA as part of Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography is work from the landmark series Sleeping by the Mississippi by Alec Soth. The landscapes, interiors and portraits of this series allude to aspects of the human condition: struggle, sickness, crime, redemption, resilience, reverie, politics, religion, loneliness and death, and overarchingly, to the complexity of an individual’s life. Soth also pays homage to t...he tradition of the American road trip, familiar to us from novels and films. But this is not a government initiative, nor an exercise in narrative arc and resolution. Sleeping by the Mississippi is ultimately an ellipsis; the start of a sentence with the vast tracts of possible dialogue left perfectly and purposefully unsaid. Just a few days left to see Not standing still: new approaches to documentary photography and view this work. Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography Curators: Daniel Boetker-Smith, Pippa Milne, Gareth Syvret Closing this Sunday 16 May 2021 Free entry: https://bit.ly/3tFkcJy

19.01.2022 31 October 2020 7 February 2021 | VIEW SHORTLIST ONLINE NOW The Bowness Photography Prize will feature a physical and virtual exhibition as soon as possible keeping in line with the Victorian Government's COVID-19 recommendations. The announcement of the recipient of the $30 000 prize, Smith & Singer People's Choice Award and Colour Factory Honourable Mentions will take place at a special event in January 2021.... The Bowness Photography Prize is an important survey of contemporary photographic practice and one of the most prestigious prizes in the country, providing Australian artists with the opportunity to exhibit at one of Australia's leading public galleries. A $30,000 acquisitive award with a $5,000 People’s Choice Award supported by Smith & Singer. 2020 finalists: Klari Agar, Belinda Allen, Sam Amar, Riste Andrievski, Emma Armstrong-Porter, Zoe Arnott, Robert Ashton, Narelle Autio, Reza Bagheri, Kate Baker, Charlie Barker, Chris Barry, Chris Bekos, Madeline Bishop, Tom Blachford, Paul Blackmore, Chris Bond and Drew Pettifer, Jesse Boyd-Reid, Jane Brown, Karen Burgess, Jane Burton, Danica Chappell, Ali Choudhry, Peta Clancy, Michael Cook, Nici Cumpston, Matteo Dal Vera and Michael Weatherill, Tamara Dean, Karla Dickens, Stephen Dupont, Louise Faulkner, Jacqueline Felstead, Anne Ferran, Ash Garwood, Amos Gebhardt, Tom Goldner, John Gollings, Philip Gostelow, Helen Grace, Lee Grant, Janina Green, Helen Grogan, Ponch Hawkes, Leila Jeffreys, Shea Kirk, Shivanjani Lal, Kelvin Lau, Honey Long and Prue Stent, Fiona MacDonald, Alister McKeich, Izabela Pluta, Greg Semu, Damien Shen, Slippage, Valerie Sparks, Cyrus Tang, Christian Thompson, Louise Whelan, Amanda Williams, Anne Zahalka See the full shortlist and artist statements online here: https://www.mga.org.au/bowness-prize Exhibition partner | MGA Foundation Exhibition supporters | Smith & Singer | Colour Factory | Shout Out Loud Print & Distribution

17.01.2022 ‘We knew this year was going to be like no other. Over the summer period, our country was ravaged by bushfires just at the precipice of the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic which has swept across the globe and changed how our society functions and how we live in the world. The dislocation that these events have had on society have been infused into the experience of artists and their practice. Some photographers this year have chosen to tackle the currency of these events, other...s have works that predate the fires and pandemic there is an intensity to these works, and one can read a pre- and post-COVID-19 lens the shortlisted artists illustrate its impact and the change that we all feel.’ Anouska Phizacklea, MGA Gallery Director Thank you for sharing Art Almanac! Bowness Photography Prize exhibition 31 October 2020 7 February 2021 https://www.art-almanac.com.au/2020-bowness-photo-prize-fi/

16.01.2022 MGA will be closing our galleries from tomorrow, 9 July 2020, until further notice in line with the Victorian Government's return to COVID-19 Stage 3 restrictions. We are incredibly grateful for the continued support of our community and we recognise the importance of arts and culture to society. In a time where social distancing is the new normal, we know how vital it is to keep connected to each other. You can keep in touch through our socials, and visit the gallery on a vi...rtual tour from home. Our online store (MGA shop) is full of books and activities to keep you entertained, or perhaps treat yourself with a gift. Our team will continue to work remotely so please continue to reach out to us via email. We wish you and your family good health and that we come together to support each other in these challenging times. Portrait of Monash: the ties that bind Peta Clancy - Lee Grant - Ponch Hawkes - David Rosetzky VIRTUAL TOUR ONLINE HERE: https://www.portraitofmonash.mga.org.au/virtual-gallery-tour SHOP ONLINE HERE: https://shop.mga.org.au/ Image: Installation view of Portrait of Moansh: the ties that bind featuring works by Lee Grant, 2020

15.01.2022 Arts action: exploring the personal and political closes this Sunday 22 November 2020 MGA partnered with @VALIDVictorianLeagueForIndividualsWithDisability and their local Peer Action Group (PAG), based at Clayton, to explore the lived experience of disability in Monash through art-making. Across 2019, four workshops and two reflection sessions were held. The workshops utilised a range of photographic techniques that included still-life studio photography and two camera-less... processes cyanotypes and lumen prints to explore objects that had both personal and political significance to the participants. This project was delivered with the assistance of the @cityofmonash Community Grants Program. Participants: Russell Burrell, Heather Forsyth, Lisa Ho, Andrea Nolan, Lisa Roberts, Jacqui Ryan, Jodie Storey, Linda Studena, Michelle Wilcox Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.mga.org.au/exhibition/view/exhibition/261 Book your free visit this weekend here: https://visitmga.youcanbook.me/

14.01.2022 Welcome back Melbourne cafes, restaurants, pubs and shops, we missed you. Photographer Mark Strizic (19502012) had no formal training in photography, but began taking photographs of Melbourne in the 1950s. He abandoned his studies in physics to become a full-time photographer in 1957, taking up subsequent commissions in architectural, industrial, interior design and portrait photography. Among Strizic’s most widely recognised images are those he created of the city of Mel...bourne from 195570. To see more photographs from the Australian home of photography check out mga.org.au Image: Mark STRIZIC Near 101 Collins Street, Jan 1963 #gelatinsilverprint 36.0 x 53.5 cm #mgacollection donated by the Bowness Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program 2008 MGA 2008.111 courtesy of Sue Strizic #markstrizic #cafeculture #publiccollection #pgav #monashgalleryofart #mga #australianhomeofphotography

13.01.2022 Public program for tertiary students and lecturers next week! Tuesday 11 May, 11-12.30pm At Monash Gallery of Art... Join us for a Q&A session of the current exhibition with the curators Pippa Milne and Daniel Boetker-Smith. The pair will discuss the artists and artwork included in the show and the concepts of truth and documentary more broadly. Free. RSVP essential

13.01.2022 Ode to Melbourne Today is the last day we're sharing some of our favourite Melbourne moments drawn from the MGA Collection from the 1870s through to the 2010s. We loved digging up these historical gems and hope you enjoyed our ode to Melbourne. Thanks for following along! Stay safe everyone. Don’t forget to follow our stories to learn more about the artists that created them.... #OdetoMelbourne #mgacollection #thisismonash City of Monash

13.01.2022 MGA is pleased to introduce Isobel Knowles + Van Sowerwine as the forth commissioned artists for our upcoming exhibition STAGES: photography through the pandemic. ‘Our practice centres around the way miniatures, photography and animation can speak to an audience’s imaginations directly and open up unexpected emotional responses. The immersive experiences we create bridge the gap between on and off screen reality, disrupting normal perception to create significant narrative e...ngagement. Our work investigates narratives of community, childhood and metamorphosis and engages viewers both physically and emotionally.’ ‘We intend to build miniature sets representing domestic interiors we inhabit, but with surreal and unexpected elements that reflect our own internal emotional landscapes. Some of these will be based on virtual backgrounds used during video-conferencing, others on the difficult emotions we experienced.’ STAGES: photography through the pandemic will see Jane Burton, Cherine Fahd, Phuong Ngo, Isobel Knowles + Van Sowerwine, and James Tylor respond creatively to the unprecedented social, environmental and economic impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The resulting bodies of work will feature in online and gallery-based exhibition outcomes as part of MGA’s Luminaries exhibition series in 2021. A selection of the commissioned works will also join the MGA Collection to contribute to the cultural record of this time. Read more about Isobel Knowles’s + Van Sowerwine’s project here: https://tinyurl.com/yxl9y5ko

13.01.2022 MGA is pleased to introduce the third commissioned artist for our upcoming exhibition STAGES: photography through the pandemic as Jane Burton. Burton is an Australian photographer living and working in Melbourne. Her practice explores mortality, female desire, isolation and loneliness within a personal lived experience. ‘In the last months of the pandemic I have felt my isolation, and that of others, more profoundly. ... My recent pictures have depicted closed-up shop windows by night, their interiors and contents lit with ethereal light. The desire to enter a world that is withheld during the time of the pandemic is what I wish to continue to explore through photographic stills. I have long been compelled to document places that are in threat of disappearance: a very real possibility in the wake of the pandemic many businesses will not make it; many leases will not be renewed.’ STAGES: photography through the pandemic will see Jane Burton, Cherine Fahd, Phuong Ngo, Isobel Knowles + Van Sowerwine, and James Tylor respond creatively to the unprecedented social, environmental and economic impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The resulting bodies of work will feature in online and gallery-based exhibition outcomes as part of MGA’s Luminaries exhibition series in 2021. A selection of the commissioned works will also join the MGA Collection to contribute to the cultural record of this time. Read more about Jane Burton’s project here: https://tinyurl.com/y3ank2ly

12.01.2022 Who can relate? Venture out, while staying comfortable at home. View our virtual exhibition mga.org.au to explore the talented finalists selected for this year’s #bownessprize. MGA has developed a digitized library offering you the ability to explore the works at your own pace. ... You can also visit us at the gallery if you would like to view the works in person. Commencing on the 21 November 2020 from 5pm EST. Check out link in bio to see all finalists work online $30,000 winner @smith_singer People’s Choice Award and @colour_factory Honourable Mentions will be announced in January 2021 Image: Ponch HAWKES Isolation husband 2020 from the series The plague chromogenic print 120.0 x 120.0 cm courtesy @ponchhawkes #ponchhawkes Source: Courtesy of the artist #mga #monashgalleryofart #virtualexhibition #australianhomeofphotography #covidsafe #bownessprize #mgafoundation #bownessphotographyprize #mga #contemporaryphotography #australianphotography #artprize #australianpublicgalleries #thisismonash #australianhomeofphotography Location: MGA | @Monash City Council

12.01.2022 Thrilled to see MGA's Josef Albers' tapestry in this landmark exhibition BAUHAUS NOW at Museum of Brisbane!

10.01.2022 We need your support now more than ever before to continue our legacy of exhibitions and programming. The impact of COVID-19 on MGA has been profound, forcing an extended closure of the gallery and dramatically reducing our ability to raise the $72,000 we need this year to support our artists and make our exhibitions a reality. Donate now with a tax deductible gift and directly enable MGA and our artists to not just survive in this time of crisis, but thrive into the future: ...https://sforce.co/3igELpC Together as a philanthropic community we can make a difference. Image: Darren SYLVESTER What happens will happen #3 2010 from the series What happens will happen chromogenic print 120.0 x 90.0 cm courtesy of Darren Sylvester, Neon Parc (Melbourne) and Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art (Sydney)

10.01.2022 #bownessprize2020 #finalistcharliebarker Artist feature: Charlie Barker @charliebarker_urban Artist statement: Inspired by the 1969 Schlesinger film, Midnight cowboy: a dramatic focus on a naive Texan’s journey to New York, where he begins to realise his dream of becoming a male escort a lonely man unable to escape the echoes of his past. ... Check out link in bio to see all finalists work online $30,000 winner @smith_singer People’s Choice Award and @colour_factory Honourable Mentions will be announced in January 2021 Image: Charlie BARKER Can't touch this 2020 from the series Midnight cowboy #pigmentinkjetprint 40.0 x 60.0 cm courtesy @charliebarker_urban @freakitiki #charliebarker Source: Courtesy of the artist Exhibition dates 31 October 2020 7 February 2021 #bownessprize #bownessphotographyprize #mgafoundation #monashgalleryofart #mga #thisismonash #contemporaryphotography #australianphotography #artprize #australianpublicgalleries #australianhomeofphotography #charliebarker #portrait #bownessprize #mgafoundation #bownessphotographyprize #monashgalleryofart #mga #contemporaryphotography #australianhomeofphotography Location: MGA @Monash City Council

10.01.2022 Happy Mother’s Day! These photographs by artist Viva Gibb were taken in her local neighbourhood, in West and North Melbourne during the 1970s and 1980s. Living, working and raising two children in West Melbourne, Gibb immersed herself in her local community, observing and documenting the people around her. Gibb created warm and sympathetic portraits of children, migrants, workers and elderly citizens. Her informal and intimate compositions celebrate the everyday and reveal he...r progressive and compassionate approach to humanity. In these portraits, Gibb has incorporated rich textural details as well as personalised contextual information for each of her subjects, providing viewers with small windows into the lives and characters of the people in her neighbourhood while making images that have now become historically and culturally significant social documents of this particular place in time. Click here to explore more Viva Gibb’s works from the MGA Collection: https://www.mga.org.au/collection/explore/index/artist_508/1

09.01.2022 CALL FOR ENTRIES: Bowness Photography Prize Over the last 15 years, the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize has emerged as an important annual survey of contemporary photographic practice in Australia and one of the most prestigious prizes in the country. Entries are now open and MGA invites artists to submit photographic work created over the last year a year that we will all never forget, with the shortlisted works exhibited at the gallery in September. The w...inning work will be awarded $30,000 and will be acquired into MGA’s nationally significant collection of Australian photographs. The Smith & Singer People’s Choice Award will be voted by the public with the recipient receiving $5,000. Entries open: Wednesday 12 May 30 June 2021 Start your entry today or tag a photographer https://www.mga.org.au/bowness-prize

08.01.2022 Today is #AskaCurator Day! Follow along in our stories for answers to all your sticky questions. #askacurator #monashgalleryofart #mga_photography #mga Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) #pgavgalleries #vicgalleriesfromhome #australianpublicgalleries #curator #artcurator

07.01.2022 To celebrate MGA's 30th anniversary we've published a comprehensive catalogue celebrating photography. Over the last 30 years MGA has developed one of Australia’s most important cultural assets the only public collection solely dedicated to Australian photography. VIEW FINDING looks at the past, present and future of photography in Australia presenting moments that have defined MGA, its collection and exhibition history. Designed by Pidgeon Ward. Purchase your copy here: ...https://bit.ly/30fbqpJ #mga30 #bownessfamilyfoundation #gordondarlingfoundation #thevizardfoundation

07.01.2022 MGA's latest enews includes updates on Bowness Photography Prize exhibition + MGA in the news + join the team. Sign up to hear it first: https://tinyurl.com/yyjw6bob

07.01.2022 Pat Brassington (1942 ) is a Hobart-based artist who studied printmaking and photography at the Tasmanian School of Art, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in 1985. Brassington draws on a personal archive of visual material to compose her images. This archive includes both photographic and non-photographic material, which has either been found or produced by Brassington. Her work takes inspiration from surrealist photography, with its recurring interest in fetish objects ...and uncanny domestic scenes. Brassington typically employs digital collage to manufacture disjointed compositions, and she exhibits her work in elliptical series that suggest dream-like narratives. Brassington’s 'Font' is featured in VIEW FINDING, an image-led publication that looks at the past, present and future of photography in Australia, presenting moments that have defined MGA, its collection and exhibition history. This limited publication is designed by Pidegon Ward and supported by MGA Philanthropic partners Gordon Darling Foundation, The Vizard Foundation, Bowness Family Foundation. VIEW FINDING Monash Gallery of Art 19902020 Available from MGA shop here: https://bit.ly/30fbqpJ

07.01.2022 Calling all budding photographers and future students! School of Art - RMIT University is holding an online information session for the Bachelor of Arts (Photography) course on Thursday 17 September 2020 from 5pm - 6:30pm AEST. Don't miss out on your chance to hear from expert staff across the entire spectrum of contemporary photography practice. Register via Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/3bR6UCb ... RMIT Photography Image: "Carnal Supper', by 2018 BA (Photography) and 2019 Honours graduate Chloe Dann

06.01.2022 Good morning! We’ve collected a bunch of flowers from the MGA Collection to celebrate the first day of Spring. Discover 1200+ items from the Australian home of photography online here: https://www.mga.org.au/collection/explore #thisismonash City of Monash... #australianhomeofphotography See more

06.01.2022 Ever had a burning question you'd love to ask an art curator? Well now is your chance! We will be participating in #AskaCurator Day tomorrow Wednesday 16th September. Our Senior Curator Pippa Milne and Curator Stella Loftus-Hills will be answering your questions, sharing tips and providing insight into the life of a curator. Comment below with your question or send us a DM by 5pm today, then head on over to our Stories from 10am tomorrow for all the answers!

06.01.2022 TOPshots 201920 ONLINE EXHIBITION Congratulations to the finalists: Billie Angelone | Mentone Girls' Grammar School Tamara Barton | Vermont Secondary College... Julia Batchelor | Beaconhills College Jack Cameron | Scotch College Iris Elgar | Balwyn High School Rachael Erdody | Lilydale High School Olivia Gomatos | Avila College Lucien Male | Kingswood College XianZhen Meng | Yarra Valley Grammar Griffin O’Neill | Woodleigh School Molly Stapleton | Beaconhills College Sophie Wassmann | Wesley College, St Kilda Road While COVID-19 restrictions are inhibiting a physical display of the shortlisted works, MGA are delighted to be launching an online exhibition of the 201920 TOPshots shortlist in celebration of the achievements of our Melbourne high school students. Mark your diary to view an online gallery of all the finalists, including artist statements available from 10 November 2020: https://www.mga.org.au/exhibition/view/exhibition/263

06.01.2022 In celebration of NAIDOC Week City of Monash is presenting: Making the invisible visible Sir John Monash Lecture This online event for the 2020 Sir John Monash Lecture presents an exciting panel discussion on Indigenous Country and culture through the prism of contemporary art, design and architecture practices. The panel members, including MGA Collection artist Peta Clancy, will discuss their individual practices and their shared interest in revealing the layers of history... and memory that reside in place through Indigenous art and design action. Friday 27 November at 7pm Panel: Dr Peta Clancy, Dr Brian Martin and Jefa Greenaway RAIA MDIA Moderator: Rhoda Roberts AO Free event, bookings here: https://www.monash.vic.gov.au//Sir-John-Monash-Lecture-2020 #NAIDOCWeek #alwayswasalwayswillbe

04.01.2022 Calling all VCE Art, Media, Studio Arts and IB Visual Arts students! TOPshots is MGA's annual award and exhibition that celebrates the best photomedia work produced by the students of VCE Art, Media, Studio Arts and IB Visual Arts in 2020. 2020 has been an unprecedented year and MGA’s curators want to see what the artists of tomorrow have been producing. ... Entries close Sunday 6 December 2020 Learn more and enter here: https://www.mga.org.au/education/topshots-2020-21

04.01.2022 We're looking for a Digital Marketing Manager to join our team for a short-term maternity leave cover. Interested? We'd love to hear from you! You can view the job description here: https://www.mga.org.au/about-us/join-the-team To apply please email your CV and a brief cover letter to [email protected] Applications close 29 September 2020

04.01.2022 Robyn Stacey: as still as life | A Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) travelling exhibition opens 12 October 2020 at FUMA - Flinders University Museum of Art in Adelaide. Robyn Stacey is one of Australia’s leading photographic artists whose fascination with the still-life genre inspired the magnificent works in this exhibition. Through the contemporary medium of photography Stacey brings historical collections to life on a monumental scale, interrogating what these collections meant... for the original owners and brilliantly interweaving personal historical narratives into sumptuous still lifes. On display until 5 February 2021, learn more at https://www.flinders.edu.au//exhibitions/robyn-stacey-as-s Image: Robyn STACEY Miss Eliza Wentworth's glassware 2008 from the series The great and the good chromogenic print 120.0 x 160.0 cm Monash Gallery of Art, City of Monash Collection acquired with assistance from the Friends of MGA courtesy of the artist, Darren Knight Gallery (Sydney) and Jan Manton Art (Brisbane)

04.01.2022 Today marks the beginning of NAIDOC Week and to celebrate and acknowledge our First Nation people we are sharing a short interview between our Senior Curator, Pippa Milne and artist, Leah King-Smith reflecting on her series of images, Dreaming Mum again, which was exhibited at MGA in 2019. Read the full interview here: https://www.mga.org.au///king-smith_leah_interview_web.pdf City of Monash #thisismonash... #NAIDOCWeek #alwayswasalwayswillbe See more

04.01.2022 Ode to Melbourne Today is our fourth day of sharing some of our favourite Melbourne moments drawn from the MGA Collection from the 1870s through to the 2010s in an ode to Melbourne. Follow our stories to learn more about the artists that created them.... #OdetoMelbourne #mgacollection #thisismonash City of Monash

04.01.2022 Rennie Ellis's ‘Richmond fans, Grand Final, MCG' (1974) is one of the most famous photographs of the most important date in the Australian football calendar: Grand Final Day. Ellis turned his lens off the field onto the fans of the winning side on 28 September 1974, the Richmond Tigers. Ellis’s photograph encapsulates the centrality of clothing and colour to the tribalism of football fandom in particular among ‘cheer squads’ some of it official merchandise, some adapted o...r homemade. The image brilliantly exemplifies the unique ability of still photography to render human physicality and a moment in time. Enjoy these colourful photographs that capture the joy of being part of a crowd. Want to see more? Jump online and discover over 1300 photographs from the Australian home of photography here: https://www.mga.org.au/collection/explore

03.01.2022 Finalists announced as Bowness Photography Prize celebrates 15th year: The Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year in addition to celebrating 15 years of the Bowness Photography Prize. During the last 15 years the prize has emerged as an important survey of contemporary photographic practice in Australia. Thank you for sharing ArtsHub Read more here: https://www.artshub.com.au//applause-latest-funding-and-aw... Image: Shea KIRK Dylan Reilly (left and right view) 2020 from the series Vantages pigment ink-jet prints 65.0 x 53.0 cm (each) courtesy of the artist