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Library Helps Launch Georges Mora Foundation

Last night the Library helped launch the Georges Mora Foundation by hosting the inaugural Georges Mora 'Art Out Loud' Biennial Artist's Lecture.

Acclaimed Australian new media artist Jeffrey Shaw, whose work was supported by Mora in the 1960s, delivered the lecture. Foundation Patron Dame Elisabeth Murdoch spoke at the event and philanthropist Mr Baillieu Myer AC officially launched the Foundation.

The Georges Mora Foundation honours and carries on its namesake's work in supporting Australian art and artists. It aims to encourage debate around the ideas behind art and to support Australian contemporary artists in their development of new ideas.

The Foundation will provide, in partnership with the Library, lectures and forums that will connect artists' ideas with the broader public. It also plans to offer the Georges Mora Foundation Fellowship to help artists explore fresh thinking and to research their ideas.

The Library will support the Foundation in presenting its lectures program, and its rich collection will provide a tremendous resource for artists to research their work.

Shaw's lecture, 'Albeit', can be heard on the Library's website via SLV Podcast or audio download file. His installation Heaven's Gate can be seen in the Library's Cowen Gallery until 9 June.