MONA: Here’s what’s coming up:
ART
Beam In Thine Own Eye – FINAL WEEKEND
Fri 26, Sat 27, Sun 28 July, noon – 7pm
It’s the final weekend to experience MONA’s first large-scale public art exhibition, ‘Beam In Thine Own Eye’, open Friday until Sunday at Macquarie Wharf Shed No.1 (MAC1, Hunter Street, Hobart), Friday to Sunday from noon until 7pm. Seeing is believing. Or doubting. Just see it. Entry is $5. www.darkmofo.net.au/program/beam-in-thine-own-eye
The Red Queen
Wednesdays to Mondays, 10am – 5pm
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 noisy trampoline and a room with 40 TVs. Entry is $20 (free for Tasmanian residents and under-16’s). www.mona.net.au
MUSIC
MoFolk
Saturday 27 July, 1pm
Jacqueline Dwyer delivers a dreamy dose of MoFolk (Folk at MONA) in The Void, until 3pm. She’s got a guitar, and she’s not afraid to use it. www.mona.net.au/what’s-on/music
JAM
Sunday 28 July, 1pm
JAM it up with Jazz at MONA in The Void, until 4pm with singer-songwriter Shelley Segal and American jazz guitarist Adam Levy performing their new album. Adam has played with Tracy Chapman and Norah Jones, and now he’s playing with us. www.mona.net.au/what’s-on/music
SCREEN
The Audience
Friday 26 July, 11am, continuing
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, with screenings Friday and Saturday at 11am, Sunday at 2pm. Continuing until August 2.
Il Trovatore
Opens Saturday 27 July, 2pm
Verdi’s intense drama Il Trovatore is part of the Met Opera Winter Encores season, starring four extraordinary singers in the composer’s most melodically rich score. Translating to ‘The Troubadour’, this is a heady mix of love, lust, folklore, murder and civil war in Medieval Northern Spain. Screening at Cinemona Saturday at 2pm, Sunday at 11am, Monday and Thursday at 2pm. Tickets are $27 / $22 / $15 from www.mona.net.au/cinemona
Munch 150
Saturday 3 August
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
Rebecca Fitzgibbon, Events Media Manager, Museum of Old and New Art
