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2025 launch of Melbourne Conversations, the city’s longest-running free public talks series
This year's season kicks off with a discussion about the role of public space in Melbourne and its ever-evolving urban…

Public art commissions by leading Australian artists transform Docklands
A commissioned art collection has been introduced as part of an initiative to broaden culture and community in the .

'Flashover' multimedia artwork provides unique insights into bushfires
A University of Melbourne project harnesses new effects technology to explore one of the Australian environment's most alarming ever growing…

YIRRAMBOI expands globally, welcoming Northern Turtle Island, Canada as its 2025 Focus Nation
The Naarm/Melbourne-based First Nations festival is taking a step towards global cultural unity and collaboration.Â

Federation Square 'Open Air at the Square' experiences are back this summer
The program features silent cinema and blockbuster films on the big screen, as well as musical performances.

Over 100 manuscripts from the British Library and National Portrait Gallery to arrive at HOTA
HOTA's exhibition will feature rare manuscripts, first editions and portraits of literary luminaries, including William Shakespeare, Jane Austen and the…

Film review: Lasting Impressions, IMAX Melbourne
Impressionist artworks explored through immersive 3D and animation, and set to music by Debussy, Ravel, Piaf and others.

Tim Minchin to open Sydney's Foundry Theatre in February 2025
The opening of the new Sydney venue will be followed by a line-up of musicals, comedy and immersive works.

Sydney's Central Station to be transformed with live performances ahead of Parkes Elvis Festival
The station will welcome a train full of Elvis lovers and impersonators on their way to the 2025 Parkes Elvis…

This year, acclaimed works by Frida Kahlo, Henri Matisse and more join the public domain
2025 brings new opportunities, with many iconic works entering the public domain.