This summer, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA Australia) will come alive as celebrated French artist Philippe Parreno reveals his first major exhibition in Australia. Philippe Parreno: 5 Moons will see Parreno take over and transform the MCA Australia into a dynamic, spontaneous production filled with sound, light, movement and unexpected encounters.
Philippe Parreno (b. 1964, France) is a pivotal figure at the forefront of contemporary art. Threading together film, audio, installation, objects, text, drawing and advanced technologies including AI and robotics, he is renowned for radically reimagining the very essence of what an exhibition is. He describes himself not as an artist, but as an ‘exhibition producer’ – orchestrating environments that think, respond and unfold over time and place.
Parreno's exhibitions explore the boundaries between reality, fiction and hypothesis, immersing visitors in temporal and sensory experiences that shift and flow. He transforms galleries and buildings into scripted spaces where events play out in exciting, unpredictable sequences. Through extensive collaborations with fellow artists, architects and musicians, he challenges traditional notions of authorship, producing multi-layered works in constant movement that resist reduction to a single form or medium.
Event Details:
Dates: 21 November 2026 until 26 April 2027
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia - Macgregor Gallery, Lecture Theatre and Level 3 Galleries
Notes: Closed Tuesday. Closed 25 December. Open public holidays