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Conversations | Face Talk: conversations with Archibald Prize finalists | Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

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Sophia Hewson Artist kisses subject Image courtesy of Art Gallery of NSW © the artist

The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is hosting a series of talks about portraiture to accompany its current exhibition of 2014 Archibald Prize finalists. The conversations will be moderated by Dr Vivien Gaston, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and the National Gallery of Victoria. All talks will be held at the MPRG - see below for dates and times of individual events. The cost of each event is $45 (members) $50 (general), this includes drinks and nibbles 6pm–6.30pm, conversation 6.30pm–7.30pm, Archibald Prize 2014 viewing 7.30pm–8.30pm. Seating is limited…

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Symposium | Controversy: When Art Touches a Nerve, MPRG Symposium 2012

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Controversy: When Art Touches a Nerve Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Symposium 2012 Speakers include Julian Burnside AO QC, human rights advocate Professor Alison Young, University of Melbourne, expert on law, crime and culture Jane Clark, Senior Research Curator at MONA, Tasmania Dr Mark Nicholls, Film critic and Senior Lecturer in Cinema Studies, University of Melbourne Ivan Durrant, artist Dr Vivien Gaston, curator and art historian Immerse yourself in a day of informative and lively debate about controversy in art in the grounds of the historic villa Beleura. Well known artists,…

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Exhibition | Controversy: the Power of Art

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Controversy: the Power of Art 21 June-12 August 2012, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery The exhibition includes over 100 works from major and regional galleries and explores the social and cultural impact of art through examples that have provoked intense response and controversy. Beginning with key works by Duchamp and Pollock that redefined the nature of art itself, the exhibition includes examples from the Archibald Prize. It charts the involvement of art with salient social and political issues including social injustice, violence, refugees and the homeless. Controversies over lifestyles and critiques of bourgeois…

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