Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie (MAC)

Overlooking the shores of Lake Macquarie, the Museum of Art and Culture (MAC), is the premier art destination for the region. This award-winning contemporary arts space hosts a comprehensive collection featuring distinguished pieces by Janet Laurence and Judy Watson. Alongside the collection, are regularly changing exhibitions as well as a diverse visitor program including workshops, installations, performances, and other activities to engage the audience.

MAC is home to a dedicated Aboriginal program, yapang (meaning journey or pathway in Awabakal) featuring contemporary Aboriginal art and related programming year-round. Visit the recently expanded facility to explore all MAC has to offer.

Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie (MAC)

First Street Booragul NSW 2284

02 4921 0382

artgallery.lakemac.com.au

Tue to Sun 9am – 3pm

Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie (MAC)

Feature

Archie Moore’s family ties

For Lardil and Yangkaal writer and curator Maya Hodge, Archie Moore’s presentation at this year’s Venice Biennale is a powerful symbol of reckoning—one that asks the world to bear witness to the long shadows of colonial violence and clears space for possibilities ahead.

Maya Hodge

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Reviving the potter’s quarter

In an expansive show at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, seven leading Australian ceramic artists have reinvigorated one of Australia’s oldest museum collections by creating a contemporary potter’s quarter—known as the ‘kerameikos’ in Ancient Greece.

Michelle Wang

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Rob McHaffie hones in on homelife

Melbourne-born figurative artist and ceramicist Rob McHaffie takes a global view of human idiosyncrasy. His biggest exhibition to date, now showing at Bendigo Art Gallery, covers over a decade of his painting practice.

Steve Dow

News

Robert Fielding wins the 2024 Bowness Photography Prize

Congratulations to Robert Fielding, who has won the 2024 Bowness Photography Prize for Sacred earth/Manta Miil miilpa. The winning work, along with the 73 finalists, are now on display at the Museum of Australian Photography.

Art Guide Australia

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The immersive storytelling of Leah King-Smith

rhythm wRites, a new exhibition at QUT Art Museum, spans 30 years of Bigambul artist Leah King-Smith’s manifold art practice, covering painting, photography, sound and animation.

Briony Downes

In Pictures

A conversation between past and present

An exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane sheds a new light on Brisbane’s history, presenting a significant historical archive of photography alongside contemporary artists responding to the original source material.

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Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie (MAC)