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_

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Woman in white dress crouching on floor in shadow, black and white.
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Opportunities and awards

Lifetime Achievement nominations for Queensland performing arts professionals, new poetry in translation prize, music fund recipients and more.

Two elderly woman looking at a display of a dozen kimonos hanging in a gallery with white walls.
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Exhibition review: Kimono, NGV International

The enduring allure of kimonos through a chronological timeline.

The close up focus of the eye of a green chameleon.
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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

Stay up-to-date with our weekly summary of the most-read arts news stories on ArtsHub. This week: grief rave, ADC loses…

A floor to ceiling installation by Rose Nolan inside a gallery space. The installation comprises thousands of red and white hessian cloths, organised in a spiral formation with text that corresponds to the artwork title.
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Rose Nolan sends a message: ‘Breathing Helps’

Australian artist Rose Nolan will soon get a major solo exhibition at TarraWarra, where she dives into ‘the role of…

A figure cropped off from the right of the photo only showing their hand holding a beaker-like mug.
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The festival that wants to put a scientist in every pub

Beaker Street Festival returns to Hobart from 12-19 August with flagship Roving Scientists Bar, the Beaker Street Debate and more.

An installation at Mona (Museum of Old and New Art) where molten steel drips from the ceiling and create massive sparks. Some visitors look on from a bench.
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Exhibition review: Arcangelo Sassolino: in the end, the beginning, Mona

Contemplations around life and destruction are provoked by the first Australian exhibition by Italian artist Arcangelo Sassolino.

A woman wearing a large necklace and white tshirt placing her hand on a large artwork of colourful abstract shapes.
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Opportunities and awards

Entries open for Human Rights Essay Competition and MAC yapang Art Prize, plus winner of Penguin Literary Prize and more.

A kid looking at a tank full of jelly fish. The tank is lit up with indigo light.
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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: pub quiz literary questions, King’s Birthday Honours List, choosing a career…

A large outdoor installation showing the words in white neon capitals ‘I’VE CREATED A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM | TAKE A KNEE AND SCREAM UNTIL YOU CAN’T BREATHE”.
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Festival review: Dark Mofo 2025 Week One

Dark Mofo returns to the embrace of an enthusiastic crowd after a one-year hiatus. Here are the top 2025 highlights.

A digital render of a large bronze sculpture of a woman emerging out of the water, only showing the top half of her body, in a public space next to a building.
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Sydney’s new landmark sculpture is a First Nations woman rising out of water

A part woman, part whale figure that represents Country will be situated in Sydney’s central district in 2026.

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