Heide Museum of Modern Art

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Heide Museum of Modern Art began life in 1934 as the home of John and Sunday Reed and has since evolved into one of Australia's most important cultural institutions. Heide, as it is affectionately known, has built a national reputation based upon the vision of the Reeds and their role in the development and promotion of modern art in Australia. Inspired by the Reeds' nurturing of the young artists

of their generation, Heide continues to support the contemporary art of today through its collection and exhibition program.

The Chelsea Hotel, New York, is famous for its bohemian residents, especially during the 1960s and 1970s. Its proprietor...
15/05/2026

The Chelsea Hotel, New York, is famous for its bohemian residents, especially during the 1960s and 1970s. Its proprietor Stanley Bard encouraged its creative reputation and writers, actors, artists and musicians transformed the rambling Victorian building into a mecca for the counter-culture generation.

Our current exhibition, Crichton, Tucker, Whiteley: The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69, focuses on three Australian artists who lived and worked there between 1967 and 1969.

While at the Chelsea, Richard Crichton, Albert Tucker and Brett Whiteley developed strong themes and rituals to engage artistically and emotionally with America, revealing varying registers of Australian figurative painting at a time when conceptualism, Colour Field, hard-edged abstraction, Op and Pop were setting global trends.

Explore the shared, productive experience of these three artists, next time you visit Heide. Tickets here: https://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/crichton-tucker-whiteley-the-chelsea-hotel-years-1967-69/

Images: Installation views, Crichton, Tucker, Whiteley: The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69, 2026, Heide Museum of Modern Art, photographs: Christian Capurro.

13/05/2026

If you have yet to see John Perceval: All That We Are, then join us for one of our upcoming Art Talks exploring the many themes of the exhibition.

On Saturday 23 May at 11am, curator and art critic Damian Smith will explore the origins and development of the artist’s celebrated ceramic angels.

Then on Saturday 6 June at 11am, author and scholar Traudi Allen will explore the artists contribution to the development of Australian modernism, as described in her newly revised and updated monograph on the artist.

Tickets available at:
heide.com.au/events/art-talk-damian-smith-on-john-percevals-ceramic-angels/
heide.com.au/events/traudi-allen-john-perceval-art-and-life/

Video: Ruby Taylor

Simone Slee’s Light Time continues in Heide Modern.Light Time comprises a suite of new precarious sculptures that combin...
12/05/2026

Simone Slee’s Light Time continues in Heide Modern.

Light Time comprises a suite of new precarious sculptures that combine rock and delicately blown glass, photographs and video works brought together in a site sensitive installation that dynamically unfolds and interacts with the building and its surrounding environment.

Likening the experience of moving through the Heide Modern pavilion—which was conceived in response to the landscape, light and changing seasons—to that of a bush walk, Slee has embedded the installation into the narrow passages and angled geometries of the building, simulating a forest track leading down into an architectural ravine where the soaring living room becomes a chalky cliff face, and the kitchen a cave-like passage.

Experience this exhibition as the artist intended, next time you visit Heide. Tickets available here: https://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/simone-slee-light-time/

Installation views, Simone Slee: Light Time, 2026, Heide Museum of Modern Art, photographs: Christian Capurro.

Today we thank all the mothers, fathers, grandparents, carers and caregivers in our lives for their love and support.To ...
09/05/2026

Today we thank all the mothers, fathers, grandparents, carers and caregivers in our lives for their love and support.

To celebrate these important figures, we share an excerpt from a poem the Reeds' adopted son Sweeney wrote for Sunday when he was a boy:

"FOR SUN from Sweeney
The image of a rose

A few words for one
whose love I know shall never seceece (cease)
For one who cares in a special way
My Mother
She brings to me a vision of a Rose"

If you’re looking for a last-minute gift for the person that brings you the vision of a rose, why not give them a Heide Membership, the best value museum membership in town. Purchase here: https://www.heide.com.au/membership/

Image: Sunday and Sweeney, 1957, photographer unknown, Heide Museum of Modern Art.

See the Heide Story through a new lens.On now in Heide Cottage, Always Modern: Radical Nurture interrogates the permissi...
09/05/2026

See the Heide Story through a new lens.

On now in Heide Cottage, Always Modern: Radical Nurture interrogates the permissive way of living and loving, fostered by John and Sunday Reed and their community, which ultimately facilitated the development of Australian modernism.

Featuring works by artists and Heide Circle members, including Mirka Mora, Joy Hester, and Charles Blackman, this exhibition also includes some rarely seen Sidney Nolan prints that have charmed visitors since their installation in this show.

Come to the cottage next time you visit Heide.

Images: Installation views, Always Modern: Radical Nurture, 2026, Heide Museum of Modern Art, photographs: Christian Capurro.

On behalf of everyone at Heide – thank you! We have never felt so loved. 🩷🩷🩷With your generosity and the help of our mat...
08/05/2026

On behalf of everyone at Heide – thank you! We have never felt so loved. 🩷🩷🩷

With your generosity and the help of our matched funders, we have raised over $500,000 for Heide. This will enable us to create a vibrant future program of exhibitions and events, support artists and creatives and help our beautiful gardens to thrive.

We couldn’t have done it without your love. Thank you! 🫶

There are just two hours left to be part of something special! If you haven’t had a chance to donate yet, now is the tim...
07/05/2026

There are just two hours left to be part of something special!

If you haven’t had a chance to donate yet, now is the time. Every gift will be DOUBLED until 9pm tonight.

We are so close to our bonus target and need your help to get there 🩷=🩷🩷

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has already given. If it’s still on your to-do list, donate now at https://givingday.heide.com.au/

We are halfway there! We are so grateful to everyone who has shown their love and donated so far—thank you! Until 9PM to...
07/05/2026

We are halfway there!

We are so grateful to everyone who has shown their love and donated so far—thank you!

Until 9PM tonight, your donation to Heide will be doubled, thanks to our generous matched funders. 🩷=🩷🩷

Help us reach our target today. Donate now and spread the love at https://givingday.heide.com.au/

Photographs: Ruby Taylor

06/05/2026

Today is the day! Heide’s Giving Day is now live!

For the next 12 hours, your donation will be doubled thanks to our generous matched funders. 🩷=🩷🩷

That means $20 becomes $40, $100 becomes $200, $500 becomes $1000

Love Heide? Donate now and help us reach our target at givingday.heide.com.au

Video: Ruby Taylor

06/05/2026

Share the love! Heide’s Giving Day is only a few hours away.

From 9am – 9pm tomorrow, your donation will be doubled thanks to our generous matched funders. 🩷=🩷🩷

Love Heide? Donate at givingday.heide.com.au and help us reach our target.

Video: Ruby Taylor

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