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    The Ten Best Things to See at Next Wave 2014

    Featuring dance yoga, internet art and a real life fight club.

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    Melbourne Street Artist Rone Unveils Nine-Storey Mural in CBD

    Stunning images of Melbourne's most epic street art.

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    First Look at Romance Was Born + Rebecca Baumann: Reflected Glory Exhibition

    Get a sneak peek at the fashion duo's ambitious new project at Carriageworks.

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    Artist Transforms Everyday Wooden Objects into Art

    Yes, his name is Maskull Lasserre. What a dude.

Latest Guides
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    Shia LaBeouf’s Performance Art Explained

    Shia's artistic collaborators shed some light on the whole weird shabang.

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    Actors in Crisis: New Beginnings for The Government Inspector

    Actor Gareth Davies talks panic, process and becoming mistaken auteur 'Seyfat Babayev'.

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    Concrete Playground’s Guide to White Night 2014

    An itinerary for Melbourne's classiest all-nighter.

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    See the Stunning Winners in the 2014 World Press Photo Contest

    The world's leading visual journalism contest showcases some serious talent.

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    Wanted: The Best Deputy Editor in the Business

    Are you an authority on pop culture, music, food, drink, events and city life?

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    Ten Crazy Things People Have Done in the Name of Live Art

    The highs, the lows, and all the wilfully mutilated body parts.

Latest Events
  • Event

    Inner-West Sessions

    Thursday, July 4, 2024

    Misfits Bar, Footscray

    This monthly event series champions DJs, artists and food vendors from Melbourne's vibrant western suburbs.

  • Event

    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.

  • Event

    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.

  • Event

    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.

  • Event

    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.

  • Event

    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.

  • Event

    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.

  • Event

    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.

  • Event

    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.

  • Event

    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.

  • News

    Supergraph: The Graphic Art Fair Where You Can Actually Afford the Art

    We chat to director, Mikala Tai about buying cheap art and wrangling great artists.

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    The Dutch Masters Recreated as Astonishing Entomological Displays

    Seventeeth-century portraits get a beautiful and complex 21st-century update.

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    Artist Toon-Bombs Toronto with Googly Eyes

    Liberty Village's local monsters revealed.

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    Something’s Just a Little Off in These Photographs by Patrice Letarnec

    Fall head over heels in love with the French artist's quirky photography.

  • News

    The Ten Best Things to See at Midsumma 2014

    Melbourne's alternative to Mardi Gras is about to kick off for another year.

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    Giant Rubber Duck Explodes

    Yet another chapter in the misadventures of Hofman's oversized plaything.

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    Japan’s Sky Sofas Make for a Cosy View

    Love seats in the Japanese countryside wouldn’t be a bad place to spend an afternoon.

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    Simon Harsent Explores the Effect of the ‘White Cube’ In Playful Photos

    Photographer Simon Harsent offers up sparse objects for evaluation.

  • News

    The Strangely Wonderful Worlds of JeeYoung Lee

    The artist painstakingly transforms a little studio into the setting for her extraordinary photography.

  • News

    Inaugural Festival of Live Art Announced for 2014

    Gameshows, manicures, secrets, tweens and the Yarra river — live art takes the stage in 2014.

  • News

    White Night Returns With More Round-the-Clock Art Partying

    A night like no other, Melbourne's city streets get set to party from dusk till dawn.

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    Slap Some Art on Your Face with Beastman x Colab Sunglasses

    We got the scoop from Sydney artist Beastman on taking art from paper to plastic.

  • News

    Artist Presents 99 Lifelike Animals in Scenes You’re Unlikely to See in Nature

    Cai Guo-Qiang's first solo exhibition in Australia is a cross between The Lion King and Noah's Ark.

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    Mystical Mirror House Appears in the Mojave Desert

    Is it a mirage, a vision, a portal to another world?

  • News

    Two Houses in One, Made Entirely of Silk

    Silken replicas of the artist's Korean and American homes come with layers of meaning.

  • News

    Is Melbourne Now the Exhibition to End All Exhibitions?

    400 artists' work over 8,000 square metres. This is the kind of exhibition we need to be open forever.

  • News

    NY Graffiti Landmark 5Pointz Is Dead; Long Live 5Pointz

    Long Island's iconic graffiti landmark has had an overnight ninja whitewash.

  • News

    Photographer Turns Most Ridonkulous American Laws into Pictures

    Californians can't legally ride bikes in pools, a clever photographer shows.

  • News

    The Skywhale is Coming to Melbourne

    An important community service announcement that giant boobs in the sky are funny.

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    Buy Your Favourite Band’s Artwork and Raise Funds for FBi Radio

    The FBi Radio art collection goes under the hammer.

  • News

    NGV Announces Winter Exhibition of Italian Masterpieces

    That's right - you no longer need to be jealous of your friends' Instagram feeds while they're in Europe.

  • News

    The Four Dioramas of the Apocalypse

    Judgement day never looked so hauntingly beautiful.

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    Six Hugely Impressive Life Achievements of Yoko Ono

    If your mental manilla folder marked 'Yoko Ono' only has that old Simpsons episode in it, read on.

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