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NewsThe Ten Best Events at Vivid Ideas 2012
Dedicated to connecting industry with emerging talent and global leaders in over 100 events, this year will see events focused on discussion and creative collaboration.
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NewsWin Tickets to the First Ever ARTBAR at the MCA
Art, DJs, karaoke, and priceless views of Vivid's opening night - that's MCA's first ARTBAR for you.
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NewsReviving Dead Words with Beautiful Typography
A blog called The Dead Words is using thematically appropriate typography to breathe new life into, well, dead words.
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NewsThe Complete Guide to Finding Sydney’s Cheap Theatre Seats
Here's a guide of when and where to go to get some culture into your life, without having to eat noodles for the remainder of the week.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to See at the Sydney Film Festival
The annual Sydney Film Festival carves a cinema-going strip out of the city and makes us excited about seeing more than just the latest blockbusters.
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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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GuideEight of the Best Sydney Festival 2024 Events You Can Hit Up for Under $50
Discover waterfront gigs, much-hyped art exhibitions, free fashion installations and overwater sculptures.
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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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GuideSix Exclusive Events in Surry Hills' Hollywood Quarter to Add to Your Bright Winter Lineup
During Vivid's takeover, this neighbourhood's got everything from exclusive set menus and rooftop hip hop parties, to arty installations and nightly live music.
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GuideEight of the Best Sydney Festival 2023 Events You Can Hit Up for Under $50
Discover aqua aerobics classes, immersive art exhibitions and hidden concert venues.
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GuideEnmore Road Is Expanding Its Entertainment Offerings This Spring — Here Are Our Top Picks
Expect comedy shows popping up in hair salons, Sydney Fringe Festival acts taking over bars and live music having even more rooms to ring out loud in.
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GuideSix Unmissable Exhibitions to See in Sydney This Winter
Looking to escape the wintery weather? Use this season as an excuse to explore some of Sydney's most spectacular 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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NewsTurn Your GPS Bicycle Routes Into Artworks
Michael J. Wallace has found a neat way of combining both of these talents, all while getting the daily dose of fresh air and outdoor exercise that we so dearly need.
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NewsHow to Find a Week’s Worth of Night Art in Sydney
In our city there are enough institutions, exhibitions and installations to fill a week's worth of evening art excursions.
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NewsThe 10 Best-Attended Art Exhibits of 2011
The Art Newspaper compiled the 10 best-attended art exhibits of 2011.
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NewsArtist Creates Immense Art with Fingerprints
Zhang Yu meditatively presses his right thumb into ink, creating infinitive patterns with the prints.
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NewsSix Australian Art Galleries Join Google Art Project
Six Australian galleries have joined Google Art Project to make fine art accessible worldwide.
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NewsLightScythe Reveals Floating Images of Light
By capturing the movement of a LED-covered stick, the Mechatronics Guy reveals beautiful text and images.
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News5 DIY Ways to Transform Your Walls
Easy enough for the craft beginner, these wall art DIY projects could fool anyone into thinking you're an interior designer.
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NewsThe Nerdy Girl Gets the Jock and Other Love Stories from the Voices Project
The Voices Project is brings together young people from different backgrounds and disciplines, and makes writers and viewers think about how storytelling changes from medium to medium.
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NewsSee Benedict Cumberbatch on Stage (Sort Of)
See his performance in Frankenstein courtesy of National Theatre Live, which captures British stage shows for the silver screen.
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EventDUNGEONS & DRAGONS The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 - Sat, 8 Mar 2025
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
This live 'Dungeons & Dragons' show has finally rolled into Australia for its Down Under premiere at the Sydney Opera House.
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EventWhat We Leave Behind
Sat, 4 Jan - Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The Rocks
This evolving sculpture weaves together our collective hopes for the future of our environment.
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EventTelly Tuita: The Ta and Va of Tongpop
Sat, 4 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan 2025
Walsh Bay, Walsh Bay
Eye-popping colour, a bold mix of cultural and urban symbolism, and a playful irreverence are the trademarks of this Tongan artist.
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EventArt Up Late: Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Thu, 9 Jan, 2025
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly
Take a deep dive into an exhibition exploring the wonders of water while enjoying live music, artists talks and a glass of wine.
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EventEnigma: Immersive Sound and Video Art
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 - Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Walsh Bay, Walsh Bay
This avant-garde revue showcasing some of Australia's most innovative artists combines video installations, sound sculptures and more.
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EventFlickerfest Sydney 2025
Fri, 17 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan 2025
Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach
Sydney's only Academy® qualifying short film festival returns for the 34th year running.
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EventSydney Symphony Under the Stars
Sat, 18 Jan, 2025
Parramatta Park, Parramatta
At this free event, you can enjoy a rousing evening of classical hits and new Australian masterworks while sitting under the summer stars.
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EventThe FRIENDS™ Experience: The One in Sydney
Sat, 5 Oct 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney, Sydney
Way better than rewatching all 236 episodes, again.
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EventSquid Game: The Experience
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Luna Park, Milsons Point
This immersive 'Squid Game' experience at Sydney's Luna Park will get you playing 'Red Light, Green Light' IRL.
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EventThe Boxing Day Bash
Thu, 26 Dec, 2024
Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park
Watch all the action as the Sixers and Stars show just how deep the Sydney-Melbourne rivalry runs.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets The Oxford Street Design Store
Concrete Playground sat down to chat with Alex and Lou, and checked out a typical day in their new shopfront.
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NewsArtist Creates Large-Scale Sand Art
California artist Andreas Amador covers his local beaches in beautifully organic sand carvings.
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NewsThe Creators Project Blends Art and Tech in San Francisco
The Creators Project provides techie-minded artists with the means and exposure to commune and create.
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NewsBloom: 28,000 Flowers Fill A Disused Mental Institution
A disused mental institution in Massachusetts becomes public art as it's filled with 28,000 flowers.
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NewsThe Top Five Non-Stuffy Operas of 2012
Lately there's more than a bit of buzz about opera in Sydney, and it's all on the creative, experimental and accessible side of things.
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NewsTheatres To Usher In Live Tweeting
The last bastion of the phone-free two hours, the theatre, might be about to crumble.
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NewsVivid Ideas 2012 Program Announced
Vivid Ideas is the creative part of the extravaganza that is Vivid Sydney, and this year it's bigger than ever before.
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NewsBerndaut Smilde Conjures Clouds Indoors
In a seemingly magical act, Smilde produces and photographs his indoor clouds to explore the concept of transition and physical presence in his latest collection.
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NewsVivid Live 2012 Line-Up is Here
Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Florence & the Machine, The Temper Trap, Janelle Monae and Amon Tobin added to an already stellar line-up.
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NewsMakoto Tojiki Brings the Intangible World of Holograms into Reality
Utilising thousands of LED lights and optical fibres, the Japanese artist creates futuristic celestial-like sculptures.
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NewsNew York’s Iconic Water Tanks To Become Public Art
The Water Tank Project aims to raise awareness about water sustainability in a whimsical urban makeover.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to See and Do at Art Month Sydney 2012
As Art Month turns three, Concrete Playground helps you decode its tours, talks, trails and exhibitions.
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NewsMoss Poetry Appears in Sydney’s Paddington Reservoir Gardens
The walls of Sydney's historic reservoir are currently playing host to obscurely profound pieces of moss poetry.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Photographer Dean Sewell
Dean recently sat down with Concrete Playground to talk about the Lonely Station, photography and the usefulness of good rope skills.
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NewsEvery World Press Photo Winner From 1955 to 2011
They say a picture tells a thousand words, and this old statement is strikingly appropriate for what's displayed here.
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NewsWhat Music Looks Like as an Object
German artist Martin Klimas endeavours to answer the question: 'what does music look like?'
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NewsStuart Ringholt’s Naked Art Tours Come to Sydney
An art tour where all participants must turn up in the flesh, literally.
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NewsHow Happy is Your City?
A giant emoticon erected above this Bavarian city is set to measure the general mood of the people below.
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NewsFireworks by Day
A Chinese artist takes modern art to the sky with his daytime fireworks exhibition.
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NewsThe Ten Best Art Exhibitions in Sydney this Summer
This year Sydney's art institutions have produced an array of promising art events on the horizon to help you push into summer past the new year, whatever else the weather may hold.
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NewsFive Things to do on Christmas Day
If you're in town on holiday, grew up in a Christmas-free tradition or are otherwise disinterested in the big day, you might find yourself looking for something to help fill an otherwise quiet afternoon.
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NewsPlease, Steal Our Banksy
A Melbourne hotel issues an open invitation to steal their artwork straight off the walls.
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NewsConcrete Playground Talks to Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Lozano-Hemmer is famous for art that lurks in public spaces, galleries and even beaches, amplifying passers-by into new creatures with a city-sized will.
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NewsSydney: The Summer Guide
Welcome to the inaugural Concrete Playground Summer Guide, a comprehensive shortlist of the best this city has to offer over the next three months
