Celina Lei

Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_

Celina Lei's Latest Articles

Architectural render of Townsville Concert Hall. A view from outdoor of a concert hall building in sunny Townsville. Arts funding now gone.
News

North Queensland arts community calls for #Artsban as Council pulls $150 million funding

The 40-year fight for a purpose-built concert hall in Townsville has once again hit a dead end and tempers are…

'While the World Waits' an Arts Outwest curated exhibition recently opened at NSW Parliament House. A group of people standing in front of several artworks hung on a burgundy coloured wall. They are clapping and looking towards a middle-aged woman standing in the centre waving her hand at the camera.
Features

'Hey, don't forget us!': do regional tours need to prove their worth?

Touring exhibitions can be resource efficient for regional galleries, while others are championing for locally-produced shows to build regional networks.

Mindy Meng Wang and Monica Lim, ‘Guài 怪’, installation view as part of ‘SCI-FI: Mythologies Transformed’. An installation of three video scenes that are interactive with a participant standing in front of it with arms outstretched, seemingly controlling a digital avatar.
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Exhibition review: SCI-FI: Mythologies Transformed, Science Gallery Melbourne

Disrupting gender and racial stereotypes in sci-fi.

Bronte Cormican Jones, ‘Lightlines’, 2023, a work commissioned by Canberra Art Biennial. Three neon light installations that appear like doorframes displayed in a grassy environment at night.
News

2024 Canberra Art Biennial launches month-long program of public art

Canberra Art Biennial participating artists include Nell, Jenna Lee, Clare Peake, Bronte Cormican-Jones and more.

Second Generation Collective awarded $100,000 through Creative Australia’s VACS Major Commissioning Projects Fund/PICA. A woman with flow brown hair swept up by the wind. She is hinding her face behind her hands with Farsi text. She is standing in a desert.
News

Opportunities and awards

Peter Porter Poetry Prize welcomes submissions, new Deaf Writing Commission, plus winners of PICA commissions and new ARIA Hall of…

A woman holding a colourful abstract artwork that blocks out her face with colourful squiggles on her body. She is standing against a white backdrop.
News

ArtsPay joined by Australian Cultural Fund to support alternative funding model for the arts

The Australian Cultural Fund is the first government agency to join ArtsPay, a payment processing platform that shares profits with…

‘Candice Lin: The Sex Life of Stone’, installation view at MUMA. An installation resembling three work stations with different lab equipment and large ceramic vessels beside each station. The space is filled with natural light thanks to a floor to ceiling window on the left side. The walls of the gallery space are paintings in a dark mahogany colour.
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Exhibition review: Candice Lin: The Sex Life of Stone, MUMA

Mineral politics, animal kinship and dark demonic romance come together in the work of Chinese American multidisciplinary artist Candice Lin.

Erin O'Dwyer. A black and white digitally manipulated photo of a middle-aged woman with on hand under her chin, looking at the camera with a soft smile. The background is a gradient indigo colour with the text 'so you want my arts job?'
Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Legal Editor

Erin O'Dwyer brings her combined experience in law and journalism to the table as legal editor of 'The Law Handbook'.

Participants in the Future of Leadership program (2-8 August 2024). A group of young leaders from Asia backgrounds sitting in a room.
Opinions & Analysis

My 7 learnings on the future of leadership that may come as a surprise

Leadership reimagined by diverse professionals for a new era.

Maude Davey in 'Performing the Monster'. Davey will be delivering a master class as part of the Festival of Australian Queer Theatre. A pale-skinned woman on stage holding a microphone up to her lips. She is wearing smokey eyeshadow and black gloves with a white frilly gown.
Features

First-ever Festival of Australian Queer Theatre welcomes authentic disruption

Curator Dr Robert Reid explains the thinking behind a festival dedicated to Australian queer theatre that brings together makers and…

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