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MGA shop

Name: MGA shop
Address: Wheelers Hill, VIC, AU
Telephone: +61385440501

The MGA Shop features a fantastic range of unique gifts and Australian photography books.

11/04/2025

Take home a memento or send an old school message to the art lovers in your life…..

THE BASEMENT POSTCARDS

Stella SALLMAN
Carmen in front of painting Bondi (detail) 1978

Jacqueline MITELMAN
Pinacotheca, Melbourne (detail) 1970

Peter MILNE
Rowland S Howard (detail) 1977

Graham HOWE
Protester moratorium to end the war in Vietnam, September (detail) 1970

Robert ASHTON
Carol Davies, Peter Crowe, Carol Jerrems, Richard Muggleton (detail) 1970

Christopher KÖLLER
Bauhausler (detail) 1980

Philip QUIRK
Suzanne Budds (detail) 1973

James MCARDLE
Hungry puddle, Elwood (detail) 1975

Bill HENSON
Untitled (detail) 1974

Polly BORLAND
Nick (detail) 1983

$5.00 each or 4 for $15.00 in store and online (12.5 x 19cm)

14/03/2025

After an incredible start to the new exhibition, we’re thrilled to let you know that our accompanying publication, The basement: photography from Prahran College (1968-1981), has arrived!

We have a limited print run, so get your copy via the link in our bio! You can collect in person at the launch this Saturday 15 March, or request postage and we’ll send it out to you.

Join us at the launch where we’ll be pouring some of finest while hearing from the publication’s curators and contributors.

RSVP to launch via
Saturday 15 March
2pm to 3pm
at MAPh

Image:
John ZHENG
exhibition launch event, The basement: photography from Prahran College (1968-1981)
courtesy Museum of Australian Photography

26/02/2025

The MAPh shop is excited to have this incredible publication available for pre order, to coincide with our exhibition, The basement: photography from Prahran College (1968–1981).

The basement celebrates a key period in the history of the Photography Department at the College under the vanguard of influential photographers such as John Cato, Paul Cox and Athol Smith. The school became a breeding ground for some of this country’s most important art photographers: Carol Jerrems, Bill Henson, Nanette Carter, Rod McNicol, Robert Ashton and Polly Borland among many others.

Preorder your copy now via link in bio.

Publication contributors:
Helen Ennis, Daniel Palmer, Gael Newton, Adrian Danks, Bill Henson, Susan Van Wyk, Nanette Carter, Nicholas Nedelkopoulos, James McArdle, Angela Connor, Stella Loftus-Hills.

Designed by Paul Mylecharane
Printed by

The basement is curated by Angela Connor, MAPh Senior Curator, and Stella Loftus-Hills, MAPh Curator

MAPh is very grateful to Colin Abbott, Kallie Blauhorn and Andrew Penn AO, and the Gordon Darling Foundation, whose support made this wonderful publication possible.

Come join us on Saturday 15 March for the offical book launch and enjoy a glass of wine from our friends at St Huberts . Head to for more info.

29/08/2022

There’s only a few days to sort out your Father’s Day gift!

Thank and spoil those special father figures in your life. To help you out, we have compiled a few of our favourite items from the MGA Shop that are sure to make them feel extra special this year.

We offer complimentary gift wrapping and can ship orders worldwide, so no matter where they are, your gift will be ready to go from your hands to theirs.

📍Visit us in-store and online.
🔗Link in bio.

07/08/2022

BOOK HIGHLIGHT 📖

POLAROID NOW

Since its invention in 1947, Polaroid photography has captured the intrigue, ingenuity and imagination of millions, whether artist or art-lover. Polaroid Now is an excitingly vibrant collection of Polaroid photography, exploring the history and future of the medium.

Today, we have instant photography at our fingertips, thanks to the smartphones that live in our pockets. With the digital world encroaching more and more on the long legacy of analogue photography, it might seem that we have no need for the robust, blocky Polaroid camera and its cartridge film. Steve Crist’s introductory essay notes the threat of Polaroid’s redundancy via the bankruptcy of the corporation in 2004. Yet, against the odds of rapidly advancing technology, Polaroid persevered. As Crist muses, “photographers – both amateur and professional alike – are now discovering (or rediscovering) a love for all types of analogue photography processes that fans won’t seem let die”. The Polaroid camera is continuously desired and valued for its nostalgic and tactile qualities.

‘Polaroid Now’ proudly displays the sentiment of everlasting creativity through a select collection of Polaroid works by ninety-nine artists, representing the diverse potential of Polaroid photography over the last seven decades. This tribute to Polaroid is an exciting celebration of important Polaroid artists from around the globe, and is a must-have for any photography enthusiast.

Available in-store and online.

18/05/2022

As the weather cools down, keep yourself warm and cosy with a pure 100% Australian Merino Wool scarf featuring vibrant reversible artwork by Paddy Stewart from .

Paddy Japaljarri Stewart is featured in the collections of major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.

Each scarf comes with information about the artist and story of the artwork and royalties from this product directly benefit the artists and their community.

Shop in-store and online now.

30/04/2022

There’s only a week left to sort out your Mother’s Day gifts. 💝

Visit us in-store or online and browse our Mother’s Day gift guide for some inspiration to spoil your loved ones!

Link in bio.

09/04/2022

BOOK HIGHLIGHT 📖

On the islands of the Strait of Hormuz, near the southern coast of Iran, there is a belief that the winds — generally believed to be harmful — can possess a person, causing them to experience illness or disease. As part of a ritual placating the winds’ harmful effects, the islands’ inhabitants practice a ceremony involving incense, music and movement, in which a hereditary cult leader speaks with the wind through the afflicted patient in order to negotiate its exit.

When artist Hoda Afshar first visited the islands in 2015, she found herself drawn not only to these distinctive customs practiced by its inhabitants but also to its otherworldly landscapes — the strange valleys and statue-like mountains, themselves sculpted by the wind over many millennia. While the exact origins remain unclear, the existence of similar beliefs in many African countries suggests that the cult may have been brought to the south of Iran from southeast Africa through the Arab slave trade. This seldom spoken history became a starting point into an intriguing project for Afshar, who sought to document the story of these winds and the traces they have left on these islands and inhabitants. Through a nuanced approach in which traditional modes of documentary photography are challenged, Speak the Wind is an attempt to picture the unseeable; a visible record of the invisible, seen through the eye of the imagination.

‘SPEAK THE WIND’ exhibition is currently showing at MGA until 26 June.
Copies of the book can be purchased in-store and online.

16/03/2022

Visit us at the 2022 Melbourne Art Book Fair!

Visitors will have the opportunity to purchase publications from a diverse range of art publishers, artists and designers. MGA will have special offers on MGA publications during the fair so be sure to swing by and browse our unique selection.

FREE ENTRY

NGV International, the Great Hall.
Thursday 17 March: 6-10pm
Friday 18 March: 10am-10pm
Saturday 20 March: 10am-5pm
Sunday 21 March: 10am-5pm

08/03/2022

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

In this educational bingo game you can fill your game card with inspiring women from across the world and across history!

Team up with Greta Thunberg, Simone Biles, Amelia Earhart and Serena Williams for a bingo line, or fill your card with Valentina Tereshkova, Malala Yousafzai, Emmeline Pankhurst and more for BINGO!

Featuring 48 inspiring women!

Available in-store and online.

21/02/2022

🐘 In Hinduism and Indian culture the elephant is a sacred animal symbolising power, wisdom, strength, protection of the home, fertility, and general good luck. It is considered the representation or the living incarnation of Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity riding a mouse. It is the most important of all gods who is invoked before any other gods.

View our selection of elephant decor in-store and online alongside exhibition ‘Visions of India: from the colonial to the contemporary.’

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Thursday	11am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
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