HOME is the theme of Arts Thursday on 27^th December 2018.

The Ideal Home is a phrase that conjures up a long-running English exhibition that showcases the latest ideas, designs and products for the home.

The Ideal Home exhibition at Penrith Regional Gallery and the Powerhouse Museum showcases some of the innovations and products that wowed homeowners in the 20^th century – radiograms, early washing machines and domestic technologies and includes 70 objects from the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences’ collection.

The exhibition also explores recent issues associated with the home – such as domestic violence and domestic waste, as well as homelessness through the work of contemporary Australian artists, Cope ST Collective: Matthew Cooper and Colin Kinchela, Karla Dickens, Victoria Garcia, Richard Goodwin, Blake Griffiths, Eliza Gosse, eX de Medici and Catherine O’Donnell

Meet exhibition MAAS Head of Curatorial Jacqui Strecker and Penrith Regional Gallery Director Lee-Anne Hall speaking with Maisy Stapleton at the Penrith Regional Gallery.

For further information:

The Ideal Home exhibition and Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest: https://www.penrithregionalgallery.com.au/

The Ideal Home at the Powerhouse Museum: https://maas.museum/event/idealhome/

LISTEN IN:

The whole program can be heard on demand through the Arts Thursday page /arts/artsthursday/ by clicking on the date 27 December 2018.

And watch out for individual podcasts.

Join Maisy Stapleton fortnightly from 10:30 to noon on Arts Thursday for conversations, behind-the-scenes views and coverage of Sydney’s arts events, stories and issues.