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Ryoji Ikeda with wearing black with his face hidden under a cap, standing in front of a glitchy digital background with his laptop.
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Ryoji Ikeda review: 2025 Now or Never’s spirit captured in this sonic-visual masterpiece

Blinding light and digitally synthesised ‘noise’ rattle the body and open a portal to another universe.

Photo of two middle-aged white women standing on both sides of the door of a historic mansion, Villa Alba.
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Villa Alba welcomes contemporary art takeover for 15th anniversary

Kew’s historic Villa Alba will be the stage for the 15th anniversary of Otomys gallery.

A bearded man with glasses and a white t-shirt smiling. Michael Earp, new owner of The Little Bookroom.
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A new chapter for The Little Bookroom in Melbourne

The Little Bookroom, a decades-old bookshop specialising in children's and YA books, will relocate thanks to fundraising efforts.

A man and a woman sitting next to one another. He's holding up a wine bottle. Sarah Morrison and Bobby Fox in Ordinary Days.
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Ordinary Days review: a new New-York set musical at fortyfivedownstairs

Ordinary Days is an ode to chance encounters and the magic waiting to be found in metropolitan life

Quiet Riot's 'Power Move', the Civic Commission at the 2025 Melbourne Fringe. The image shows five young people, blurred my movement as they dance inside a colourful, monolithic art installation at Melbourne Fringe Festival.
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Melburnians urged to become action heroes at the 2025 Melbourne Fringe

Members of the public are encouraged to embrace participatory art experiences and generate change at this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival.

A gallery wall painted blue, orange, white and yellow (in that order) showcasing a series of different artworks at Artbank.
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Artbank On Display review: 45 years worth celebrating

More showroom than exhibition, 'On Display' offers a glimpse into the calibre of Artbank’s collection and is testament to its…

Kala Gare in MTC's original stage musical 'My Brilliant Career' which returns for an encore in the company's 2026 season. The photo shows a fair haired and fair skinned young woman in period dress posing dramatically beneath a glittering chandelier. Her head is tiled back and her eyes closed as she sings, her right arm thrusts upward and her left arm swings back behind her.
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My Brilliant Career: MTC announces encore season of original musical in 2026

The critically acclaimed musical theatre adaptation of Miles Franklin’s My Brilliant Career returns to the MTC in 2026.

Steven Pinker, a 70-year-old Caucasian man with curly gray hair, a stern face, wearing a navy suit.
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Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works, announces first Australian tour in 2026

An Evening With Steven Pinker will dive into Steven Pinker's latest book on the hidden power of common knowledge.

ANAM students performing at Abbotsford Convent. The atmospheric photograph, taken in a historic venue with picturesque windows and a stage visible in the background, shows a seated audience listening to a group of six musicians, including strings, woodwind and a piano; one of the students stands behind a computer screen, suggesting the presence of electronics in the score being performed.
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Ghosts of Abbotsford Convent exorcised by poetic and musical collaboration

Poet Nam Le and former ANAM resident artist, pianist Anna Goldsworthy, join ANAM students to explore the Convent’s ‘fraught history’.

A promotional photograph of the late Noel Tovey AM from the 2014 season of 'Little Black Bastard', presented by ILBIJERRI and Arts House. The photo shows an elder but still vigorous Aboriginal man with grey hair; he poses regally and is looking gravely down at the camera.
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Vale Uncle Noel Tovey AM: Indigenous champion of gay rights

Tovey is remembered for his spirit, courage and creativity, and as a courageous elder with a sly wit.

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