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NewsWes Anderson Has Curated His First Art Exhibition, and It Opens Next Month
Along with partner Juman Malouf, the 'Isle of Dogs' director is overseeing an art exhibition for Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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NewsBanksy's New Video Takes You Behind the Scenes During the 'Girl with Balloon' Shredding Stunt
"In rehearsals it worked every time."
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NewsFive Stunning Works to Ogle at Sculpture by the Sea 2018
Here's what to look out for when wandering through the outdoor exhibition's 22nd iteration.
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NewsWe're Giving Away an Arty Escape to Ballarat for this Australian Art Festival
Enjoy the ultimate art lover's escape, including a mini Victorian version of Dark Mofo, on us.
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NewsA Petition to Stop the Promotion of a Horse Race on the Sydney Opera House Has Hit 250,000
At this stage, the Everest horse race projection will still go ahead tonight, but a light-based protest has been organised.
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NewsThe Twelve Most Impressive Art Galleries in Regional Australia
From country Victoria to the WA coast to the Tiwi Islands, these galleries house homegrown and Indigenous art collections worth planning a whole weekend around.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideEight Unmissable Exhibitions to See in Melbourne This Winter
Chilly winter weather is the perfect excuse to explore a few (or many) of Melbourne's world-class art exhibitions.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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GuideHow to Get Your Arts and Culture Fix in Tropical North Queensland
Explore beachfront markets, local art galleries and a tropical gin distillery.
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GuideTen Dazzling Melbourne Exhibitions to Look Forward to This Summer
From international art and iconic fashion to design commissions and immersive installations, here are the exhibitions serving up your summer cultural fix.
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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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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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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Snorkel Through Underwater Art in the Whitsundays
After a trial featuring four sculptures, six artists will create underwater artwork for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
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Banksy's Iconic 'Girl with Balloon' Artwork Self-Destructs Moments After Being Sold
The artist built a shredder into the painting a few years ago, "in case it was ever put up for auction".
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NewsAn Immersive New Installation from the Artist Behind Uluru's 'Field of Light' Has Arrived in Australia
Bruce Munro's latest work features 16,000 stemmed glass orbs carpeting Albany's Avenue of Honour.
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NewsVictoria Is Set to Score Five More Large-Scale Silo Artworks
The projects were among 237 proposals to score government funding through the Pick My Project initiative
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NewsYou Can Now Catch This Art-Covered Tram Through Melbourne's CBD
It's the first of eight art trams that will hit the tracks this month as part of Melbourne International Arts Festival.
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NewsFive Must-See Objects from the 'Rome: City and Empire' Exhibition
From mosaic flooring that warned of overdoing it on the booze to history's first hipster.
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NewsParrtjima Festival Is Currently Lighting Up Alice Springs with Seven Epic Light Installations
The festival — now in its third year — celebrates Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling.
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NewsBar Americano's Matt Bax Is Opening a New Venue That's Half-Art Gallery, Half-Warehouse Bar
Grau Projekt will offer 'artist-curated drinking' inside a huge Clifton Hill warehouse.
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GuideTen All-Baring Exhibitions to See in Melbourne This Spring
Explore everything from nature photography to Australia's best portraiture to skeletons (both real and artist-made).
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NewsA Huge World-First Nelson Mandela Exhibition Is Now Open In Melbourne
More than 200 pieces are on display in Melbourne, as part of the brand new exhibition's 20-city world tour.
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NewsThis Collingwood Public-Housing Block Is Now Home to the Southern Hemisphere's Tallest Mural
The work by local artist Matt Adnate features lifelike portraits of four of the building's residents
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EventMinistry of Sound: Testament
Sat, 12 Apr 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Ministry of Sound's massive 90s and 00s parties are returning to Melbourne with Roger Sanchez, Felix Da Housecat, Utah Saints and more.
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EventState Rose and Garden Show
Sat, 9 Nov - Sun, 10 Nov 2024
Victoria State Rose Garden, Werribee South
Wander through 5000 blooming roses, stock up on new plants (and tips) and sip prosecco among the flowers.
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EventVillage Feast
Sun, 10 Nov, 2024
East Brunswick Village, Brunswick East
Expect DJ sets from Triple R’s Small Fry as well as food and drinks from Rumi, The Rocket Society, Bride Road Brewers and FoMo Cinemas.
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EventWoodford Reserve Old Fashioned Week
Fri, 1 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
Snag a sip of a cocktail classic without spending a cent this November at these participating bars.
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EventInto The Vines: Gulp Fiction
Thu, 28 Nov, 2024
The Rochester Hotel, Fitzroy
Consider this mini wine festival the ultimate Thursday night knock-off, preparing you for the slow descent into silly season.
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EventUpstairs @ The Rochey
Multiple single dates
The Rochester Hotel, Fitzroy
The Rochey is hosting intimate electronic gigs every Saturday night in its upstairs bandroom.
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EventVan Gogh at The Lume
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
THE LUME Melbourne, South Wharf
Sunflowers, stars and a sublime multi-sensory experience: you'll find them all at this immersive and stunning exhibition.
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EventFrench Impressionism
Fri, 6 Jun - Sun, 5 Oct 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
After its 2021 season was cut short due to the pandemic, this stunning exhibition is returning to NGV International with 100-plus iconic paintings.
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EventApéritif v Aperitivo Arvos at Molly Rose Brewery
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Molly Rose Brewery, Collingwood
Sample Molly Rose's new small-batch gins, pastis, vodkas and vermouths at its aperitivo sessions and masterclasses.
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EventMelbourne Queer Film Festival
Thu, 14 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
This year's MQFF boasts a 42-feature lineup stacked with LGBTQIA+ must-sees — and a celebration of music videos.
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NewsA Giant Floating Sculpture of the Moon Is Coming to Australia
It measures seven metres in diameter and features detailed NASA imagery of the moon's surface.
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NewsThe Gertrude Street Projection Festival Will Return for Two Nights This Month
Forgoing its ten-day format for 2018, the festival will light up Fitzroy's main drag for one weekend in September.
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NewsA Major Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition from the Tate Britain Is Coming to Australia
It'll feature more than 40 of the Tate's beloved works, including iconic pieces such as John Everett Millais’ 'Ophelia' and John William Waterhouse’s 'The Lady of Shalott'.
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NewsA Giant Sculpture of Donald Trump's Empty Head Has Popped Up by Sydney Harbour
The work by visual artist Callum Morton has been installed at Barangaroo Wharf as part of Sydney Contemporary — and you can even sit inside it.
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NewsA Huge New Patricia Piccinini Exhibition Is Coming to Victoria's TarraWarra Museum of Art
Her works — including her hot-air balloon Skywhale — will be displayed alongside pieces by the late Melbourne artist Joy Hester.
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NewsOne of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms Is Taking Up Permanent Residence in Australia
The National Gallery of Australia has acquired the pumpkin-filled installation, which will go on display from December.
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NewsMelbourne's 2018 Art Trams Have Been Revealed
With seven new designs and a recreation of an 80s classic hitting the streets this October.
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NewsThe Biennale of Australian Art Is Ballarat's Huge New Six-Week Art Festival
It'll be the largest-ever showcase of living Australian artists, featuring 150 artists and 65 curated solo exhibitions.
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NewsThe Silo Art Trail Is the Country's Largest Outdoor Gallery
The large-scale artworks are painted on silos and spread across 200 kilometres of Victorian outback.
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The Whitsundays Will Soon Be Home to an Underwater Art Installation
For the first time ever, four sculptures will be placed in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
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GuideSeven Things to See and Do at Melbourne Art Week 2018
Head to a dance party, follow a colourful travelling work and explore an art-filled hotel.
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NewsMelbourne International Arts Festival Unveils Its Immersive Fire-Filled 2018 Program
This year's festival sees the Royal Botanic Gardens set ablaze for a series of fire shows, a sensory maze and an installation of 100 keyboards.
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NewsA World-First Showcase of National Geographic's Stunning Wildlife Photos Is Coming to Melbourne Zoo
Featuring the best 50 animal snaps from the magazine's 130-year archive, as well as an augmented reality experience.
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NewsBrisbane's GOMA Is Now Home to a Major New James Turrell Light Installation
The permanent piece now lights up the gallery from sunset to midnight every evening.
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NewsThese Beautiful Mini Wine Barrels Are the Perfect Gift for Every Art-Loving Booze Hound
They're covered in art by three female artists and filled with three litres of Victorian wine.
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NewsArtist Spencer Tunick Staged a Mass Nude Work on a Melbourne Rooftop This Morning
The Prahran Woolworths allowed the artist to access its rooftop carpark.
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GuideSix Melbourne Exhibitions That Will Warm Your Art Receptors This Winter
From Australia's first national survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander design to artworks created entirely on old luxury cars.
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NewsThis Unsettling and Immersive Shipping Container Installation Is Returning to Melbourne
The spine-chilling experience is popping up in the Queen Victoria Markets — enter if you dare (and aren't claustrophobic).
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NewsNew South Wales' South Coast Is Set to Score a Huge New Bushland Art Gallery
The new Shoalhaven facility will house more than $43 million worth of art, including pieces by Pablo Picasso, Francisco Goya, Brett Whiteley and Arthur Boyd.
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NewsThis Colourful Forest Installation Is Entirely Made Out of Discarded Plastics
Danish artist Thomas Dambo worked with hundreds of volunteers to turn three tonnes of plastic waste into art.
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NewsSydney's Legendary Rainbow Crossing Is Going to Be Joyously Reinstated
Five years after it was removed, the pride artwork will return to Taylor Square — permanently, we hope.
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GuideSix Must-See Exhibitions Happening in Australia This Winter
Featuring Picasso, Dalí, a field of 3000 flowers and an electric ode to the radical artists of post-war Germany.
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NewsArtist Spencer Tunick Will Stage a Mass Nude Work on a Melbourne Rooftop After All
The Prahran Woolworths will now allow the artist to access its rooftop carpark.
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NewsFive World-Renowned Modern Artworks to See at the NGV's New MoMA Exhibition
This collaborative exhibition features a huge 200 works, many of which have never left the walls of MoMA before.
