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We are double celebrating artist @tonyalbert and designer @evi_o for being awarded two @bestdesignawards Gold pins this year, one for Tony’s monograph ‘Not a Souvenir’ published by @thamesandhudsonau and another for the ‘After the Rain’ catalogue that Tony curated, published by @nationalgalleryaus

Judge’s comments on Not a Souvenir: A powerful editorial response that feels deeply connected to the artist’s practice. The use of Albert’s alphabet, disruptive typography and considered materiality creates a publication with real presence, character and intent.

Published by @thamesandhudsonau and @mca_australia coinciding with Tony’s show Not A Souvenir, we’d like to thank the jury for the inclusion and celebrate the team behind this landmark publication. Special thanks to @sullivanstrumpf who has supported this project from its inception.

Artist @tonyalbert
Publisher @thamesandhudsonau @mca_australia @paulinadel
Gallerist @ursulasullivan @sullivanstrumpf
Editor @liznowell
Design @evi_o.studio | @evi_o with assistance from @andrewgrune @wooheong
Editorial @mrs.badger.edits @crayon.areas @hanrsharpe
Printing @candc_offset_printing_

Not a Souvenir is available online and at @mca.store.australia and all the fine bookshops. by @tonyalbert

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WINNER 🥇 After the Rain was awarded gold in the Graphics: editorial and books category at the @BestDesignAwards in Aotearoa.

‘The rain-inspired grid, tactile details and thoughtful use of artist voices create a publication that feels both highly designed and deeply respectful of its subject,’ said the judges.

Congratulations to @tonyalbert, @evi_o, @evi_o.studio, the artists and the Gallery’s publishing team! taken in National Gallery of Australia, Canberra by @tonyalbert

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Wondering what’s been donated to the Aboriginalia Appeal?

Tony Albert, Daniel Boyd and Maddy Madden unbox objects featuring images of heads, and chat about collecting Aboriginalia, unexpected items, and how these kinds of objects have appeared in Tony's artistic practice.

See works including ‘Headhunter’ in ‘Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir’, before the exhibition closes on 19 October.

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Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir
Only until 19 October
Only at the MCA

@tonyalbert @madeleine_madden @d_a_n_b_o_y_d @Sydney #feelnewsydney #notasouvenir by @tonyalbert

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I finally made it to the @mca_australia to see the @tonyalbert Not a Souvenir exhibition. This exhibition brings together Albert’s work across sculpture, photography, installation, painting, and assemblage. The exhibition takes inspiration from the MCA’s location on Sydney Harbour at Tallawoladah and the surrounding precinct, The Rocks – a significant site of early colonial contact, now synonymous with tourism and souvenir culture. It considers the commodification and misrepresentation of Aboriginal people and culture, both historically and today, while celebrating survival and cultural pride. taken in Museum of Contemporary Art Australia by @tonyalbert

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Now entering it's final weeks, experience Tony Albert's acclaimed survey exhibition, 'Not a Souvenir' at the MCA Australia before the 19 Oct 26.

The most extensive survey of Albert’s career to date, the exhibition brings together sculpture, photography, installation, painting, and assemblage alongside new commissions. Throughout these works, Albert transforms objects of prejudice into symbols of resistance and resilience.

Coinciding with this major survey exhibition, Sullivan+Strumpf presents a new solo exhibition of works by Tony Albert currently on view at our Gadigal/Sydney gallery. Find out more at the link in bio.

Tony Albert
‘Not a Souvenir’
Continues till 19 Oct 2026
Museum of Contemporary Art

@tonyalbert
@mca_australia

Pictured: Tony Albert, Not a Souvenir, 2026, installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art. Photography by Ravyna Jassani and Jessica Maurer. by @tonyalbert

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Continuing in the Gadigal/Sydney gallery, Tony Albert's 'Reverb' exhibits alongside 'By The Grace of God' in the upstairs gallery – an exhibition featuring works by Albert, Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre and the Hermannsburg Potters.

Experience the concurrent exhibitions before the 17 Oct 26 or online via the viewing room.

Drawing upon the vernacular of everyday Australia, Tony Albert subverts familiar expressions and cultural shorthand to turn colloquialisms back upon themselves, in a series of text-based works that explore how racism can reside within humour, nostalgia and seemingly innocuous everyday language.
In these works the past does not simply disappear. It echoes, travels, is reworked and returns, asking us to consider not only what we inherit, but what we choose to carry forward.

By The Grace of God features new works by Tony Albert and renowned artists from IltjaNtjarra (Many Hands) and the Hermannsburg Potters, an exhibition honouring Albert Namatjira and his enduring legacy. Bringing together painting, ceramics, glass and Albert's signature text-based assemblages, the exhibition explores the layered intersections of faith, cultural identity, history and artistic practice that Namatjira so powerfully embodied.

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Pictured: Tony Albert, 'Reverb', 2026, installation view, Sullivan+Strumpf Gadigal/Sydney; Tony Albert, Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre,Hermannsburg Potters, 'By The Grace of God', 2026, installation view, Sullivan+Strumpf Gadigal/Sydney. Photography Simon Hewson. by @tonyalbert

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The Aboriginalia Appeal has brought an incredible range of objects to the MCA.

Join Tony Albert, Daniel Boyd and Maddy Madden as they unpack a collection of vintage coasters and chat about the imagery they feature, the stories they carry, and the ways they connect to contemporary art.

Visit the MCA to see 'Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir' and donate your Aboriginalia. By donating, you join Tony in his ongoing mission to remove and repurpose these objects and celebrate Indigenous survival, truth-telling and cultural pride.

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Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir
Only until 19 October
Only at the MCA

@tonyalbert @madeleine_madden @d_a_n_b_o_y_d @Sydney #feelnewsydney #notasouvenir

Video © MCA Australia

Image: Daniel Boyd, 'We Call Them Pirates Out Here', 2006, oil on canvas, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, purchased with funds provided by the Coe and Mordant families, 2006 © the artist by @tonyalbert

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Exhibition: Tony Albert - Not a Souvenir
Smashing stereotypes and misrepresentation one souvenir at a time.

📍Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Exhibition is exclusive to Sydney until 19th October

#australianart #aboriginalart #artmuseum #contemporaryart #ad taken in Museum of Contemporary Art Australia by @tonyalbert

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Thank you Paris Pride for being the most wonderful jet lag cure. X
❤️🧡🩷💚💙💜
@kierencooney taken in Paris, France by @tonyalbert

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MCA’s @mca_australia exhibition Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir brings together Albert’s work across sculpture, photography, installation, painting, and assemblage alongside major new commissions.

Tony Albert @tonyalbert is one of Australia’s fearless and influential contemporary artists. Grounded in a longstanding practice of collecting found material, Albert reclaims popular images of Aboriginal Australia with wit, beauty and force. His assemblages of ‘Aboriginalia’ transform the visual language of colonisation, turning objects of prejudice into symbols of resistance, resilience and pride.

If you haven’t visited yet during the exhibition, don’t miss this excellent art event in MCA. The exhibition will last until 19 October, Check out before it closes!
#sydney #art #exhibition #mcasydney #tonyalbert taken in MCA by @tonyalbert

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Don’t miss out on ‘Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir’!

'Challenging but beautiful', 'a must see' and an 'extraordinary experience', 'Not a Souvenir' is @tonyalbert's most significant exhibition to date.

With only two and a half weeks left, make sure you catch this vibrant celebration of Indigenous survival and cultural pride.

2-for-1 tickets during MCA Late on Thursdays 5–9pm.

Plan your visit via link in bio!

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Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir
Until 19 October
Only at the MCA

@Sydney #feelnewsydney #notasouvenir

Images: ‘Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir’, installation views, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2026, works © the artist, photographs: Jessica Maurer and Ravyna Jassani by @tonyalbert

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Spending the morning @mca_australia with @tonyalbert understanding what racism is with the future minds of Australian society - and yes I bought the @tonyalbert tea towels from the gift shop! #notasouvenir

Make the time to see the exhibition on now until 19 October ❤️🖤💛 taken in MCA by @tonyalbert

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