Powerhouse Museum
Events
A certain type of design at Sydney Design Week
Type designer Vincent Chan, who delivered a keynote speech with the Powerhouse as part of Sydney Design Week, tells us about the history and importance of this niche profession.
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Calling all photographers – Powerhouse commissions open for entry!
Expressions of Interest remain open until Friday 24th January for two major photography commission opportunities at Powerhouse.
Ideas
Stories Indesign with Hassan Hajjaj: Where art, photography and design meet
In this episode of Stories Indesign podcast, Timothy Alouani-Roby speaks to world-famous British-Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj, who was in Australia for Sydney Design Week.
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Monumentality with a certain softness: Moreau Kusunoki and Genton on Powerhouse Parramatta
We met the architectural design team behind Powerhouse Parramatta as they gave a talk on the milestone project at Western Sydney University.
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The 2024 galang residents are ready to jet off to Paris
As a program between Powerhouse Parramatta and Cité Internationale des Arts, the galang residency supports Indigenous creativity and dialogue around cultural heritage and representation.
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From Parramatta to Paris: Applications open for 2024 galang residency
Applications are open for the three-month residency program in Paris with Powerhouse Parramatta and the Cité internationale des arts.
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Q&A with creative director, Keinton Butler, as Sydney Design Week 2023 concludes
As Sydney Design Week wraps up for 2023, Timothy Alouani-Roby spoke with creative director, Keinton Butler, about the ideas underpinning the theme of Amodern.
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A cornucopia of remarkable objects on display at Powerhouse
The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney is showcasing an eye-opening array of artefacts in its newly launched exhibition, 1001 Remarkable Objects. Open now, this collection serves up history on a platter with objects both rare and renowned.
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‘Amodern’ program announced for Sydney Design Week 2023
Powerhouse has announced a bumper program for this year’s Sydney Design Week. Set to run 15-24 September, it features more than 60 events across the city.
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‘Atmospheric Memory’: A stunning sensory work by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at Powerhouse Ultimo
This August, Powerhouse Ultimo sets the stage for the Australian premiere of Atmospheric Memory, a sensory exhibition that involves science, mathematics and climate.
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Drawing on drawing: Powerhouse exhibition ‘A Line, A Web, A World’ opens
This latest exhibition begins 1 July at the Powerhouse Ultimo. Focused on drawing in the widest sense — in fact, challenging the idea of what drawing is in the first place — it’s an exhibition that will be especially interesting to designers and creatives.
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Lose yourself inside a labyrinth of high fashion and immersive design
Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum hosts the latest Gucci Garden iteration. It’s an immersive experience bringing together fashion, design, psychology and pop culture in a multisensory walk-through exhibition.
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Powerhouse team: The cultural leaders shaping the museum’s public domain
The Powerhouse Parramatta’s Landscape Curatorium comprises a group of esteemed individuals advising on First Nations landscape design, farming, caring for Country, and more. Their goal? To assist in the development of the landscape design for the museum’s public domain.
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Curious Practice takes structured landscape one step further
The Newcastle-based studio, Curious Practice is the latest firm to produce a provoking pavilion for the Powerhouse Architecture Commission. Named, Cadeau, it cleverly incorporates the surrounding environment into its design.
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Sydney Design Week invites us to lean into lessons of last year
Sydney Design Week will present six free digital sessions on hyperconnectivity – a theme that creative director Stephen Todd says is about remembering what we learnt in 2020.
Ideas
Museums Matter: Culture and the National Economy
Behind the often stunning facades of our museums, art galleries, cultural centres and design precincts reside powerful contributors to the Australian economy – and they don’t show any signs of stopping.
News
An architectural hall of mirrors hits the Powerhouse Museum
Four Periscopes by TRIAS is the first-ever Turbine Hall Architecture Commission, and it will change the way you see the museum.