PHOTO LIVE Special season with MGA and PSC In conversation | Pippa Milne with Dana Lixenberg

Live streamed webinar, join MGA Senior Curator, Pippa Milne in conversation with artist Dana Lixenberg (NL) as they discuss her approach to photography and her award-winning work, Imperial Courts, featured in Not standing still: new approaches in documentary photography.

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About Dana Lixenberg

Dana Lixenberg (born 1964) is a Dutch photographer who lives and works between Amsterdam and New York City. She studied photography at the London College of Printing (1984–86) and at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (1987–89).

Lixenberg has received commissions from magazines, such as The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and Vibe. Besides her extensive editorial practice, she pursues long-term projects with a primary focus on marginalised communities.

Lixenberg has exhibited widely at institutions such as Huis Marseille Museum for Photography in Amsterdam (2015), Aperture Foundation in New York (2017), The Photographers’ Gallery in London (2017), and Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (2020). She has produced numerous publications of her projects, receiving the Best Dutch Book Design Award in 2018, 2017, 2008 and 2005. Lixenberg received the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2017 for Imperial Courts.

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May

Melbourne: Until March 2027. Rehearsing the City presents archival photographs from Victoria’s government collections, alongside new work by contemporary street photographers.

June

Sydney: Until 7 Feb 2027. From his archive of more than 200,000 images, Close Up celebrates the historic moments and pivotal people he famously captured.

Brisbane: until 18 October 2026. Known affectionately as the ‘Cool Cat of journalism’ Wayne moved effortlessly among the greats, between the media and community, treating every encounter as part of his day’s work behind the lens.

July

Melbourne: Until 30 September 2026. Melbourne photographer Stefanie Wendler-Canning is inviting visitors to see one of the garden's most familiar flowers from an entirely different perspective in her new exhibition.

August

Melbourne: Until 15 November 2026. This exhibition will present the most comprehensive survey of the work of the eminent Hungarian-born, French photographer Brassaï yet to be seen in Australia.

Brisbane: Until 1 November 2026. The finalist exhibition of the 2026 Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards brings together striking photographic works that capture the city’s spirit — from familiar streets and riverside scenes to the fleeting moments, routines and characters that make Brisbane feel like home.

Sydney: 24 August 2026 – 18 July 2027. Featuring almost 200 images and original prints personally selected by Dupain for magazine and book publishers, the exhibition reveals the extraordinary breadth of his work.

September

Melbourne: Until 19 February 2027. Spanning 55 years from 1971, Chapman’s visual journey began aboard the ‘Green Bus’ from Elsternwick to Melbourne’s city centre – chronicling the evolution of Australian life along the way.

Melbourne: Multiple exhibitions including – Bowness Photography Prize 2026 + Sarah Rhodes | The Inner Sky. Both until 8 November 2026.

October

Perth: Until 31 January 2027. The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) presents No night is long enough for us to dream twice, a major exhibition of contemporary photography and video, bringing together more than 100 works by seven living artists and one artist duo from across South West Asia, North Africa and its many diasporas.