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BOWNESS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE: Shortlist announced

On behalf of the MGA Foundation we are thrilled to announce the 2021 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize finalists. In the midst of lockdown the three judges – acclaimed artist Del Kathryn Barton, MGA Director Anouska Phizacklea and Director of the National Portrait Gallery, Australia, Karen Quinlan AM – met, discussed and narrowed down the strong field of entrants to the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize to a shortlist of 52 works to be exhibited as the 2021 edition of the prize.

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GALLERY OPEN

We are pleased to announce that our gallery is open from Wednesday 28 July.

Please use the booking form below to guarantee entry on arrival. Walk-ins are welcome if capacity numbers allow. We ask all visitors (except those under 12-years-old and those with health exemptions) to wear a mask and to scan the QR code on arrival for contact tracing.

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STAGES: photography through the pandemic  

STAGES: photography through the pandemic sees Jane Burton, Cherine Fahd, Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine, Phuong Ngo, and James Tylor respond creatively to the social, environmental and economic impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

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