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View Unpopular Opinion Unpopular Opinion
22 March 2025 TO 16 August 2025


"The subject that’s unspeakable, doesn’t have words, it exceeds language…. You are not just painting or making work about the empirical changes that you witness, but actually the psychological changes.” (Penny Siopis, 2021)


This exhibition reflects the power of art to engage with difficult and challenging topics


Artworks on show are from the Art Museums Permanent Collection



View Still life Still life
18 May 2025 TO 02 August 2025


On the 18th of May museums around the world celebrated International Museums Day. The theme for 2025 was "The future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities”. 

We decided to focus on the words "Rapidly changing”. Technology has a massive impact on the speed with which we live our lives. We have set up an ironic still life titled "Fast…Life” in response to the International Museum’s Day theme. 

We challenge you in the central installation to think about our relationship to technology and how we live and breath in this rapidly changing world we find ourselves in.


The exhibition "Still….Life” represents a commodity that is rapidly dwindling, slow contemplation. Around you, are carefully painted, drawn and printed still life and landscape images. 

All the Artworks on display are from the Art Museum’s permanent collection.


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