/ Current Exhibitions

MAGGIE DIAZ – INTO THE LIGHT
A Retrospective
10 March to 24 June 2007

Since her arrival in 1961, American born photographer Maggie Diaz has made an indelible mark on the City of Melbourne. Her work has captured its unique culture and street life - from the emerging and sophisticated commercial world of advertising agencies in the 1960s, to the intense creative activity of grassroots theatre in Carlton in the 1990s. Her experiences of cultural dislocation as a migrant found expression in the exotic world of the Spanish clubs of Fitzroy. Through the use of available light, Diaz has developed a distinct and personal style that has informed her entire career, spanning almost fifty years.

Now in her 80s, Diaz’s remarkable body of work has been brought together for the first time. This is a retrospective exhibition that also celebrates the story and life of this unconventional and passionate artist.

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Making Melbourne

Tracing the story of the city from early settlement to the present day.

Built on Gold

The story of Victoria’s gold, its journey and legacy in the years 1852-1862.

Growing Up in the Old Treasury

Recreating the caretaker’s apartments, as occupied 1916-1928.

Gold and Prosperity

The Vizard Foundation collection of colonial gold and silver.

/ Coming Up

The 2007 Bald Archy Prize
30 June to 29 July 2007

Returning in 2007 by popular demand! It’s irreverent, witty, crazy and ‘just for fun’. It’s the only art competition in the world judged by a sulphur-crested cockatoo, named Maude! Created in 1994 as a spoof of the Archibald Prize, the ‘Bald Archy’ provides artists of all styles and standards with a genuine opportunity, ranging from the hilarious to the bizarrely vulgar, to create portrait paintings of humour, dark satire, light comedy or caricature.

Subjects this year include Jamie Packer, Amanda Vandstone, Julia Gillard, Dame Edna Everage, John Howard and Peter Costello, Hugh Jackman, Bindi Irwin, and Eddie McGuire.

Spooks: Stories of Haunted Melbourne
4 July to 26 August 2007

Spooks reveals the stories behind over twenty of our most loved haunted buildings and places; from the Princess Theatre to the Old Melbourne Gaol; from Como House to Werribee Mansion and beyond – exploring the lives of their historical inhabitants who may or may not still be with us today. Spooks presents documentary evidence of ghosts, combined with contemporary art and historical artefacts to bring to life Melbourne heritage in an ethereal shroud of mystery and possibility.

/ Events

Wednesday 16 May
2.00pm
Floor Talk
Join Stephanie McCormick for an insight into life for the Maynard Family, who lived in the Old Treasury Gold Vaults from 1916 to 1928.
Free with entry

Thursday 24 May
2.00pm
Walking Architecture
Discover the secrets of Melbourne’s built environment on this introductory CBD walking tour, led by Architectural Historian Peter Andrew Barrett.
$35 / $30 concession

Tuesday 29 May
2.00pm
Artist and Curator Talk
Join photographer Maggie Diaz and guest curator Gwendolen De Lacy for a slide show and discussion about Maggie Diaz – Into the Light.
$8 / $5 concession (includes champagne)

Friday 8 June
2.00pm
Amongst my Souvenirs
Join Barbara Summerbell for this delightful tour through her mementos of the 1888 Centennial Exhibition.
Free with entry

Saturday 16 June
12.00noon
Melbourne’s Hidden Galleries
Join curator Simon Gregg in this revealing walk exploring Melbourne’s art secrets.
$15 / $10 concession

Friday 22 June
2.00pm
Floor Talk
Join guest curator Gwendolen De Lacy for a guided tour of Maggie Diaz – Into the Light.
Free with entry