Reflections on Marilyn Monroe Bendigo

What an experience it was to attend the first public session of the Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Bendigo on Saturday. We arrived at the Bendigo Art Gallery five minutes before the opening time and found ourselves joining a long queue of people waiting in anticipation for the doors to open. As I waited in the queue I wondered what the exhibition would be like. There’s certainly been a lot of hype and we’ve been caught up in it a bit ourselves since we ...
March 6, 2016
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Marilyn Monroe Bendigo

The Bendigo Art Gallery and Twentieth Century Fox Marilyn Monroe Bendigo exhibition is on 5 March to 10 July. This is a not to be missed exhibition, a first of it's kind with items gathered from different locations all over the world. We attended a recent talk by Bendigo Art Gallery's curator Tansy Curtin. She talked about many of the unique items including a dress Marilyn Monroe wore whilst performing to the troops in Vietnam. This dress is privately owned by ...
February 22, 2016
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Stay Social with Marilyn Bendigo

The arrival of the 8m high Marilyn Monroe sculpture and the Marilyn Bendigo exhibition has caused a big buzz in Bendigo. "Forever Marilyn" was designed by Seward Johnson, the statue is a representation of one of the most famous images of Monroe, taken from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch. The 'Bendigo Art Gallery and Twentieth Century Fox present Marilyn Monroe, 5 March - 10 July 2016' is set to become another major draw card for visitors to Bendigo. We are ...
February 16, 2016
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