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    The fox in the hen house is at it again.

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    Seven Pop Artists Who Should Be As Famous As Warhol

    After ticking off the big names at Sydney's Pop to Popism, make sure you spend some time with these local and lesser-known artists.

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    Mambo to Explore 30 Years of Shelf-Indulgence at NGV

    30 years of iconic Aussie design, from gassy dogs to Australian Jesus.

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    This Photographer Has Captured The Strange Faces People Make After a Shot

    Prepare to be very self-conscious next time you're at the bar.

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    The World Would Be a Better Place If Our Coins Looked Like This

    Finally, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are getting the recognition they deserve.

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    Say Hello to Summersalt: Melbourne’s New Outdoor Arts Festival

    Come for the giant inflatable whale, stay for the art.

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    Are Smartphones Responsible For the Death of Conversation?

    This photo series will make you think twice before reaching for the phone.

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    Sydney Festival 2015 Program Announced

    Two Spiegeltents, two labyrinths and close to two hundred events.

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    The World’s Largest Underwater Sculpture Also Acts as an Artificial Reef

    That one time dumping 60 tonnes of foreign material in the ocean was a good thing.

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    Rone Is Putting On an Epic Exhibition in an Abandoned Office Building

    He's also collaborating with Jean Paul Gaultier, painting trams and generally ruling the world.

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    Sugar Mountain Announces Huge 2015 Lineup

    Nas is playing Illmatic at VCA. Seriously. This is happening.

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    Controversial Andy Warhol Exhibition Coming to Melbourne

    Neon Albert Einstein' ain't for everyone.

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    Watch Street Art Come to Life in This Entrancing GIF Project

    GIFs aren't just for Lena Dunham quotes anymore.

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    See the World’s Strangest Architecture with These Award-Winning Photographs

    Straight up weekday escapism from the World Architecture Festival.

Latest Events
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    BEAST Meat Masters

    Monday, July 1 - Saturday, November 30, 2024

    Beast City, Melbourne

    Everything served at BEAST's Meat Masters takeover series is heavy, meaty and heartburn-inducing. Bring on the food coma.

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    A Quiet Place: Day One

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    The always-excellent Lupita Nyong'o and 'Pig' writer/director Michael Sarnoski take this hit horror franchise back to the alien invasion's beginning in a thoughtful Big Apple-set spinoff.

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    Sweet Home Dog-abama Fourth of July Party at Moon Dog Wild West

    Thursday, July 4, 2024

    Moon Dog Wild West, Footscray

    Moon Dog Wild West's first-ever Fourth of July party comes with live music, food and drink deals, and an all-American hot dog-eating competition.

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    The Finders Keepers Autumn/Winter Market

    Friday, July 12 - Sunday, July 14, 2024

    Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton

    Support the next wave of independent artisans at this three-day art and design market that features over 270 makers, foodies and designers.

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    Horizon — Bangarra Dance Theatre

    Wednesday, August 28 - Saturday, September 7, 2024

    Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne

    The iconic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company's first mainstage cross-cultural collaboration tells tales from across Oceania.

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    Scandinavian Film Festival

    Friday, July 19 - Wednesday, August 7, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    Whether you're after the latest 'Department Q' mystery or a documentary about the Norwegian wilderness, this film festival has something for you.

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    Disaronno at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne

    Monday, May 27 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024

    Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne

    Where to taste an authentic amaretto sour across Melbourne.

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    Bastille Day

    Saturday, July 13 - Sunday, July 14, 2024

    Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

    Queen Victoria Market will be filled with buttery pastries, cooking masterclasses, live music and more to celebrate France's national day.

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    Queen Victoria Market's Australian Sake Festival

    Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, 2024 

    Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

    Take your pick from more than 200 different sakes at the Australian Sake Festival, coming to Queen Vic Market this winter.

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    The Promised Land

    Thursday, June 20 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.

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    Exploring the age of social media with MTC, Chunky Move and Schaubuhne's director-in-residence.

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    This year you can ride a golden carousel, watch some live-action manga and hear 'Frontier Psychiatrist' like never before. This isn't your average arts festival.

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    Win Tickets to The Sound of Waves at fortyfivedownstairs

    The sea is no place for a human girl, even one who's a little more fish-like than normal.

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    Would You Cruise Around in This Stained Glass Car?

    The car of the future: less about function, more about art.

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    The Ten Best Things to See at the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2014

    From a symphony of forks to a night of yelling at Joe Hockey, take charge of the unwieldy Fringe program with these must-see events.

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    Friday Nights at NGV Going Next Level for Jean Paul Gaultier

    Le Tigre's JD Samson and Chicks on Speed lead a lineup of perfect art pop.

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    See the Striking Finalists in the Australian Life Photography Competition

    Australian life is pretty hard to pin down, but these 22 photos together come close.

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    This Artist Makes Amazing Illustrations Out of Clouds

    "When I was a child I was told that clouds' shapes were created by expert balloon twister clowns who live in the sky."

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    Ready Your Instagram, This Famous Street Art Is Coming to Australia

    Street art so acceptably hyped up it came with a press release.

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    Work-Shop’s Crafty DIY Classes To Launch in Melbourne

    Appreciate whisky like Don Draper, nail that street mural or build your own kickass terrarium.

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    Burning Man Postponed Due to Heavy Desert Rain

    Nevada's annual desert bacchanal has wet feet.

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    Humans of New York Has Gone Global

    Photographer Brandon Stanton has left the five burroughs behind.

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    Artists The Yok and Sheryo Hijack Sydney and Melbourne Billboards

    LYNX's brand new 'Expression Series' empowers Australian dudes to get their authenticity out there.

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    The Five Best Things to See at Melbourne Art Fair When You Can’t Afford to Buy

    There's even some unavoidable art that will accost you on the tram.

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