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GuideEight Powerful and Immersive Melbourne Art Exhibitions to Step Into This Spring
See everything from seven-metre-tall bronze sculptures to award-winning portraits to mesmerising digital art by way of Tokyo.
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FeatureThe Localist: Eastern Suburbs
The east enjoys a prime location in that sweet spot between the buzz of the inner city and the wide leafy streets of the suburbs.
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NewsMore Than 150,000 Tulips Will Line the Yarra River Tomorrow to See in Spring
And they're up for grabs.
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NewsThe NGV's Futuristic New Exhibition Explores the Human Body Through High-Tech Installations
Self-proclaimed 'body architect' Lucy McRae fuses sci-fi and art in this survey of her boundary-pushing work.
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NewsFinkelstein Gallery Is Melbourne's New Contemporary Gallery Dedicated to Women Artists
It makes its debut this week, with an exhibition featuring the works of ten local and international women artists.
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GuideWhat to See, Eat and Explore at White Night Reimagined 2019
This year's new-look after-dark arts festival features three nights of immersive installations, feasts and performances.
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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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NewsJapan's Luminous Digital-Only Art Gallery Is Now the World's Most Visited Single-Artist Museum
In its first year of operation, it eclipsed the Van Gogh Museum in the Netherlands, and the Dali Museums and Picasso Museum in Spain.
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NewsThis Eye-Popping Installation Turns Japanese Hot Springs Into a Vivid Interactive Art Playground
It's the latest dazzling venture from teamLab, the folks behind Japan's vibrant digital art museum.
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NewsMelbourne Fringe Festival Has Unveiled Its Jam-Packed 2019 Program
This year's citywide arts extravaganza features everything from choirs singing 1999's greatest hits, to a live art installation inviting you to speak your truth.
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NewsThe Colourful Designs for Melbourne's 2019 Art Trams Have Just Been Unveiled
As well as seven new designs, there'll be a recreation of an 80s artwork
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NewsAn Immersive 'Mad Max'-Inspired Experience Is Coming to Melbourne for White Night Reimagined
Combining projections, special effects, live performance and cars, 'Mad Max: Fury Road' will take over Carlton Gardens for three nights.
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NewsThe Whitsundays Is Now Home to an Underwater Art Trail
Four underwater sculptures are now in place in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, with two more to come.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Double Passes to This Immersive Theatre Experience
Have a crack at this Edgar Allen Poe-inspired experience — on us.
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NewsSix Artworks You Need to See at GOMA's Huge Margaret Olley and Ben Quilty Exhibitions
The famous Australian artists sit side-by-side at the gallery's two new (free) exhibitions. Here's what works to look out for.
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NewsYayoi Kusama's Next Enchanting Exhibition Will Take Over a 250-Acre New York Garden
It's the first-ever large-scale exploration of the acclaimed Japanese artist's love of the natural world — and you won't be able to see it anywhere else.
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NewsMelbourne International Arts Festival Has Dropped Its Psychedelic 2019 Program
The Flaming Lips, an immersive dinner in a historic house and a new exhibition by the creators of Tokyo's Digital Art Museum are all on the lineup.
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NewsYou Can Now Buy Perfumes Inspired by The Louvre's Famous Artworks
If you've ever wanted to smell like the 'Venus de Milo', here's your chance.
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GuideFive Sensory Art Experiences in Melbourne You Can Immerse Yourself in This Winter
Pull on your winter coat to see projections across the city, sit down to a five-course art dinner in a CBD bunker and walk through a room of rain (without getting wet).
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EventPalace Cinemas' $8 Movie Weekend
Saturday, June 29 - Sunday, June 30, 2024
Palace Cinemas Melbourne, Melbourne
This cinema chain is treating cinephiles to two days of super-cheap tickets, including sessions of 'Furiosa', 'A Quiet Place: Day One' and 'Inside Out 2'.
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EventThe 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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EventHorizon — 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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EventScandinavian 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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EventDisaronno 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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EventBastille 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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EventQueen 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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EventThe 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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EventBuilders Arms Hotel Sausage Festival
Friday, June 21 - Sunday, June 30, 2024
Builders Arms Hotel, Fitzroy
Snag some not-so-classic bangers at this week-long sausage fest.
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EventFamiglia Affairs Mid-Winter Festival
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Co-conspirators Brewpub, Brunswick
Taste limited-edition winter beers from nine Victorian breweries at this one-day event.
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NewsMelbourne's Newest Art Festival Will be an "Outlandish Eden" in an Underground Warehouse
For nine days next February, it'll transform Kensington's The Facility into a captivating and immersive world of art.
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NewsWorld-Renowned Artist Kaws Is Bringing His Large-Scale Pop-Culture Sculptures to the NGV
'Kaws: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness' will feature vivid murals, human-size figures and the artist's largest bronze sculpture to date.
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NewsAn Edgar Allan Poe-Inspired Immersive Theatre Experience Is Coming to a Melbourne Warehouse
'A Midnight Visit' will invite audiences into a macabre 36-room fantasy world.
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NewsFive Stunning Claude Monet Paintings You Can See When You Visit the NGA's Latest Exhibition
'Monet: Impression' features the legendary artist's most famous painting.
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NewsBrisbane's GOMA Will Transform Into a Huge Indoor Riverbed During Its 2019-20 Summer Exhibition
The entire showcase is water-themed — including over 100 tonnes of rock that recreates an Icelandic stream, a vivid blue waterhole and a gymnastic sculpture you can climb on.
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NewsA Look at the NGV's New Exhibition of Ancient Terracotta Warriors and Contemporary Chinese Art
Here we pick out the works you need to see, from the awe-inspiring original members of the Terracotta Army to Cai Guo-Quiang's large-scale works made from gunpowder.
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NewsMelbourne Will Host a Huge New Annual Winter Arts Festival from Next Year
It will combine Melbourne International Arts Festival and White Night and move them to a new winter timeslot.
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NewsFive Contemporary Chinese Works You Need to See at the NGV's New White Rabbit Exhibition
From an intricate sculpture made from 14,000 sheets of paper to a three-metre-long silk sheet embroidered with bullet holes, this new show features works from 26 of the most exciting Chinese artists working today.
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NewsTony Costa's Portrait of Fellow Artist Lindy Lee Has Just Taken Out the 2019 Archibald Prize
You can check out all the winners and finalists at the AGNSW when the exhibition launches tomorrow.
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NewsThe Housemuseum Is the Stunning New Art Gallery Hidden on a Residential Melbourne Street
Inside you'll find immersive artworks and installations by some of Australia's best artists — including Patricia Piccinini and Callum Morton.
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NewsWe're Giving Away an Epic Trip to Sydney for Two During Vivid
Enjoy Sydney's festival of lights with luxe meals, a harbour cruise and a shopping spree — on us.
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Guide
Seven Epic New Melbourne Art Exhibitions That Will Get You to the Galleries This Autumn
Cast your eye over eight of the original terracotta warriors, walk through a neon field of contemporary Chinese art and see John Lennon's legendary glasses IRL.
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NewsThe Art Gallery of NSW's Prestigious Archibald Prize Has Announced Its 2019 Finalists
Here are five of our favourite portraits up for the top gong.
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NewsA New Immersive and Neon-Lit Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art Is Coming to the NGV
Large-scale and never-before-seen works from Sydney's White Rabbit Gallery are heading to Melbourne.
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NewsThis Street Art Scavenger Hunt Lets You Throw Eggs at (Murals of) Senator Fraser Anning's Head
Channel your inner Egg Boy and you could win prints — or an original work — by prolific street artist and muralist Scott Marsh.
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NewsA World-First Exhibition of Works by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat Is Coming to the NGV
It will feature 300 pieces — both in the gallery and in public spaces — and collaborations with Andy Warhol, Madonna and Grace Jones.
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NewsFKA Twigs, Giant Latex Pigs and Fiery Winter Feasts: Dark Mofo's Full 2019 Lineup Is Here
It's time to book those flights.
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NewsDark Mofo Announces Boundary-Pushing 2019 Lineup with Ai Weiwei and Mike Parr
It's time to book those flights.
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NewsAirbnb Is Giving Away an Insane Sleepover Inside the Actual Louvre
You'll also get to have a cocktail with the 'Mona Lisa' and enjoy a feast next to 'Venus de Milo'.
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NewsA Dramatic Timber Tower Filled with Thousands of Glass Yams Is Coming to the NGV's Garden
'In Absence' is the NGV's 2019 Architecture Commission.
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NewsWe're Giving Away An Artsy Experience at The Other Art Fair Melbourne 2019
Enjoy an art-fuelled staycation in the CBD — on us.
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NewsYou Can Play 'Snake' in Your Google Maps App Right Now
Instead of an 8-bit snake, it's a train — and you pick up passengers, landmarks and local dishes for points.
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NewsTen Highlights of The National 2019, Sydney's Citywide Exhibition of New Australian Art
Watch paintings burn, play inside a synthesiser and eat breast-shaped ice cream cones at the Art Gallery of NSW, the MCA and Carriageworks.
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NewsA Look Inside Queensland Museum's Stellar New NASA Space Exhibition
'NASA – A Human Adventure' features more than 250 items, including objects that have been to space and back.
