Still Life with Lobster

We did it! Episode One - forgive us the first draft - a little bit about who we are, and how we are hoping to engage with the art world.

We will be taking about these in later episodes but check them out now:

• MCA – individual giving, Patron, Ambassadors, MCA Next program, https://www.mca.com.au/join-support/individual-giving 
• AGNSW, Foundation Program, https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/support/annual-giving-foundation/ 

Image and show references:

• Sensation - Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection,Royal Academy of Arts, 18 September-28 December 1997, London. Images from catalogue Royal Academy of Arts. 
• Ron Mueck, Encounter, 6 December 2025 – 12 April 2026, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Naala Badu Building
• Tracey Emin My Bed, 1998, Box frame, mattress, linens, pillow and various objects Dimensions variable Short listed for the 1999 Turner Prize at Tate Britain https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/tracey-emin 
• Sidney Nolan Origins, 3 October 2026-7 February, 2027, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Naala Nura Building, lower level 2, ticketed
• MCA Philippe Perrano: 5 Moons, Sydney International Art Series 2026 2027 21st November 2026- 26th April 2027 ticketed
• Ai Weiwei, Mushrooms, 25 September 2026 - April 2027 Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Tallawoladah Lawn, Circular Quay, Sydney. Free. No tickets are required. This is a public artwork, designed for all to experience at any time.
• Margaret Preston, NGV, 26 September - 31 January 2027, Ticketed. https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/margaret-preston/ 
• https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/passage-the-art-of-atong-atem/
• Passage, The Art of Atong Atem, The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia, Fed Square, level 3, 30th October 2026 – 14th June 2027, free entry
• Rosalie Gascoigne, National Gallery of Australia, level 1, galleries 2-7, 24th October 2026- 14th February 2027, Free
• The Renshaws, Jamie North, Edge Condition, 31st October – 12th December 2026 SYDNEY 6/111-117 McEvoy Street Alexandria NSW Australia 2015 Open 11-5pm Wed-Sat
• FRANK YOUNG Kuḻaṯa Wanampi Tjukuṟpa - Spear Watersnake Story Cassandra Bird 9 October–21 November 2026 Sydney
• Cassandra Bird, Syliva Ken, Land and Sky, 7b Rue Barbette, Paris, 75003
• MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970) No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) signed, partially titled and dated 'MARK ROTHKO 1964 #15' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 93 x 69 in. (236.2 x 175.3 cm.) Painted in 1964 The Collection of Agnes Gund, Christies, 20thcentury Evening sale, 18 may 2026, sold for US$98,385,000 https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6585784 
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Salvator Mundi oil on panel 25 7/8 x 18 in. (65.7 x 45.7 cm.) Painted circa 1500. Christies, Property from a Private European Collection, Post war and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, lot 9B, 15 November 2017 sold for US$450,312,500 https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6110563 
• Paolo Uccello (c1397-1475), Niccolo Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano, egg tempera with some oil on wood 182 x 320cm The National Gallery, London https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paolo-uccello-the-battle-of-san-romano 
• John Olsen, Five Bells, 1963, Oil on hardboard 264.5 x 274cm AGNSW collection, Naala Nura, ground level, 20th century galleries https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/133.1999/