Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)

A: 140 George St, The Rocks, Sydney, NSW Australia

P: +61 2 9245 2400

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FEATURED STORIES AND EXHIBITIONS

Julie Rrap: Past Continuous

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia presents work by Julie Rrap.

Lineup of Primavera revealed

Six new faces will be making an appearance at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Artists announced for The National 4: Australian Art Now

53 artists and collectives to show ambitious new works.

MCA Australia announces this year’s Primavera 2022 recipients

MCA Australia announces this year’s Primavera 2022 recipients.

MCA Australia and Tate Modern announce six new joint acquisitions

Artworks by five prominent Australian artists recently acquired by two world-leading art institutions.

Bark painting by Noŋggirrŋa Marawili acquired by Tate Modern and MCA

Bark painting by prominent Aboriginal artist acquired by two world-leading art institutions.

Six new works by Aussie artists added to the MCA/Tate joint collection

Artists include John Mawurndjul AM, Bonita Ely, Vivienne Binns, Nicholas Mangan and Peter Kennedy.

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor steps down as director of the MCA Australia

After two decades as director, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor leaves the Museum in fine shape.

The National 2021 program announced

The third iteration of the Sydney program announces its continuation.

Primavera 2019 to be curated by artist Mitch Cairns

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Seven artists selected for the MCA’s premier showcase of young Australian talent.

John Mawurndjul: Curator’s Radar

In the constellation of bark artists, John Mawurndjul‘s star shines brightest. This retrospective exhibition has set a new benchmark for Indigenous art displays.

The National 2019: A curator’s perspective

When ‘The National’ presented its first edition back in 2017, audiences were enchanted by the ambitious art, ideas and forms it presented across its three Sydney precincts.

What Next?: Spence Messih

Spence Messih’s practice uses sculpture, installation, photography and text to explore the potential of forms and materials to communicate trans(gender) experience.

TARNANTHI: The old and the new

Tarnanthi, the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA)’s annual festival celebrating Indigenous contemporary art, will this year focus on master bark painter John Mawurndjul through the major touring exhibition, I am the old and the new.

Artist Profile: Jenny Watson

With a practice rooted in feminism, punk and rebellion, Jenny Watson’s oeuvre reads like a painted diary while her CV is testament to her firm place in Australian art history.