2014 Building improvement grants awarded
Two years ago Museums and Galleries of NSW received funds from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and the…
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IMAGinE, five reasons to come to the awards night
IMAGinE awards night 2014 When: Friday 14 November 2014, 6.00pm Where: 107 Projects, Redfern Street Cost: $55 Full price or…
Zero to Herodotus
Hey undergraduates, are you writing a history essay with a unique angle, an incredible story and an accessible style? Do you…
Two for Nicole Foreshew
On Wednesday night it was announced that Wiradjuri Sydney-based artist Nicole Foreshew is the receipient of not one, but two major…
Your two-cents worth
We want you and your two-cents worth. With the big Museums Australia conference coming up next year, we’re already…
This week’s news round-up
Several interesting items came to our attention this week. Here’s a run-down. ARTS AND CULTURAL MINISTERS MEETING, ALICE SPRINGS This…
For whom the Bell tolls …
If you like your art confronting, challenging and satirical, then Richard Bell’s show at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is definitely…
The Nick Waterlow OAM Curatorial Fellow
Biennale of Sydney are looking for an emerging curator to be awarded the Nick Waterlow OAM Curatorial Fellowship and be mentored by…
Creepy Quarantine
With Halloween fast approaching, M&G decided to take a look at one of Sydney’s creepiest heritage experiences, the Quarantine Station…
Bowraville: The Tardis and beyond
Bowraville is home to two very different museums, both located on High Street; Bowraville Folk Museum and the Frank Partridge…
Marching to a different drum: Stars + Stripes
Last Friday, I was fortunate to be invited by Bathurst Regional Gallery to open their most recent exhibition, Stars +…
Strange specimens and creepy critters: The art of taxidermy
When I was a kid I dreamed of starting a museum in my bedroom. I set about gathering specimens for…
After the flood
On 18 September 2014, Coffs Harbour Regional Museum reopened its doors after a flood forced its closure some five years…
I’ll have art with that, thank you
It doesn’t get much better than this: sumptuous surrounds, delectable degustation and the high stakes of an art auction. It…
We are one
One year ago on this very day, the M&G NSW website was born at the MCA Australia with the Hon…
Arts sense and art cents
In surveying the international media over the last week or so, two articles asserted themselves into our sphere of thinking….
Free to a good home
This is a chance in a lifetime! The Museum of Contemporary Art has a set of artwork storage sliding racks…
Cultural toolkit workshop report
Last week 25 delegates from as far away as Deniliquin and Condobolan, travelled to Yarrawarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre at…
After the Nimbin Museum fire: How to model cultural recovery?
Andrew Simpson, President of MA-New South Wales has kindly given permission to publish his recent article about the devasting fire in…
Your Most Obedient Servant
A two-year collaboration between the Australian Museum and Museums & Galleries of NSW (M&G NSW) has come to fruition with…