Curator Talk with Shaune Lakin
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Join us with Shaune Lakin, Senior Curator, Photography at the National Gallery of Australia, for an introduction to Olive Cotton and her contemporaries.Olive Cotton (1911‒2003) is now recognised as one of Australia’s most significant photographers, especially notable for her images that draw attention to the immersive qualities of photography. Cotton began taking photographs with a Kodak Box Brownie when she was 11, and by the early1930s was an integral member of a vibrant creative community in Sydney that included her good friend (and later husband) Max Dupain. She spent the decade making some of the most innovative photographs in the history of Australian photography, which she published and exhibited during this period, including internationally.
For the first time, this exhibition brings together Cotton’s photographs and the work of her leading international peers. These include outstanding works from the national collection by key modernist photographers such as Dora Maar, Berenice Abbot, Lucia Moholy, Edward Weston, and Tina Modotti. These are some of the most celebrated figures in international photography, and provide a perfect context for appreciating Cotton’s great work.
Date
Friday 13 February 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (UTC+11)Location
Gippsland Art Gallery
70 Foster Street, SALE VIC 3850
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