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    Australia's Huge New Bushland Art Museum Is Opening on the NSW South Coast This Month

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    One of Yayoi Kusama's Pumpkin-Filled Infinity Rooms Is Popping Up in Adelaide in 2022

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    A Roaming Circus Performance Will Fill CBD Laneways, Shops and Balconies This Summer

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    Melbourne Is Ringing in the New Year with Australia's Largest Ever Drone Show

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    Extremely Photogenic Pop-Up 'Happy Place' Is Bringing Its OTT Installations to Melbourne This Summer

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    Patricia Piccinini's 'Skywhale' and 'Skywhalepapa' Will Soon Float Through Melbourne's Skies

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    From December, you'll be able to check out a huge Chanel exhibition — and wade in a pink garden pool.

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    Melbourne's Art Galleries and Museums Are Starting to Reopen From This Weekend

    ACMI, Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks will be open once again — and the NGV and State Library of Victoria, too, from next week.

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    'Empty Chairs At Empty Tables' Is a Portrait Series Capturing Melbourne's Hospitality Industry in Hibernation

    The photographs and film feature much-loved local chefs and venue owners, including Guy Grossi and Karen Martini.

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    Hawke's Brewing Co has emblazoned its namesake across its wall, teaming up with renowned mural artist Scott Marsh.

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    Meet the Seven Winners of This Year's Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards

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    An Art Lover's Guide to Hong Kong

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    Peter Wegner's Portrait of Fellow Artist Guy Warren Has Just Taken Out the 2021 Archibald Prize

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    Rising Festival Has Been Paused as Melbourne Enters a Seven-Day Lockdown

    Organisers have cancelled all events for the next seven days, but a decision has yet to be made on the June 4–6 schedule.

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    The permanent gallery will launch with an immersive Van Gogh exhibition using moving images, music and smells.

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    The Art Gallery of NSW's Prestigious Archibald Prize Has Announced Its 2021 Finalists

    An equal number of male and female artists have made the shortlist for the first time in the award's history.

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    Melbourne's 2021 Art Trams Have Just Started Rolling Around the City

    This year's artworks are entirely designed by First Nations artists.

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    The Gold Coast Is Now Home to a Colourful New Six-Level Art Gallery with a Rooftop Bar

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