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Melbourne Fringe Festival Returns Next Month for a Huge 40th Anniversary Edition
Riffing on the theme 'It’s About Time', this year's instalment features over 450 events, dishing up cabaret, circus, drag, visual art, music and loads of other creative delights.
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Sydney's Renowned Contemporary Art Gallery Sullivan+Strumpf Is Opening in Melbourne This Spring
Founders Ursula Sullivan and Joanna Strumpf have chosen Collingwood as the site for their next Aussie gallery space, set to open this October.
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Making Moves: Sydney Dance Company's Mia Thompson on What it Takes to Become a Full-Time Dancer
The Brisbane-born artist sheds light on how she got her start, her international moves and the power of being on stage.
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White Night Is Bringing a Dazzling After-Dark Arts Program to Bendigo and Geelong This Spring
The famed festival is returning as a regional-only affair for 2022, descending on the two cities for one jam-packed night each.
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The Lume's Next Multi-Sensory Digital Exhibition Will Showcase Monet and His Contemporaries
From October, Melbourne's digital gallery is diving into the French Impressionist era with the multi-sensory 'Monet & Friends Alive'.
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A Six-Kilometre Sculpture Trail Filled with Whale Tails Is Popping Up Along Sydney's Western Harbour
Thirty Australian artists are creating 30 two-metre-tall whale tail sculptures, each inspired its location and the land.
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Eight Ways to Get Your Arts and Culture Fix on the Sapphire Coast
From multi-day music festivals to month-long arts events, the Sapphire Coast is brimming with exciting arts and culture events.
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Bondi's 'Sculpture by the Sea' Will Finally Return This Spring for the First Time Since 2019
For three weeks in October and November, more than 100 large-scale artworks by Australian and international sculptors will take over Sydney's two-kilometre Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk.
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Inside 'The Soul Trembles': Eight Stunning Art Must-Sees at GOMA's Huge Chiharu Shiota Exhibition
Featuring more than 100 pieces and installations, this gorgeous and sprawling showcase is well worth a trip to Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art.
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You Can Currently Wander Through a 700-Square-Metre Kaleidoscope Outside Arts Centre Melbourne
After 'House of Mirrors' and '1000 Doors', installation artist Keith Courtney now wants you to mosey through a huge expanse of glass, steel, mirrors and moving prisms that resembles a human-sized kaleidoscope.
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Docklands' After-Dark Arts Festival Firelight Returns for Three Fire-Filled Nights This July
After a two-year hiatus, this program of flaming sculptures, light installations and wintry fare is firing up the inner-city precinct once more.
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The Silo Art Trail Has Just Scored a New Two-Part Mural in Horsham
A portrait of a Wotjobaluk warrior by street artist Smug is the latest work to grace the outdoor gallery.
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After-Dark Arts Festival WinterWild Will Return to Illuminate Apollo Bay This Winter
This year, the Otway Coast's eclectic celebration will feature community seafood feasts, bonfire productions, tunes by Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, and stacks more.
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Eight 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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A Bunch of Cute Endangered Animal Sculptures Have Made Their Home Beside the Yarra
Artist duo Gillie and Marc have teamed up with WWF to raise awareness about the plight of endangered species, via an adorable public art project.
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A Fresh Fleet of First Nations-Designed Art Trams Is Taking to the Streets for Rising Festival
These six art-clad vehicles will zip around the public transport network for the next 12 months, including a reproduction of a 1991 tram design by influential artist Lin Onus.
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Seven 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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Ten Breathtaking Light Installations You Need to Catch at Vivid Sydney 2022
Bright lights, big city canvas — prepare to be dazzled by illuminations and immersive exhibitions at the return of Vivid Sydney.
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Blak Douglas' Portrait of Artist Karla Dickens in the Lismore Floods Has Won the 2022 Archibald Prize
Blak Douglas is the first NSW First Nations artist to win the Archibald with a painting of a NSW First Nations artist.
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Regional New South Wales Just Scored a Permanent (and Super-Scenic) New Outdoor Sculpture Trail
The team behind Bondi's Sculpture by the Sea has created a new trail that spans 100 kilometres through historic towns, and features 25-plus pieces of art by Australian and international artists.
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2022's Archibald Prize Finalists Are Here — and a Taika Waititi Portrait Won the Packing Room Prize
Fifty-two portraits have been shortlisted for this year's prestigious prize, with the winner announced on May 13.
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The Art Gallery of NSW's New Sydney Modern Project Expansion Will Open Its Doors This Summer
Come Saturday, December 3, art lovers will be able to wander through AGNSW's $344-million new addition.
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Win an Arty Night Out for Two at The Other Art Fair Melbourne
Score tickets to a night of creative delight, plus a voucher to put towards a piece of art to take home.
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Gorillaz, Lit-Up Zoos and Da Vinci-Inspired AI Art: Illuminate Adelaide's Huge 2022 Program Is Here
South Australia's huge winter arts, music and light festival is back for its second year with a jam-packed month-long lineup.
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Melbourne's New NGV Contemporary Just Received a Massive (and Record-Setting) $100-Million Donation
Gifted by trucking magnates Lindsay and Paula Fox, it's the largest cash donation ever made to an Australian art museum by a living donor.
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A Giant Sculpture of the Moon Has Popped Up in Melbourne to Celebrate Marvel's 'Moon Knight'
The floating replica measures seven metres in diameter and features renderings of the celestial body's surface based on NASA imagery.
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The Art Gallery of NSW Will Launch Its Sydney Modern Project with New Works by Nine Artists
Yayoi Kusama, Jonathan Jones, Lorraine Connelly-Northey and Lee Mingwei are all creating original pieces for the art gallery's expansion.
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GOMA Will Become a Maze of Red and Black Wool for Its Huge Chiharu Shiota Exhibition This Winter
Rescheduled from 2020, Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art will host a showcase of weaved web-like installations by the Japanese artist — and that's just one exhibition on its 2022 slate.
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Melbourne's Blockbuster Citywide Arts Festival Rising Will Finally Make Its Proper Debut This June
COVID might have crushed the festival's dreams two years in a row, but it's ready and raring for 2022 with a huge 12-day program featuring 225 events and 800-plus artists.
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After-Dark Light Festival Lightscape Will Brighten Up the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne This Winter
Wander through 1.8 kilometres of light and colour, including a cathedral made out of 100,000 tiny globes, all while walking through nature.
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This Is What Melbourne's New NGV Contemporary and Its Rooftop Sculpture Garden Will Look Like
Sprawling across 30,000 square metres, it features a rooftop terrace with vistas over the city, plus an eye-catching spherical central hall reaching 40 metres in height.
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Immersive 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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Vineyard Favourite Montalto Is Hosting Artists Including Patricia Piccinini Over a Long Lunch Series
The Mornington Peninsula winery is launching a new program of long lunches and artist conversations, held overlooking its Sculpture Trail.
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An Eye-Catching Exhibition Filled with Ancient Greek Artefacts Is Heading to Melbourne This Autumn
Co-created and presented with the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 'Open Horizons: Ancient Greek Journeys and Connections' will feature 44 ancient works dating back to the early bronze age.
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A Huge Exhibition Showcasing Works by Picasso and His Peers Is Coming to the NGV This Winter
World-premiering in Melbourne, 'The Picasso Century' will feature more than 70 works by the Spanish artist, as well as 100-plus others from over 50 of his contemporaries.
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How 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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Patricia Piccinini's 'Skywhale' and 'Skywhalepapa' Will Float Through Melbourne's Skies This Month
For their first-ever Melbourne flight, the bulbous hot-air balloon sculptures will lift off from Yarra Bend’s Corban Oval, then soar over the city.
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A Huge Exhibition From the Tate with Art by Claude Monet and Yayoi Kusama Is Coming to Australia
Displaying at ACMI, Melbourne-exclusive showcase 'Light: Works from Tate’s Collection' will feature more than 70 works from the UK galleries, covering the past 200 years in art history.
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Eight Melbourne Arts and Cultural Spaces to Check Out This Summer (And Where to Get a Drink Afterwards)
Get your culture fix at one of these leading institutions — then make an afternoon of it at one of these excellent watering holes.
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Australia's Huge New Bushland Art Museum Is Opening on the NSW South Coast This Month
Sprawling over 500 square metres alongside a 160-metre-long bridge that doubles as a learning centre, the Bundanon Art Museum will showcase contemporary and First Nations art year-round.
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Six Things We Learned From Our Chat with Vivid Sydney Festival Director Gill Minervini
We sat down with the legendary creative director to discuss career highlights, her creative process and her plans for the festive season.
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Bloomville Is the New Sugar Republic Pop-Up Filling Shipping Containers with Floral Installations
The summery exhibition will feature flowers, cherry blossoms, a sunshine room, a scratch ’n’ sniff floral wall and a confetti shower.