EXHIBITIONS
HOPPÉ PORTRAITS: SOCIETY, STUDIO & STREET SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS & WILBOW GALLERIES 9 JUNE–29 JULY 2012 SUPPORTERS: Arts Victoria, City of Monash, Wilbow Group, Montalto Vineyard ATTENDANCE: 4 984 (9–30 JUNE 2012) Rare photographs by the man Cecil Beaton called ‘The Master’. During his time, Emil Otto Hoppé was the most famous photographer in the world. Everyone wanted to be photographed by him. He was, as Madrid’s El Mundo newspaper has ecently written, ‘the Leibovitz of the early 20th century’.
RELATED EVENTS AND PROGRAMS: (to 30 June 2011) Exhibition opening: guest speakers Gael Newton and Graham Howe (9 Jun) Hoppé brunch: speaker Shaune Lakin (30 Jun) OTHER EVENTS: 1. Community Space exhibition opening: Museum of Indonesian Art (10 Jun) 2. Friends of MGA morning coffee program: speaker Melwitz Folino (18 Jun)
E O HOPPÉ Ezra Pound (detail) 1918 gelatin silver print 16.2 x 10.5 cm © 2012 The E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection, Curatorial assistance, Inc.
MGA ANNUAL REPORT 2012
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