50 Years / 50 Works

Name: 50 Years / 50 Works
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ISBN: 9780645555899

A MUMA Collection Index

Dr Rebecca Coates, Stephanie Berlangieri

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Monash University Publishing
01 March 2026

Art & Architecture; Art Forms; Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes & machines)

To coincide with MUMA's 50th anniversary in 2025, MUMA is launching a publication featuring 50 significant works from its Collection, each accompanied by responses from 50 key contributors, including figures from MUMA's history and fresh voices in contemporary art discourse. This handbook-style index will offer diverse perspectives, reflecting on the evolution of the Collection and interrogating the writing of art history through personal, poetic, and critical lenses. With a focus on acquisitions since 2010, the publication will re-examine how themes and movements in Australian art have been categorised. It will also include a comprehensive exhibition history and a full list of artists in the Collection.

Edited by: Dr Rebecca Coates, Stephanie Berlangieri
Imprint: Monash University Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9780645555899
ISBN 10: 0645555894
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 March 2026
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Dr Rebecca Coates joined MUMA as Director in July 2023. She is a museum director, curator, writer and lecturer with experience across a range of contemporary art institutions, including the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne International Arts Festival, and the Museum of Modern Art Oxford. Prior to joining MUMA, she was Artistic Director and CEO of the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM). Her work is grounded in a commitment to artistic leadership, community engagement, and supporting inclusive and responsive cultural programs. Stephanie Berlangieri joined MUMA as Curator Research in 2024. As a curator, researcher and writer, her interests encompass digital technology, labour and mental health, and their impacts on contemporary selfhood and social relations. She is currently an Adjunct Curator at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, and has previously held curatorial roles at Carriageworks, Sydney; the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; and the Biennale of Sydney. Recent exhibitions include Desire Is a Machine (IMA, Brisbane, 2025); Image Economies (MUMA, 2025); Duty of Care (IMA and Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, 2024); Salote Tawale: I remember you; and The National 4: Australian Art Now (Carriageworks, 2023). Stephanie has written for Art Monthly Australasia, ArtAsiaPacific, Artist Profile and Art and Australia.