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GuideMelbourne's Best Art Exhibitions You Can Visit IRL This Winter
You can now wander through a towering dark structure, catch a blockbuster exhibition about Japanese art and ogle a sculpture cast from real dung.
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NewsSurry Hills Is Now Home to a Three-Storey Mural of AFL Star Adam Goodes
The mural is, fittingly, located near the home ground of his former team: Sydney Swans.
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NewsVictorian Art Galleries, Museums and Cultural Institutions Are Reopening from June 27
The NGV, Melbourne Museum and Scienceworks will be open once again — with visitors limited to one per four square metres.
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NewsA Healing Garden Is Opening at Melbourne's Heide Museum of Modern Art This Year
With climbing roses, hidden nooks, many edible plants and water features, it'll be like Melbourne's own secret garden.
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NewsRising Is Melbourne's Huge New Annual Winter Arts Festival
Replacing Melbourne International Arts Festival and White Night, the inaugural festival will start on a full moon in May 2021.
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NewsA Look Inside the Creative Process of Illustrator and Muralist Sarah McCloskey
The Sydney-based artist chats about how the nightlife inspires her and experimentation influencing her artistic process.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideEight 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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GuideSeven 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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GuideImmersive 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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GuideHow 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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GuideTen Dazzling Melbourne Exhibitions to Look Forward to This Summer
From international art and iconic fashion to design commissions and immersive installations, here are the exhibitions serving up your summer cultural fix.
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GuideFive of the Best RISING Festival Events That You Can Still Get Tickets To
Prepare your diary now for supernatural winter forests and once-off food pop-ups.
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GuideSeven Immersive and Impressive Art Exhibitions to Visit Around Australia This Autumn
Plan trips to walk over giant Monet artworks, visit Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' and explore decaying rooms filled with street art.
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NewsHow Digital Artist Nema Adel Fosters Creativity and Inspiration in a New Artistic Field
The Sydney-based projection artist discusses the importance of experimentation and nightlife to his art.
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NewsFour Ways to Make Nights at Home More Exciting (and What Dish or Drink to Pair With Them)
Level up your nights at home with fun activities, cocktail deliveries and tasty bites.
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NewsSydney Multi-Arts Venue Carriageworks Has Entered Voluntary Administration
The home of art exhibitions, wine festivals and the popular Saturday farmers market has been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsYou Can Now Tour One of Yayoi Kusama's Glittering Infinity Rooms From Your Couch
Take a 14-and-a-half-minute peek inside one of the Japanese artist's famous creations, complete with an immersive soundtrack.
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NewsCream Town Is the New Online Art Space Helping Artists Financially Affected by COVID-19
And all the artworks for sale are $100.
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NewsThe Art Gallery of NSW Has Postponed This Year's Archibald Prize
New dates for the country's most prestigious portrait award haven't yet been revealed.
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NewsThe NGV Is Launching Virtual Tours of All Its Current Blockbuster Exhibitions
The at-home art fix includes tours of the 'Kaws' exhibition, a digital Hokusai piece to browse and many eBooks.
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NewsTen Highlights of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney 2020
Visit a heart wrenching memorial, walk through an immersive exhibition inside a tunnel and see a sarcophagus at this citywide exhibition.
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NewsMelbourne's Major Art and Cultural Institutions Have Temporarily Closed
The NGV, Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Arts Centre Melbourne have all temporarily closed their doors.
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NewsTasmanian Winter Arts Festival Dark Mofo Has Been Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
"We’re killing Dark Mofo for the year. I know that will murder an already massacred tourism environment, but I feel like I have no choice."
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NewsPatricia Piccinini's Otherworldy 'Skywhale' Took Flight Today — Without Her New Floating Companion
'Skywhale' will make her final solo flight in Canberra tonight, before being joined by a new Skywhale friend at the National Gallery of Australia this May.
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NewsFive Pioneering Works to See at the NGV's New 'Japanese Modernism' Exhibition
This free exhibition features a huge 190 works, many of which have never been seen in Australia before.
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EventEtta's Summer Seafood Towers
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Etta, Brunswick East
This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.
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EventPortsea Hotel's Summer Music Series
Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.
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EventLong Live Longnecks at BANG
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy
You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter Longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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EventMoon Dog's Fizzer BYO Cup Day
Sun, 1 Dec, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
BYO drinking vessel, get it filled with free Moon Dog Fizzer — and celebrate the first day of summer in style.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Yerambooee
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free communal celebration of First Nations legend and song.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Garage Band
Sat, 7 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free event shining the spotlight on Victoria's talented young musicians.
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EventBridge Road Brewers' Spring Tasting in the City
Fri, 29 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Bridge Road Brewers Brunswick, Brunswick East
This afternoon of tasting session let's you explore a lesser-known Victorian wine region (Beechworth) without leaving Melbourne.
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EventTerasu Japanese Dining Pop-Up at Portsea Hotel
Fri, 3 Jan - Sun, 19 Jan 2025
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
Chef Yukio Ozeki is serving up a a luxe six-course Japanese feed at Mornington Peninsula's beloved Portsea Hotel for only a few weeks in January.
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EventHome Truth
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
A house-within-a-house labyrinth has popped up outside the NGV International to get everyone thinking about small-scale architecture.
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EventSpanish BBQ Fiesta on Pinchy's Balcony
Sun, 1 Dec - Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Pinchy's, Melbourne
Hit up this CBD restaurant on Sunday arvos in December for unlimited food and drinks on its sun-soaked terrace.
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FeatureThe Localist: Inner East
The inner east has it all: sports, culture, gardens and the local shops and cafes that bring it all together.
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NewsMelbourne's Hosier Lane Has Been Paint-Bombed by a Group of Masked Artists
The unknown artists used paint-filled fire extinguishers to cover up many of the laneway's existing artworks
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NewsExtremely Photogenic Pop-Up 'Happy Place' Is Coming to a Sydney Rooftop
The "world's most Instagrammable exhibit" is bringing its confetti dome, ball pit and room filled with 40,000 gold flowers to Aus.
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NewsThis Is What Australia's Huge New Bushland Art Gallery Will Look Like
Due to open in 2022 on the New South Wales South Coast, it will house more than $43 million worth of art.
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NewsSeven Exciting New Art Exhibitions, Installations and Events Coming to Melbourne This Year
Start filling up your 2020 art calendar with art festivals, world-first exhibitions and visits to Melbourne's soon-to-open digital art museum.
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NewsYayoi Kusama Is Creating Her First Obliteration Greenhouse
As part of a large-scale exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden, the acclaimed Japanese artist will also display an indoor-outdoor infinity room.
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NewsFive Easy Ways to Cram in More Arts and Culture in Your Life This Summer
Swap a day at the beach for a stroll through a gallery or cheap seats at a theatre show.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Richmond
Your guide to the best small businesses in this inner east hotspot.
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NewsTeamlab Is Opening Another Vivid and Kaleidoscopic Digital-Only Art Museum
Officially opening in March in Macao, the labyrinth-like site will sprawl over 5000 square metres.
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FeatureThe Localist: Bayside
Bayside residents may enjoy the vast blue waters of Port Phillip Bay — but there are a lot of gems on land, too.
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NewsSix Works to See at the NGA's New Landmark 'Matisse & Picasso' Exhibition
The Australian-first exhibition charts the relationship, friendship and rivalry between two of the 20th century's greatest artists across more than 200 paintings and sculptures.
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NewsAustralia Is Now Home to the Southern Hemisphere's First Museum of Underwater Art
The first two artworks have just been installed off Townsville, with four locations planned across the Great Barrier Reef.
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GuideFive Melbourne Events Happening in Early 2020 that Every Culture Vulture Should Add to Their Calendar
Fulfil your New Year's resolution to get more culture into your life with these buzzing events.
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NewsFive Eye-Catching Artworks You Need to See at GOMA's Thought-Provoking 'Water' Exhibition
The Brisbane gallery currently has an indoor stream, water hole and snowman — and, given the current state of the climate, each piece packs quite a contemplative punch.
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NewsCollingwood Has a New 30-Metre-Wide Mural Dedicated to Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat
The Easy Street mural was painted by ten of Melbourne's best street artists.
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NewsUniqlo Is Launching a Line of T-Shirts Dedicated to Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat
Dropping in Australian stores in January, the new threads feature iconic works from the two late artists.
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NewsClassic Blue Is Pantone's "Dependable and Stable" 2020 Colour of the Year
It's been a testing year. Will this shade help us through 2020?
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NewsFive Experiences You Can Have in Melbourne This Summer That'll Make You a More Interesting Human
Level up your party chat game by attending one of these left-of-centre summer happenings.
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NewsSix Works to See at the NGV's World Premiere Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat Exhibition
'Crossing Lines' charts the influential 80s artists' careers, friendship and untimely deaths — making the joint exhibition both powerful and personal.
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NewsArtist Spencer Tunick Has Revealed the Images from His Mass Nude Photo Shoot in the Whitsundays
Almost 100 Aussies stripped off for the acclaimed New York artist's latest large-scale nude photographs.
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NewsMelbourne's New Street Art Festival Can't Do Tomorrow Will Take Over an Underground Warehouse
And it's just announced its program of immersive installations, workshops and club nights.
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NewsPatricia Piccinini's Otherworldy 'Skywhale' Is Coming Back — with a New Floating Companion
They'll both fly above the National Gallery of Australia in 2020, before touring the country.
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NewsGOMA Will Become a Maze of Red and Black Wool for Its Huge Chiharu Shiota Exhibition in 2020
In an Australian exclusive, Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art will host a showcase of weaved web-like installations by the Japanese artist.
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NewsThe NGV Is Bringing Back Keith Haring's Famed 1984 Water Wall Mural
The gallery will recreate the famed US artist's temporary work, 35 years on.
