Knowing Otherwise — Artist Talk and Opening Event

Mark your calendars for Saturday 7 February, 3–5pm, for the opening of our first exhibition, Knowing Otherwise.

Join us to celebrate the opening of Knowing Otherwise; a major new group exhibition exploring how artists are enacting ancestral, spiritual and embodied forms of knowledge amid eroding trust in government and dominant Western frameworks.

What to expect

2.30pm — Artist and curator talks in the gallery with Paola Balla, Carla Cescon and Clare Milledge

3pm — Official opening with a performance by Karina Utomo and Critical Tasseography by Tina Stefanou

Knowing Otherwise
5 February – 2 April 2026
Curators: Stephanie Berlangieri, Amanda Haskard and Francis E. Parker

This major group exhibition explores how artists enact ancestral, spiritual and embodied ways of knowing amid eroding trust in government and dominant Western frameworks. The exhibition brings together new commissions, works from the Monash University Collection, and key loans by Australian and international artists.

Artists: Paola Balla (Wemba Wemba, Gunditjmara), Carla Cescon, Yin-Ju Chen, Mel Deerson, David Egan, Gail Mabo (Meriam), Naminapu Maymuru-White (Maŋgalili), Clare Milledge, Tracy Moffatt, Vali Myers, Rosaleen Norton, Leyla Stevens, Heather B. Swann, Suzanne Treister, Karina Utomo