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Quilt work from the exhibition 'Quilts: The Fabric of War 1760-1900' at The David Roche Collection. Photo: Supplied. A harlequin quilt pattern with red, pink, yellow, blue green, white, purple and black diamond patches. It features various emblems, the US flag, the union jack and the words 'IN GOD WE TRUST'
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Quilts by men: fabrics of war

Significant and rarely seen quilts from 1760-1900 will be on display in Adelaide, offering insight to their makers' lives and…

Add-on. Gallery space with blue walls and carpet and colourful abstract artworks. Desmond Lazaro.
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Role of the add-on exhibition

Within today’s museum environment some exhibitions are not entirely ‘PC’ (politically correct). We look at the role of the ‘add-on’…

So you want my arts job. Museum Shipkeeper.
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So you want my arts job: Museum Shipkeeper

The gallery and museum sector is home to some of the most specialised jobs. ArtsHub takes a look at one…

aerial picture of art museum in Bali.
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Reasons to travel: 9 new art galleries opening this year

The global art gallery landscape is always growing. ArtsHub takes a look at its latest additions.

Exhibitions

The Johnston Collection

FIT FOR A KING: VINCENT JENDEN REIMAGINES THE JOHNSTON COLLECTION

Interior designer Vincent Jenden has a passion for cleverly combining old with new. His creative re-arrangement of The Johnston Collection…

new museums. image is a concrete asymmetrical building at dusk, several storeys high and with lighted windows
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The world’s most anticipated museums opening in 2024

Nine new museums will open in 2024, focused on everything from wine to Egyptology, gaming, protest, equality and more.

Seasons & Programs

The Johnston Collection

SARTORIAL PRACTICES: WOMEN AND DRESS IN RURAL AUSTRALIA 1840s–1860s with Laura Jocic

Join curator and historian Laura Jocic as she discusses what women on the goldfields and in rural areas wore and…

Photo: Stelios Kazazis, Unsplash. Three sculptures of goddesses on the architectural column of the Parthenon.
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Australians fighting for the Parthenon Marbles’ return

A major campaign in Australia has been active since the 1980s in building a movement around the return of the…

Titanic. Image is of a replica grand staircase from the ill-fated Titanic passenger ship, on display at Melbourne Museum.
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Exhibition review: Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition, Melbourne Museum

An easy one-hour amble through a well-trodden historical event with less focus on the Titanic’s artefacts than the exhibition title…

Left: Lavinia Fontana, ‘Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine’, 1574-77 oil on copper. NGV, Felton Bequest, 2021. Image: Supplied. Right: Artemisia Gentileschi, ‘Lucretia’, c.1630-35 oil on canvas. Private collection. Image: Supplied.
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Do you know the first female professional artists in Western history?

Lavinia Fontana, Sofonisba Aguissola and Artemisia Gentileschi sustained rewarding artistic practices with an entrepreneurial mindset.

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