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George Paton Gallery
The George Paton Gallery, embedded within the University of Melbourne Student Union, has been a catalyst for experimental and politically engaged art since its founding in 1974. As Australia’s first institutionally supported contemporary art space, it fostered feminist, queer, and avant-garde practices, shaping the country’s artistic landscape. A site for radical discourse and emerging voices, the gallery continues to champion student-led exhibitions, interdisciplinary experimentation, and critical conversations, reaffirming its legacy as a space for artistic and social transformation.
We, at Arts Programs, acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which our events take place, the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri people. We acknowledge that this is stolen land and that sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.
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