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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.

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.

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.

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.