Join us for the opening event of our three new exhibitions. Clay on Country will be opened by curator and director of Qtopia, and Artback NT Board Member, John Waight. Collection 100: Commission Spotlight - Jude Rae, and Collection 100: Search will be opened by Manager, Arts & Culture / Gallery Director Northern Beaches Council, Josephine Bennett.

Clay on Country celebrates the richness of ceramic practice in the central desert region. A diverse and eclectic survey, this exhibition includes the works by over forty artists. Established ceramic artists have been brought together with artists working experimentally and those incorporating clay as a medium in their multi-disciplinary practices. The artists have produced accomplished, insightful and contemporary works that reflect the culturally and historically rich and complex region where they live and work.

Collection 100: Commission Spotlight - Jude Rae. To celebrate 100 years of public collecting at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, a major work by contemporary Australia artist Jude Rae has been specially commissioned and on exhibition for the first time.

Collection 100: Search celebrates a major milestone for MAG&M – our Collection is now accessible online! One hundred images of rarely-seen works from our Photography Collection depicting the story of swimwear will be projected in the gallery to mark the launch of our Collection online. The exhibition will also feature swimwear pieces from the Museum Objects Collection, and iPads to search the Collection in this open invitation for audiences to take a deeper dive into MAG&M’s 100-year-old public Collection.

Image: Jayana Andy Tjukula, Waterhole, 2022, Wheel thrown stoneware, underglazes, sgraffito. 52 x 225 x 185mm. Image courtesy of Sara Maiorino