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The Icon Gallery
  • The Icon Gallery
  • The Icon Gallery highlights 10 works from the Art Collection and 10 objects from the Performing Arts Collection. Visit the Icon Gallery to explore their significance through images and stories.

    Dame Edna Everage (detail)
    Photograph by John Timbers



 
 
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Kylie, the Costume Collection
Kylie, the Costume Collection

Kylie, The Costume Collection translates her career in show business dating from 1987- 2004. Representing costumes worn on video-clips, red -carpet appearances, performances and tours. An interactive exhibition, search by designer, year and colour.

The Icon Gallery
The Icon Gallery

The Icon Gallery highlights 10 works from the Art Collection and 10 objects from the Performing Arts Collection. Visit the Icon Gallery to explore their significance through images and stories.

Dame Edna Everage (detail)
Photograph by John Timbers

Leading Ladies
Leading Ladies

Leading Ladies celebrates the careers of six Australian leading ladies of musical theatre: Nancye Hayes, Toni Lamond, Caroline O'Connor, Jill Perryman, Marina Prior and Geraldine Turner.

Marina Prior (detail)
Photograph by Jeff Busby, 2003

The Split Enz Collection
The Split Enz Collection

Split Enz have always been associated with a theatrical approach to performance, this virtual exhibition comprises drawings and photographic samples of 18 sets of costumes covering the period 1974 to 1984.

Rock Snaps - Photographs from the Laurie Richards Collection
Rock Snaps - Photographs from the Laurie Richards Collection

A collaboration between The Space, ABC Online and the Arts Centre's Performing Arts Collection.

Fools' Paradise
Fools' Paradise

An audio visual exploration of twelve years of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival through the photography of Peter Milne. A collaboration between The Space, ABC Online and the Arts Centre's Performing Arts Collection.

Peter Milne & Sir Les Patterson
Photograph by Rennie Ellis, 1987

A Step In Time
A Step In Time

Celebrating 40 years of The Australian Ballet.

Costume (detail) from Le Carnaval, 1964
The Australian Ballet Collection

The Bowl: Celebrating 50 years of the Sidney Myer Music Bowl
The Bowl: Celebrating 50 years of the Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Through photographs, posters, performance memorabilia and film The Bowl presents the colourful history of this iconic venue.