Brazilian artist João Loureiro is the creative mind behind Escala de Cinzas (Greyscale), a delectable art project blending gelato with conceptual art at MPavilion. Loureiro...
Ahead of their highly anticipated event CALENTURA, we sat down with El Gran Mono – the first picó sound system of its kind to be built outside Colombia – to explore the...
Being Biracial is a podcast born from a shared curiosity and a gap in representation. Created by friends and former housemates Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson, the...
Carla Zimbler is the creative force behind Expiry D8, a bold work tackling the taboo of death through conversation, art and connection. Inspired by the global Cafés Mortels...
Step into the world of Chloë Sobek, a Naarm/Melbourne-based composer-performer whose work transforms the familiar into the extraordinary. Known for her ghostly atonalism and...
Minako Asai is the owner and creator of MinnieSweets, creating delicious, authentic and seasonal Japanese confectionery (known as “wagashi”) by hand. After a career...
We already know researcher, broadcaster and writer, Jacinta Parsons, is a great talker and listener. Now, she’s inviting us to listen intently to the beautiful, clanging...
This week, we’re looking back on the past seven seasons of the BLAKitecture forum, curated by Sarah Lynn Rees and, most recently, by MPavilion’s program consultant...
We are forming a new Curatorial Collective to support our programming team for MPavilion Season 11, running from November 2024 to March 2025. We’re seeking insightful,...
Last week the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded its 2024 National President’s Prize to Naomi Milgrom AC, founder of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation and...
Danica O. Kus is an award-winning architectural photographer whose work has appeared in numerous books, exhibitions and publications. Following a recent visit to Melbourne...
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation and the City of Melbourne jointly announced today that public access to Tadao Ando’s MPavilion in Queen Victoria Gardens will be extended...
Today, Monash University’s Peninsula campus celebrated the official opening of its new MPavilion, gifted to the university by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation. The ceremony was...
Lani Mitchell is an Australian visual artist interested in themes of womanhood, femininity and power. Since 2016, Mitchell has been hosting life drawing classes at unique...
Rachel Elliot-Jones is the Head of Public Programs at Molonglo. For over a decade, Rachel has been a stalwart of our city’s art and design community, having contributed to...
Those who have visited MPavilion 10 this season may recall chatting to Susan Bamford. Having joined our Front of House team for MPavilion 10, Susan has been warmly welcoming...
Muhubo Sulieman is the head weaver at Qaymi Arts & Craft — a traditional Somali weaving practice. Having grown up in Somalia, Muhubo learnt traditional weaving...
Having grown up in the UK, our Program Producer Rose Harriman definitely knows how to make the most of the Australian sunshine. This week, we spoke to Rose about her role at...
As MPavilion’s Education Manager, Andrew Atchison is focused on harnessing the power of direct encounters with works of architecture, art and design. In the lead up to a...
Tara Glastonbury is a modern quilter with a penchant for bright colours, recycled materials and bold geometry. This year at MPavilion 10, Tara is bringing her signature style...
Unity Lab, curated by Ilianna Ginnis, a researcher at Monash University and an architectural designer, has a profound mission: to raise awareness and advocate for individuals...
Whether she’s sampling grey gelato or enjoying a riverside run, Elaine Chia knows how to make the most of the city that she now calls home. As we gear up for a busy summer...
In 2015, we invited Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete — the founder and creative force behind AL_A — to design our second pavilion. Founded in 2009, AL_A has...
Alister Timms has always wanted to be a winemaker. Having grown up on his family’s vineyards on the Bellarine Peninsula, some of his fondest childhood memories revolve...
DJ 101 is a DJ program for aspiring female-identifying, trans, non-binary and gender diverse talent looking to break into the dance music scene facilitated by DJ Sarah, a...
Naomi Milgrom AC, Founder of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation and Professor Alec Cameron, Vice-Chancellor and President, RMIT University have today jointly announced that...
DNJ Paper and Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO are our MPavilion 10 Uniform and Music Commissions. Led by designers Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran and Jake Nakashima-Edwards, DNJ...
MPavilion 8: MAP studio (Venice) has just won the International Architecture Award for Public Space. Celebrating two decades in 2023, the global building, landscape...
We are elated to announce the Naomi Milgrom Foundation‘s gift of all 10 MPavilion Chair Commissions to the Powerhouse Collection. The Chairs will be permanently housed...
Circle|Square by Davidov Architects has been selected by Tadao Ando for this year’s MPavilion Chair Commission. The Pritzker Prize Laureate and MPavilion 10 architect...
Just in: Our MPavilion10 Chair Commission shortlist is Circle|Square by Robert Davidov, Wendy Chen and Ben Schmideg of Davidov Architects; Cork by Gaby Miègeville-Little;...
We are proud to unveil the design of our tenth MPavilion by Pritzker Prize Laureate Tadao Ando, opening in the Queen Victoria Gardens this summer. MPavilion 10 represents the...
Tadao Ando, Pritzker Prize Laureate and MPavilion 10 designer, is set to select the annual MPavilion Chair Commission competition winner. The Chair Commission is a highlight...
MPavilion welcomes Pritzker Prize Laureate Tadao Ando as our MPavilion 10 designer. Over the past decade, MPavilion has worked with the world’s most significant...
Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the people of the Eastern Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which MPavilion stands. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present – and recognise they have been creating, telling stories and caring for Country for thousands of generations.
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