MAGMA

MAGMA is a Melbourne based contemporary art program. It is a gallery and dynamic platform for the promotion and exhibition of the visual arts in Australia. Situated in an iconic architectural setting, originally designed by renowned architect Tom Kovac, the Collingwood space is respected for producing impactful exhibition presentations and offers a cross cultural, multi disciplinary presentation of art.

Established in 2016, MAGMA exhibits and represents leading artists throughout the Asia Pacific region. MAGMA is respected for working with a deep commitment to artists, to support new works, foster careers and build opportunities outside the gallery setting. In addition to a dedicated exhibition program, the gallery participates in art fairs, commissioning, commercial projects, site specific art presentations as well as public art projects.

MAGMA

5 Bedford St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia

magmagalleries.com

Wed to Fri 10am–4pm,
Sat and Sun 11am–4pm.
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MAGMA

The rhythm of creating

In a new collaborative exhibition at PS Art Space, in partnership with Cool Change Contemporary, five artists with process-lead practices contemplate material ethics through actively engaging in slowness and reuse.

Sally Gearon

The ecstatic visions of Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien’s 2022 video work Once Again…(Statues Never Die) exposes the unseen emotional registers inherent to the struggle for colonial repatriation by mapping the places where poetics and politics intersect.

Michael Sun

Scaling new heights

A new exhibition at the Australian National Capital Artists Inc (ANCA) asks 12 artists—including Dan Powers, S.A.Adair, Emma Beer and Lisa Sammut—to explore scale: from the miniature to the monumental.

Michelle Wang

Women love the art world, but does the art world love women?

Even though women currently outnumber men in the arts by two-to-one, the industry remains rife with gender disparities from income to accommodating motherhood. So why, asks Neha Kale, is the growing visibility of female-identifying artists falling short of genuine, material change?

Neha Kale

Melbourne Art Fair announces 2025 line up

Melbourne Art Fair has announced its 2025 line up, with 60 galleries and Indigenous art centres slated to feature alongside some major international commissions and public programs.

Art Guide Australia

Can the nude become the artist? Interview with Julie Rrap

In a conversation with Lauren Carroll Harris for her survey exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Julie Rrap discusses 40 years of challenging the male gaze, and the cultural invisibility of the ageing female body.

Lauren Carroll Harris