Gunyah’s windfall
Local museums were the big winners in the recently announced Arts NSW Regional Capital Grant Program. In total $474,656…
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New leadership team to reshape Powerhouse
Newly appointed Powerhouse Museum Director Rose Hiscock has announced two key senior appointments to the Museum’s executive team; Dolla Merrillees…
Staring at your killer?
Yesterday I entered a room and thought to myself: ‘something in this room could kill me’. Welcome to the…
Modern Objective
If you are into all things Modernist, you must get along to Object Gallery! What many would see as…
In good hands
Last week two M&G NSW staff members were acknowledged with conservation related awards at the Australian Institute for the Conservation…
Rugby League Museum Expansion
The Heroes and Legends Rugby League Museum is just 14-months old and already Museum manager Frank Puletua, former Penrith…
Sidestepping into the past of Rugby League history
The Heroes and Legends Rugby League Museum at Rugby League Headquarters, Moore Park is packed with fascinating, random and…
The Yenda Rain Project
The Yenda community will finally have their voice heard with a community art project telling a visual story of the…
Norman Lindsay paintings evacuated
The Norman Lindsay Gallery has a fireproof storeroom but the worsening bushfire threat prompted the precautionary removal of all the…
Fire beats at Lithgow State Mine Museum’s door
The State Mine Fire near Lithgow is one of the first major bushfires in NSW for the 2013/2014 bushfire season….
Protecting possessions from Bushfire
In response to the current bushfire situation in the Blue Mountains, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre has set up an ‘Emergency…
Don’t hide your face, Ms Rolfe
We want to have a good look at you Emma—we’ve got a sneaking suspicion that you could be a long…
Galleries and cafes: state-wide research
Recently Jacqui Hemsley, Group Leader Cultural Services at Albury City Council, contacted M&G NSW for help with gathering responses to…
Sydney moderns in a collection near you
The recent major exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Moderns: Art for a new world…
Letter to Newcastle City Council
In a letter to the Newcastle City Council in early October, Brett Adlington pitched some strong arguments against the…
Life at the edge of reality
The opening epilogue from the Star Trek TV series ‘to boldly go where no man has gone before’ signifies not…
Life on Mars
It was a pleasure to be invited to Broken Hill City Art Gallery to open Adam Norton’s The Mars…
The Art of Installation
The installation and presentation of art exhibitions is an area that can be easily overlooked by visitors as they make…
Frank Howarth to depart Australian Museum
The Australian Museum is set to lose Frank Howarth PSM from the helm after a fruitful and productive ten…
Wendy Sharpe wins Manning Art Prize-Naked and Nude 2013
Esteemed judge John McDonald has awarded the $10,000 first prize in the inaugural Manning Art Prize – Naked and Nude…