A fair bit of it, really.
Get involved, you cultured critters.
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ART
The Red Queen
Wednesdays to Mondays, 10am – 5pm
Until April 21, 2014
MONA’s major exhibition for the year, ‘The Red Queen’, is an assemblage of major commissions, exciting art loans and yet-unseen works from David Walsh’s collection. The idea behind the exhibition is “art that explores why art is made”. Is art necessary to human survival and evolution? Whatever you decide, it’s a lot of fun. Take the kids – there’s a jingly trampoline and a room with 40 TV’s. Entry is $20 (free for Tasmanian residents and under-16’s). www.mona.net.au
Ten Years of Tears
Wednesdays to Mondays, 10am – 5pm
Until September 16, 2013
Works sampled from 10 years of Australian artist Todd McMillan’s absurd and melancholic video-art practice is on show in Roy Grounds’ modernist masterpiece, the Round House (which now serves and the Mona Library and Gallery). www.mona.net.au
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MUSIC
MoFolk
Saturday 3 August, 1pm – 3pm
Explore the human condition with Tasmanian singer-songwriter Tim Davies’ acoustic guitar and vocal harmonies, teamed with electronic soundscapes and aftershocks. Expect to hear transitions from raw, hard-edged rock, through to ambient, fluid, melodies, in The Void at MONA. www.mona.net.au/what’s-on/music
JAM
Sunday 4 August, 1pm – 4pm
Hola! Prep yourself for some Sunday arvo Spanish fusion, brought you by three Tasmanian-based jazz musicians. Grab a cocktail at the Void bar, and express yourself, in The Void at MONA. www.mona.net.au/what’s-on/music
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CINEMONA
Munch 150
Opens 10.15am Saturday 3 August, continuing
Well, this is a scream: take a close-up view of the greatest works of Edvard Munch, marking the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth. As part of the ‘Exhibition: Great Art on Screen’ series, Munch 150 is co-hosted by the National Museum and the Munch Museum in Oslo and screening at Cinemona. Bookings $25, $22, $15, from www.mona.net.au/cinemona
Much Ado About Nothing (M)
Opens 3pm Saturday 3 August, continuing
Joss Whedon’s fresh Californian take on William Shakespeare’s classic has been praised for its humour and inspired interpretation of the Bard’s comedic play. And it was filmed in 12 days at Whedon’s house on vacation from filming The Avengers, no less. Bookings $17, $15, $12 and more session times from www.mona.net.au/cinemona
The Audience
Now screening, continuing throughout August
Helen Mirren returns to her acclaimed role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, a riveting new play by the author of The Queen, Skyfall, Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy and Nixon, performed by the National Theatre of Great Britain (NT Live) and screening at Cinemona (MONA cinema). Bookings $25, $22, $15 from www.mona.net.au/cinemona
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That’s all she wrote.
Best,
Rebecca
Rebecca Fitzgibbon Events Media Manager Museum of Old and New Art
