Celebrating the launch of a double biography of the same title, the exhibition ‘Modern Love’ will explore the unconventional marriage of Heide founders John and Sunday Reed, champions of modernism and catalysts for successive generations of Australian artists and writers.
When the Reeds purchased Heide in 1934 they were closely involved with an experimental artistic, literary and musical milieu. Heide became a gathering point for creative figures such as Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, Joy Hester, Arthur Boyd, John Perceval, Max Harris, Michael Keon and Peter Cowan, who along with the Reeds paved the way for a new cultural landscape. This exhibition will present artworks the Reeds collected over six decades, family heirlooms, archival photographs, and personal memorabilia.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Until 10 April, 2016
Melbourne
John Reed, Sunday Reed and Sidney Nolan c.1945, photographer unknown
Reed/Heide Photograph Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
