Impression Sunrise Exhibition  7 Jun – 1 Sep 2019 Impression, Soleil levant, which rarely leaves the museum walls in Paris, will be coming to a newly designed exhibition space at the NGA this winter, along with some forty impressionist and related paintings from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, the Tate, and Australian and New…

Flashback – Masters of French Art12 Dec 2008 – 22 Mar 2009 We attended the opening of the DAGAS masters of French art, it was the first time audiences in Australia had the opportunity to see an exhibition devoted to one of the most significant and admired French artists of the nineteenth century, Edgar Degas.…

Installation art Celebrating the Arts Trail 2025 Event, held at the Nellie Hamilton Forecourt. This was a special evening celebrating the work of many talented First Nations artists from our Queanbeyan and local LGA region, whose artworks were projected in the forecourt.  The event feature’s a live performance by Wiradjuri man, Jerikye Williams. The artist…

Opening of the Queens of Dreambeyan exhibition today. Images below: This months edition of the art guide australia Dec/Jan. Monica’s digital art is in the magazine. Digital Design by Monica Shanahan, Self Portrait – Queen Monic (2025), Sources: Portrait of Queen Victoria, 1842-43, Sir Martin Archer.  The exhibition nods to Queanbeyan’s alter ego, ‘Dreambeyan’, inviting…

Bishop Pat Power grew up and was ordained to the priesthood in Queanbeyan (17 July 1965). He served in the parishes of Braidwood, Canberra and Goulburn before being asked by Archbishop Thomas Cahill to undertake a doctorate in canon law in 1972 at the Propaganda Fide College, Rome.  On the completion of his studies in 1975, Power returned…

CÉZANNE TO GIACOMETTI – Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Major Exhibition 31 May – 21 Sep 2025 – some great masterpieces from this exhibition. Loved the life drawing and portraits from these amazing artists.

Here are a few current projects in 2025 Monica has designed for the local LGA ( Local government area) area in Queanbeyan. From photography and re-touching presentation installations (history of Queanbeyan in the 1970’s – 80’s), signage/photography re-touching for the Queanbeyan museum, ‘shop and win’ stickers/bollards/signage and new branding for FOGO (Food Organics and Garden…

15th & 16th Century Italian Paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo Flash back – this was an amazing exhibition that gave audiences an unparalleled chance to see Early and High Renaissance paintings by some of the greatest European artists.  Raphael, Botticelli, Bellini and Titian are represented among an amazing gamut of talent and creative splendour.…

Here are the designs Monica has produced for the regional arts trail that covers Queanbeyan, Braidwood, Bungendore and Captains Flat. (From postcards to posters to digital collateral and marketing material). The Arts Trail is a great way of getting out into the community and visiting all these amazing artists/designers in their environment. Make sure to…

After seeing the Australian National Gallery’s recent exhibition’s collection from London, called ‘Botticelli to Van Gogh’ in the nation’s capital yesterday. My father told me an interesting story that he encountered as a young artist during his time in art school in Belgrade, Serbia in 1964/65. Its’ been 57 years since my father saw the…