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Artist interview: hear from David Rosetzky

MGA x RMIT Photography

Discover the fascinating stories behind the photographs with the second in our interview series with Australian artists and curators. David Rosetzky's Portrait of Monash commissioned body of work ‘Being ourselves' explores the personal identities of members of the City of Monash LGBTQIA+ community through documentary-style interviews and a series of double-exposure still images.

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Apiary Made

Indulge in skin care that thrives on the natural properties of Jelly Bush Honey. Apiary Made is a proud Australian business operating locally in regional Victoria, with a luxurious range of skin care and candles alongside their signature bee pollen and wax wraps.

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Art games for everyone

Keep the kids and whole family entertained with our eclectic selection of art-themed games including Guess the artist. Featuring 60 artists – from Michelangelo to Marina Abramović, Hokusai to Damien Hirst – this after-dinner game is an ideal gift for art lovers everywhere.

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Artist interview: hear from Peta Clancy

MGA x RMIT Photography

Over the past year MGA has been working behind the scenes with RMIT University School of Art Photography to produce a series of videos that interview Australian artists and curators who feature in MGA's Collection and programs. We are excited to share with you the first in our interview series featuring artist Peta Clancy.

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Case Studies

VCE Studio Arts Unit 4 Area 3 Art Industry Contexts

MGA Education has sought advice from the VCAA to develop a series of Education Resources for the new Studio Arts study design. This series of Case Studies, focuses on the role of the Curator and Artist when putting on an exhibition in a Public Gallery.

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Emerging artist essentials kit

Have a resolution this year to spend more time on art? This beautifully presented kit is the perfect motivation or the perfect gift for beginners. This kit includes essential tools that can be taken anywhere in its stylish hard case.

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LEGACY dedicated microsite

Explore the exhibition LEGACY. Your collection. Our story. and take a guided tour with our dedicated microsite.

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Lisa Young's 'Curlicue'

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MGA Shop Max Pinckers - RED INK

Featuring photographs from a four day assignment in North Korea, Red Ink by Max Pinckers delivers a stoic explosion of colour and superficial delight.

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Monash Gallery of Art Online Store

Our unique product range features vintage MGA catalogues, MGA publications with leading Australian photographic artists and books showcasing MGA collection artists.

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Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography

Available for purchase, the catalogue of our current exhibition introduces Australian audiences to leading international and Australian photographers who are changing the way we think about photographic storytelling. Includes essays from MGA Senior Curator Pippa Milne and Daniel Boetker-Smith exploring the critical relationship between photography and truth.

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Online Education Kit

Over the past 10 years MGA has offered a revision booklet to all visiting VCE Studio Arts students. This new online resource has taken that original content and updated it for a 2016 audience, making information available in smaller sections, answering common questions, and increasing ease-of-use for time-poor students by utilising tags, and adding search capabilities.

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Read this if you want to take great photographs of people

This straight-talking guide will give you top portrait photography tips and is ideal for users of any camera who have a basic knowledge of photography. Learn top portrait photography tips from 50 famous photographers including: Richard Avedon, William Klein, Cindy Sherman, Garry Winogrand, Richard Renaldi, William Eggleston, Sebastião Salgado and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

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Scented Volcanic Rock Set by Studio Milligram

MGA shop spotlight

We are all spending a little more time at home these days so why not turn your home into a sanctuary with Studio Milligram’s Sensory Collection of scented volcanic rock sets that evoke the essence of Australian landscapes.

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STAGES: life in lockdown

Life in lockdown are photographs by people who lived through Victoria’s lockdowns during 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Participants responded to MGA’s callout for photographs that encapsulate individual experiences of life in these lockdowns.

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Take a virtual tour of Portrait of Monash: the ties that bind

Explore the exhibition online now in our virtual gallery tour. Traverse the gallery spaces from the comfort of your own home as you discover artists statements, curatorial insights, artist interviews and hear audio interviews with the participants from Lee Grant's commission 'From there to here'.

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THE MIGRANT EXPERIENCE

FROM THERE TO HERE Artist Lee Grant

Australian photographer Lee Grant was commissioned to explore and document residents who migrated to Australia and settled in Monash as part of our current exhibition. The 16 subjects who shared their stories came from diverse parts of the world including India, Lebanon, Greece, Italy, Sri Lanka, Sudan, United Kingdom, South Korea, China and Saudi Arabia.

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TOPshots 2020–21 can be viewed online

For over a decade MGA has celebrated the excellence of young photomedia artists in our community with the annual TOPshots award and exhibition. The artworks displayed in this exhibition offer little more than a glimpse of the year-long course of study each of these young artists has undertaken.

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Tour Booking Portal

Bringing a group to visit the gallery?

MGA welcomes groups of all sizes, from a class of two - to a full bus of 60 or more! MGA's free guided tours are available Tuesday–Friday 9am–4pm.

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Under The Sun

Education Resources

The Australian Centre for Photography has created a wealth of resources for teachers and students visiting Under the sun: Reimagining Max Dupain's 'Sunbaker'. In addition to these documents and videos is a collection of further reading that MGA has compiled for teacher use.

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Video interview with Ponch Hawkes now online - MGA x RMIT Photography series

Discover our new artist interview series

Discover the fascinating stories behind the photographs with the fourth film in our interview series with Australian artists and curators. Ponch Hawkes's Portrait of Monash commissioned body of work ‘Lay down your head' explores women's experience of homelessness in the suburbs and in particular in the Monash area.

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VIEW FINDING

Monash Gallery of Art 1990—2020

2020 marks the MGA's 30th anniversary. To celebrate we're launching a comprehensive catalogue celebrating photography. This fully illustrated catalogue contains over 100 image plates, and charts the history of the gallery, its present, and the future of photography in Australia.

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Wildcards

Bill Henson resources

Download the Wildcards: Bill Henson shuffles the deck Education Kit

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