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FeatureAn Art Lover's Guide to Hong Kong
Once best known as one of the world's major financial hubs, the harbour city has now made a name for itself thanks to a booming creative scene.
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NewsPeter Wegner's Portrait of Fellow Artist Guy Warren Has Just Taken Out the 2021 Archibald Prize
Fittingly, and in an unanimous decision by this year's judges, 'Portrait of Guy Warren at 100' has won the prestigious award in its 100th year.
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NewsRising Festival Has Been Paused as Melbourne Enters a Seven-Day Lockdown
Organisers have cancelled all events for the next seven days, but a decision has yet to be made on the June 4–6 schedule.
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NewsMelbourne's Multi-Sensory Digital Art Gallery The Lume Is Finally Set to Open This Spring
The permanent gallery will launch with an immersive Van Gogh exhibition using moving images, music and smells.
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NewsThe Art Gallery of NSW's Prestigious Archibald Prize Has Announced Its 2021 Finalists
An equal number of male and female artists have made the shortlist for the first time in the award's history.
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NewsMelbourne's 2021 Art Trams Have Just Started Rolling Around the City
This year's artworks are entirely designed by First Nations artists.
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NewsIconic New York Artist Jenny Holzer Is Bringing Giant, Building-Sized Text Projections to Rising
Thought-provoking work, I Conjure, will feature hundreds of Holzer's own words alongside voices from local female talent.
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GuideFive of the Best RISING Festival Events That You Can Still Get Tickets To
Prepare your diary now for supernatural winter forests and once-off food pop-ups.
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NewsChinatown's Abandoned Monorail Station Is Being Transformed Into an Immersive Art Exhibition
The empty station will be illuminated for a nostalgic 11-day exhibition later this month.
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NewsThe Gold Coast Is Now Home to a Colourful New Six-Level Art Gallery with a Rooftop Bar
Showcasing local art, the city's 4400-piece collection and touring exhibitions, it's the largest public gallery outside a capital city in Australia.
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NewsA 130-Seater Pop-Up Restaurant Set Behind a Temporary Bamboo Forest Is Coming to Melbourne
Chefs from 1800 Lasagne, Smith & Daughter's and Atlas are all gathering for this event.
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NewsThe First Three Installations of Vivid's 2021 Program Have Been Revealed
Two luminous clocks in The Rocks and Barangaroo are currently counting down to this year's launch.
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NewsA Free Outdoor Japanese Sculpture Exhibition Is Taking Over The Rocks This Autumn
A sibling event to 'Sculpture by the Sea', it'll display 18 works from 14 Japanese artists.
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NewsWhite Night's New All-Regional Iteration Will Take Over Bendigo and Geelong This Spring
Across two nights, the two cities will come alive with an after-dark program of illuminations, projections, music and more.
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NewsWhite Rabbit Gallery's 'Lumen' Exhibition Takes a Dazzling Journey Through Light-Based Artworks
The Chippendale gallery is exhibiting more than 30 luminous works until August.
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NewsThis 100-Metre-Tall Artwork Is Set to Tower Over Melbourne (But You'll Need Your Phone to See It)
The augmented reality design envisions the future of an imagined child, which'll age from zero to 100 years — all based on input from 14,400 locals.
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NewsThe Biennale of Sydney 2022 Has Announced the First 59 Participants for Its Water-Themed Program
It'll feature artists, designers, architects and scientists folks from six continents and 33 countries — and set up shop by the harbour at The Cutaway at Barangaroo Reserve for the first time.
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NewsHuge Multi-Sensory Exhibition 'Van Gogh Alive' Is Touring Australia This Year
The immersive exhibition allows you to step into artworks such as 'The Starry Night' and 'Sunflowers' — and it's now coming to Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra and Newcastle.
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NewsIlluminate Adelaide Is the Latest Huge New Winter Arts Festival Making Its Debut This Year
The South Australian event will deliver 17 jam-packed days of music, art, light projections and performance, including everything from The Avalanches to Van Gogh.
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NewsThe National Is Back for 2021 with 39 Pieces of New Australian Art Across Three Sydney Galleries
First kicking off in 2017, this biennial showcase highlights established, mid-career, emerging artists and artist collectives from around the nation.
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NewsMelbourne's New Winter Arts and Culture Festival Rising Has Announced Its Huge 2021 Program
Across 12 nights, more than 750 Victorian artists will help reawaken the city in a big way.
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NewsUnsettling Installation 'Seance' Is Returning to Sydney and Taking Over a Circular Quay Warehouse
The spine-chilling experience is back — enter if you dare (and aren't claustrophobic).
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NewsThe Gold Coast Will Soon Be Home to a Huge New Six-Level Art Gallery with a Rooftop Bar
Opening in May, it'll be the largest public gallery outside a capital city in Australia.
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NewsDark Mofo Has Cancelled the Controversial First Artwork Announced for Its 2021 Festival
Understandably, the decision to display a British flag immersed in the blood of First Nations peoples received instant backlash.
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NewsCooee Art Is Opening a New Flagship Art Gallery and Auction Space in Redfern
Australia's oldest exhibiting Aboriginal fine art gallery is expanding to a new Sydney location.
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NewsTeamlab's New 'Sakura Bombing Home' Artwork Will Fill Your TV Screen with Cherry Blossoms
Travelling to Japan is off the cards at the moment — but you can watch and participate in this kaleidoscopic project at home.
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NewsReko Rennie Has Transformed a Melbourne Basketball Court Into a Colourful Public Art Installation
The basketball court will be open for a limited time and is currently available for public bookings.
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NewsA Huge Sculpture of Homer Simpson and Ancient Greek Poet Homer Is Popping Up in Barangaroo
The five-metre-tall inflatable will be on display as part of this year's The Other Art Fair.
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GuideSeven Immersive and Impressive Art Exhibitions to Visit Around Australia This Autumn
Plan trips to walk over giant Monet artworks, visit Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' and explore decaying rooms filled with street art.
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NewsSculpture at Scenic World Is Bringing Its Openair Art Gallery Back to the Blue Mountains for 2021
After the 2020 event was cancelled due to the pandemic, this year's exhibition will again place large-scale sculptures and installations throughout the area's rainforest.
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NewsMore Than 100 French Impressionist Masterworks by Monet, Renoir and Degas Are Coming to the NGV
The Victorian gallery has announced a jam-packed lineup of exhibitions and programs for 2021.
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NewsA New Mural By Archibald Prize Winner Vincent Namatjira Has Been Unveiled in Circular Quay
Spanning 15 metres long, it's the acclaimed artist's largest ever artwork to date.
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NewsA Huge Exhibition of Korean Buddhist Statues Is Coming to Sydney's Powerhouse Museum
They're part of the site's hefty 2021 lineup, alongside exhibitions dedicated to tiny automobiles, gum trees, Australian ceramics, and Persian arts and crafts.
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NewsPatricia Piccinini's 'Skywhale' Has Returned to the Skies with Its New Companion 'Skywhalepapa'
'Skywhale' and 'Skywhalepapa' floated in front of the National Gallery of Australia over the weekend and will soon tour the country together.
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NewsA Multi-Sensory Impressionist Exhibition Featuring Works by Monet and Renoir Is Coming to Sydney
It's from the same team as 'Van Gogh Alive' — and you'll be able to step through a heap of famed 19th- and early 20th-century artworks.
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NewsSculpture by the Sea Has Been Pushed Back Again and Will Now Go Ahead in October
'Sculpture Rocks', a smaller scale exhibition in The Rocks set to take place this January, has also been postponed till mid-2021.
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NewsMelbourne's 2021 Art Trams Will Be Designed Entirely by First Nations Artists
They'll run on the tram network for 12 months, kicking off in May to coincide with Melbourne's new Rising festival.
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NewsSydney CBD's Laneways Have Been Decked Out with Four New Public Art Installations
A pink furry fortune-telling ghost, giant badges, light installations and a forest of endangered native plants have taken over Sydney laneways,
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GuideTen Sydney Festival Highlights to Have on Your Radar This Summer
Sit courtside at Sydney Town Hall, watch a clown eat himself and celebrate what it means to be human at this year’s Syd Fest.
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GuideNine Sydney Festival Experiences You Can Have for Less Than $30
You don't have to pay top dollar to see these Syd Fest highlights.
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NewsPatricia Piccinini's 'Skywhale' Is Returning to the Skies in 2021 with a New Floating Companion
They'll both fly above the National Gallery of Australia on three separate dates, before touring the country.
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Gallery: A Look Inside the Hugely Ambitious New NGV Triennial 2020 Exhibition
The gallery is now filled with a giant octopus made from cigarette butts, floating neon artworks and a mirror-polished Jeff Koons sculpture until April 2021.
