Melbourne 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.

Five 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.

Tony 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.

The 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.

We'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.

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.

The 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.

A 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.

This 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.

A 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.

FKA Twigs, Giant Latex Pigs and Fiery Winter Feasts: Dark Mofo's Full 2019 Lineup Is Here

It's time to book those flights.

Dark Mofo Announces Boundary-Pushing 2019 Lineup with Ai Weiwei and Mike Parr

It's time to book those flights.

Airbnb 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'.

A 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.

We're Giving Away An Artsy Experience at The Other Art Fair Melbourne 2019

Enjoy an art-fuelled staycation in the CBD — on us.

You 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.

Ten 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.

A 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.

Melbourne Fringe Festival Is Launching a Permanent Bar and Live Music Venue in Carlton

Opening in Trades Hall this November, the licensed venue will play host to nightly cabaret, comedy shows, dance parties and live music.

Creative Faces: George Barnes and Emilie Cacace

The artists behind Dreamcatchersdreamtime and Think Positive Prints chat inspirations and their involvement with the Miller Design Lab creative events series.

Creative Faces: Buff Diss

An insight into the street artist using tape instead of paint, what makes him tick and his takeover of the Miller Design Lab creative events series.

Eleven Exceptional Art Exhibitions to See Across Australia This Autumn

Plan interstate trips to see haute couture, space objects and terracotta treasures in Australia's best galleries.

You'll Soon Be Able to Walk Along a Digital Waterfall In This Immersive Shanghai Installation

It's the latest work from teamLab, the folks behind Tokyo's huge digital art museum.

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New York's Famed 'Fearless Girl' Statue Will Call Melbourne Home for the Next Three Years

It has arrived in Fed Square just in time for International Women's Day, to inspire conversations about gender equality.

Seven Bendigo Events Worthy of a Road Trip This Autumn

Get out of the big smoke to explore all this regional city has to offer — one glass of wine and cut of wagyu at a time.

This Deserted 1930s Mansion in the Dandenongs Has Been Transformed Into a Haunting Immersive Installation

Melbourne street artist Rone has created a multi-sensory decaying world throughout 12 of the mansion's rooms.

Ten Melbourne Art Exhibitions to See Before Summer Ends

Take an air-conditioned adventure to Melbourne's galleries to explore Frida Kahlo's life, a rare collection of Picasso works and what it's like to visit the moon.

This New Art Installation Is Playing Toto's 'Africa' Non-Stop in the African Desert

It's set up to play all day, every day "for all eternity".

Banksy's Shredded 'Girl with Balloon' Painting Is Going on Display to the Public

Now retitled 'Love is in the Bin', it'll be on show for free for four weeks in Germany.

Concrete Playground's Most-Read Melbourne Stories of 2018

A Look Inside Wes Anderson's First Curated Art Exhibition

Along with partner Juman Malouf, the 'Isle of Dogs' director is overseeing an art exhibition for Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Works by Japanese Artists Murakami and Hokusai Are Coming to the Art Gallery of NSW

The former is Japan's answer to Andy Warhol and the latter is best-known for his work 'The Great Wave'.

A Huge Exhibition of China's Terracotta Warriors Is Coming to the NGV

It's one of two immersive exhibitions focusing on ancient and modern Chinese art heading to the Victorian gallery next winter.

Artist Spencer Tunick Has Revealed the Multi-Coloured Images from Melbourne's Mass Nude Photo Shoot

Photographed on Chapel Street and in the Prahran Woolworths rooftop carpark, the ‘Return of the Nude’ installations feature 860 Melburnians.

Seven Dazzling Things You Can Do at Japan's Dreamlike Borderless Digital Art Museum

A visit to this kaleidoscopic playground is worthy of a trip to Japan in itself.

These Are the Artists Behind the Works Currently Decorating Sydney CBD Building Sites

And how you can put your own artwork on a large scale across the city.

Six Impressive Artworks to See at Brisbane's Ninth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

QAGOMA's huge new APT9 exhibition celebrates the creativity — and explores the issues — of Australia and the Asia Pacific.

Six Mind-Bending Artworks to See at the NGV's New Escher x Nendo Exhibition

The world-first 'Between Two Worlds' exhibition features perspective-shifting installations and intricate optical illusions from two very different creators.

One of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms Has Taken Up Permanent Residence in Australia

The pumpkin-filled installation is now on display at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

Melbourne's NGV Has Unveiled Its Mind-Bending New Escher x Nendo Exhibition

The blockbuster 'Between Two Worlds' exhibition launches this weekend.

A Huge Salvador Dali Exhibition Is Coming to Australia

More than 200 of Dali's works will be on display, while the broader program will delve deep into surrealism.