• News

    Sydney Is Getting a New Public Artwork By Archibald Prize Subject Agatha-Gothe Snape

    Fourteen phrases will sprawled across Wemyss Lane in Surry Hills.

  • News

    This Year's Archibald Prize Winner Has Been Announced

    Australia's top portrait prize has been awarded.

  • News

    The Kaleidoscopic House of Mirrors Is Popping Up in Melbourne

    Dark MOFO's mirror maze will be set up for Melbourne Festival.

  • News

    A Look Inside the NGV's Massive New Katsushika Hokusai Exhibition

    Peep into the largest ever showcase of Hokusai's work seen in Australia and find out which of the 150 works can't be missed.

  • News

    This New Street Art Exhibition Takes Place in an Abandoned Melbourne House

    Street artist Rone has created murals and mini installations in each of the cottage's rooms.

  • News

    A Major New Yayoi Kusama Exhibition Is Coming to Brisbane's GOMA

    Go dotty with more than 70 pieces from the Japanese artist's seven-decade career.

Latest Guides
  • Guide

    Ten New Melbourne Art Exhibitions That Will Drag You in From the Cold This July

    Uncover the rituals of small-town life, take part in a world-class arts mini course, and see The Great Wave IRL.

  • News

    This Dream-Like New York Gallery Installation Changes Colour With the Weather

    Turning the courtyard at MoMA PS1 into a environmentally responsive, colour-changing wonderland.

  • News

    Broad City's Abbi Jacobson to Host New Modern Art Podcast

    A WNYC and MoMA collaboration, this ten-episode series will unpack Duchamp, Polloclk et al. with Questlove, Hannibal Buress and RuPaul.

  • News

    NGV Australia Will Install an 11-Metre Indoor Swimming Pool for an Upcoming Exhibition

    The new exhibition will explore the pool's cultural significance in Australian architecture and identity.

  • News

    Artisan Brunch Is the Photo Series Turning Your Favourite Meal Into Famous Works of Art

    Giving iconic artworks the food-focused makeover no one ever realised they needed — until now.

  • Guide

    Five New Melbourne Art Exhibitions to Jump-Start Your June

    Go back to the '90s at NGV Australia or jump on an inflatable installation that explores colonisation.

  • News

    A Look Inside GOMA's Massive Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe Exhibition

    Take a walk through GOMA's blockbuster exhibition, featuring over 600 Marvel costumes, props and artefacts.

  • News

    A Giant, Inflatable Sad Kanye Is Coming to Splendour in the Grass

    The next SITG project from Hungry Castle, the folks behind the 'Nicholas Cage in a Cage' jumping castle.

  • News

    A National Geographic Animal Photography Exhibition Is Coming to Melbourne Zoo

    It will be the first time Photo Ark has visited the southern hemisphere.

  • News

    Brisbane's GOMA Is Getting a Major New James Turrell Light Installation

    It will be Australia's third permanent Turrell piece, with the others at Hobart's Mona and the NGA in Canberra.

Latest Events
  • Event

    Night Trade

    Saturday, June 1 - Saturday, June 15, 2024

    Capitol Arcade, Melbourne

    Night Trade at RISING is back with DJs, performances, psychic readings, food and drink stalls, art installations, and karaoke.

  • Event

    Whisky, Wine and Fire Festival 2024

    Thursday, July 18 - Sunday, July 21, 2024

    Caulfield Racecourse, Caulfield East

    Get cosy this winter with booze tastings and flame-cooked food at Caulfield Racecourse.

  • Event

    400 Gradi x The Lume Dinner

    Thursday, June 20, 2024

    THE LUME Melbourne, South Wharf

    It's not The Lume's last supper, but this collaboration with 400 Gradi will only run for one night.

  • Event

    Melbourne Design Week

    Thursday, May 23 - Sunday, June 2, 2024

    Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne

    More than 300 exhibitions, installations, talks, tours and displays are filling the NGV and beyond with creativity for this design celebration's eighth year.

  • Event

    'Home Alone' in Concert

    Thursday, December 5, 2024, Friday, December 6, 2024 and Saturday, December 7, 2024 

    Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne

    This festive season, you can relive the 90s Christmas classic with a live orchestral score — ya filthy animals.

  • Event

    Gemini Season at Gemini Wine Bar

    Friday, May 24 - Thursday, June 20, 2024

    Gemini Wine Bar, Coburg

    The Coburg bar and pantry is celebrating those born during this astrological season with an art exhibition, happy-hour deals, food and drink pairings and a huge party.

  • Event

    Ministry of Sound: Testament

    Saturday, September 7, 2024 

    The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne

    Ministry of Sound's massive 90s and 00s parties are returning to Melbourne to see out winter and kick off spring 2024.

  • Event

    $5 Lamb Steak Kevabs

    Sunday, June 2, 2024

    Kevabs, Brunswick

    The Brunswick eatery is turning five this year, and is marking the occasion with a one-day discount on its new meat-free lamb wrap.

  • Event

    Nomu Saketen Sake Sessions

    Friday, May 17, 2024, Saturday, May 18, 2024, Friday, May 24, 2024 and Saturday, May 25, 2024 

    CBCB & ODFUB, Brunswick

    Sample small-batch sakes paired with light snacks in Brunswick every Friday and Saturday night.

  • Event

    Sunset Boulevard

    Tuesday, May 21 - Sunday, August 11, 2024

    Princess Theatre, Melbourne

    Starring Sarah Brightman as Norma Desmond, this Tony-winning musical based on the film of the same name is playing Melbourne.

  • Guide

    Eight Bold New Melbourne Art Exhibitions That Will Make Your May

    See paintings that climb off the canvas, a survey of Christian Thompson's work and the NGV's long-awaited Van Gogh exhibition.

  • News

    A Look Inside the NGV's Blockbuster Van Gogh Exhibition

    Take a walk through the NGV's huge winter exhibition, featuring over 60 works from the Dutch post-impressionist master.

  • News

    NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Installed a Surreal Rooftop Dinner Party

    Characters and objects from the Met's collection have been digitally scanned, cast as sculptures and spread underneath the Manhattan skyline.

  • News

    The Museum of Everything Is Coming to Australia

    The world's first dedicated showcase of ordinary art is heading to MONA for its first Australian visit.

  • News

    Dark Mofo Has Announced Its Spectacular Full 2017 Lineup

    Large-scale lasers, an orchestra mixed with around 500 litres of blood, and a 200-kilometre pilgrimage to six different churches are all on the bill.

  • Guide

    Ten New Melbourne Art Exhibitions to Brighten Up Your April

    Experience dark and lurid dreamlike paintings, the neon lights of Beijing and an immersive maze of mirrors.

  • News

    Melbourne Is Getting a Shit Garden Exhibition

    An entire exhibition celebrating the world's outstandingly disastrous landscaping choices.

  • News

    Shia LaBeouf's Anti-Trump Project Has Been Shut Down Again

    The fourth time wasn't the charm for the actor turned activist's artistic protest piece.

  • News

    The Guggenheim Has Just Unveiled Its Stunning Synthetic Desert Installation

    Visitors step into a sea of sound-suppressing foam pyramids in an artwork designed to "heighten our understanding of perceptual experience."

  • News

    Banksy Opens Walled Off Hotel in the West Bank

    Set up in secret over the last 14 months and set to open on March 11, the Bethlehem guesthouse is expected to run for a year.

  • News

    Austrian Street Artist Nychos Unveils Colossal Mural in Sydney

    It's a homage to famous Victorian painting Flaming June.

  • News

    NGV Announces Most Ambitious Summer Blockbuster Exhibition to Date: The NGV Triennial

    Featuring over 60 artists from around the world, including Yayoi Kusama, Adel Abidin, Guo Pei and more.

  • News

    Dark MOFO's House of Mirrors Is Coming to Victoria

    Lose yourself in a dark kaleidoscopic maze.

  • News

    The Other Art Fair Is Coming to Melbourne

    After events in Sydney, London's four-day accessible art fair is finally making its way to Melbourne.

  • News

    A White Night Itinerary: Ten Things Not to Miss

    Step by step, we've planned out your all-night art adventure with the help of artistic director David Atkins.

  • News

    The Workings of White Night: How to Run an All-Night Arts Festival in Melbourne

    Pulling together a 12-hour city-wide show is no easy feat — we speak to artistic director David Atkins about how the White Night team pulls it off.

  • News

    Austrian Street Artist Nychos Is Coming to Australia

    Splitting his time between Sydney and Melbourne — and he'll be doing original wall work.

  • Guide

    Six Essential Melbourne Art Exhibitions to See in February

    Cool down over ocean photography, see some Georgia O'Keeffe works at Heide or discover a new Southeast Asian artist.

  • News

    Win a Trip to Flick the Switch and Turn On the Lights at Enlighten Canberra

    You and a friend could be heading to Enlighten 2017 to light up the city.

  • News

    The NGV's Latest Artwork Is Essentially an Oversized Game of Hopscotch

    Hop, skip and jump your way down a free, 16-metre long game.

  • News

    Shia LaBeouf Has Launched a Four-Year-Long Anti-Trump Live Stream

    It's designed to act "as a show of resistance or insistence, opposition or optimism".

  • News

    Shia LaBeouf Will Reveal (and Stream) His Latest Performance Project In Sydney This Weekend

    If you've ever wanted to share a statement with the American Honey star, here's your chance.

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