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Departing MCA director Liz Ann Macgregor's highlights
Departing MCA director Liz Ann Macgregor survived what she calls four of five “attempted knee cappings” to reach the end of her 22-year tenure leading the Museum of Contemporary Art. Here are her highlights.
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Liz Ann Macgregor will be leaving the MCA after 22 years, in front of artwork: Vincent Namatjira's 2021 Circular Quay Foyer Wall Commission, titled P.P.F. (Past-Present-Future) (2021).Credit:Nick Moir
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MCA GENEXT, April 2015. Credit:Maja Baska
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Callum Morton, Monument #28: Vortex, 2011. Polystyrene, epoxy resin, sand, wood, synthetic polymer paint, enamel paint, glass, steel, vinyl. Museum of Contemporary Art, purchased with funds provided by the MCA Foundation, 2016.Credit:Supplied
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Vincent Namatjira, P.P.F. (Past-Present-Future), 2021. Vincent Namatjira’s semi-autobiographical and political work is an assertion of identity, sovereignty, pride and resilience for the 2021 Circular Quay Foyer Wall Commission.Credit:Supplied
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Janet Laurance, After Nature exhibition Janet Laurence, Deep Breathing: Resuscitation for the Reef, 2015–2016/2019. Installation view, Janet Laurence: After Nature, MCA, Sydney, 2019. Selected specimens from the Collection of the Australian Museum, Sydney and the Geocoastal Research Group, School of Geosciences, Marine Studies Institute, University of Sydney. Collection of the artist. Credit:Zan Wimberley
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Guan Wei, The Journey to Australia, 2013. Installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Synthetic polymer paint on wall. Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, 2013.Credit:Alex Davies
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Portrait of Liz Ann Macgregor, Director of the MCA, 2012. Artwork: Robert Owen Sunrise #3 2005.Credit:James Brickwood
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C3 West initiative – Craig Walsh collaboration with Penrith Panthers in 2009.Credit:
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Participants in the Artful: Art and Dementia program, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2018.Credit:Jacquie Manning
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Anish Kapoor, 2003 – Sydney International Art Series Anish Kapoor, My Red Homeland, 2003. Installation view, Anish Kapoor, MCA, 2012.Credit:Alex Davies
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Anish Kapoor, 2003 – Sydney International Art Series Anish Kapoor, My Red Homeland, 2003. Installation view, Anish Kapoor, MCA, 2012.Credit:Alex Davies
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John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new, MCA, 2018 Lisa Slade, John Mawurndjul and Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE at the opening of John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new, MCA, 2018.Credit:Jacquie Manning
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Sculpture terrace – Danie Mellor Danie Mellor, Matter Matters, 2019. Bronze. Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia with funds donated by Ginny and Leslie Green; Cynthia Jackson AM, Gordon & Tasmin Jackson and Geraldine Palmer; Timothy & Eva Pascoe; Paul, Sue & Kate Taylor; Stewart Wallis AO & Gwenyth Wallis; and Sculpture Commission donors, 2019.Credit:Anna Kucera
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Bella Room Young participant in the Jackson Bella Room. Kathy Temin, The Koala Room, 2016. Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia for the Jackson Bella Room, 2016. Credit:Supplied
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C3West initiative - Kangaroo Car Michel Tuffery, Buru Transforma Kanagroo, 2014, installation view, Airds High School, NSW, co-commissioned by C3West on behalf of Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, and Campbelltown Arts Centre on behalf of Campbelltown City Council.Credit:Alex Davies
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Paddy Bedford, installation view, MCA, 2006. Paddy Bedford’s paintings are a combination of modern materials and traditional pictorial conventions, contemporary experience and ancient belief systems. Credit:Supplied
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National Centre for Creative Learning Students from Ifran College in Sydney, with Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, and LG Corporate Marketing Manager Parvinder Gill, at the National Centre for Creative Learning, MCA, 2018.Credit:Anna Kucera
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Liz Ann Macgregor and artist Lindy Lee and her sculpture 'Secret World of a Starlight Ember' installed in the forecourt at the MCA Gallery, Sydney.Credit:James Alcock
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Primavera at 25: MCA Collection, installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2016.Credit:Alex Davies
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The first acquisition of Australian artworks announced in 2016 by the MCA and Tate International Joint Acquisition Program, supported by Qantas Leanne Bennett, wife of the late artist Gordon Bennett; Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, MCA Director; Alan Joyce, Qantas, CEO; Judy Watson, artist; Susan Norrie, artist and Vernon Ah Kee, artist.Credit:Ken Leanfore