爆料王

2020

Articles

18 November 2020

Reframing the Enlightenment

Curator Ann Stephen discusses 鈥楶ediment/Impediment鈥�, Daniel Boyd's immersive new installation in the Chau Chak Wing Museum's Penelope Gallery.

08 October 2020

Museum secrets to be revealed

When the Chau Chak Wing Museum opens in November, many of the extraordinary objects, specimens and works of art on display have never before been seen publicly. Dr Craig Barker describes 7 items coming out of long-term storage.

02 September 2020

Nip and tuck

As 19th century taxidermy ages, natural history specimens often require extreme makeovers. Dr Jude Philp describes how expert Sasha Stollman restored fish and mammal specimens in preparation for our opening exhibitions.

Vale John Nixon

The artist John Nixon, who died earlier this week, was a seminal figure in Australian art over the last five decades. Several of his major works from the 1980s were acquired for the Power bequest collection. In memory of John we print a short extract from Linda Michael鈥檚 new essay on one of these works.

Case by historic case

Collections aside, museum furniture can have its own historical significance. That鈥檚 why cabinets from the former Macleay Museum are being restored and repurposed for a new lease on life.

Moving into the new museum

Meet some of the Chau Chak Wing Museum staff as they share their thoughts on the new building. Discover what they are most excited about, one week after moving in.

The old and the new

For a short period in the early 1880s, two lighthouses stood on South Head in Sydney. The photographer Charles Bayliss captured their overlap in time.

Starting over: embedding First Nations principles in a new museum

How does a contemporary museum reconcile the colonial histories of its collections? For the Chau Chak Wing Museum, guidance from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities has been the key to creating a safe space for learning, healing, exchanging ideas and celebrating the heritage of Australia鈥檚 First Peoples.

Statement in response to the destruction at Juukan Gorge

David Ellis, Director of the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the 爆料王, responds to the recent destruction of two rock shelters in Juukan Gorge, a culturally significant 46,000 year old site in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Djon聽Mundine honoured with lifetime achievement award

The Australia Council for the Arts has announced Djon Mundine OAM a recipient of the Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement at their 2020 First Nations Arts Awards.