Overview

• The three-metre golden-bronze bust by British artist Thomas J. Price now stands on the MCA’s Tallawoladah Lawn facing Sydney Harbour through April 2026.
• Funded by The Balnaves Foundation in honor of Neil Balnaves, the work launches a three-sculpture program and is Price’s first public commission in Australia.
• The artist frames the fictional Black “every woman” as a challenge to who gets seen and valued in civic spaces.
• Fabrication blended lost-wax casting and digital techniques, with detailed braids made in Switzerland and other components produced in Shanghai before shipment to Sydney.
• The unveiling coincides with sector talks on tax reform, as foundation leaders urge greater philanthropic support for cash-strapped cultural institutions.