The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia celebrates twenty-five years of Primavera – the annual exhibition dedicated to showcasing the work of young Australian artists – with Primavera at 25: MCA Collection, touring around Australia and exhibiting at Gold Coast City Gallery.

Curated by Megan Robson, MCA Assistant Curator, the exhibition includes work by 19 artists and collectives who have previously exhibited in the exhibition. Drawn from the MCA Collection, Primavera at 25 brings together established and emerging artists working across a range of disciplines from painting, sculpture, video, performance, kinetic and installation art.

For many artists, Primavera marks the start of a long relationship with the MCA. Since 1992, 206 artists have exhibited in Primavera with the MCA acquiring over 230 works by artists in the exhibition for the MCA Collection. These include artworks that were first exhibited in a Primavera exhibition and artworks made many years afterward.

Primavera at 25: MCA Collection is a free exhibition at the Gold Coast City Gallery.

Image: Barbara Cleveland, Performance Art (15 Actions for the Face) (still), 2014, 2-channel video, sound, Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia for the Jackson Bella Room, 2014, image courtesy and © the artists