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![Installation view of 'Ivan Durrant: Marmalade Skies Through Opal Eyes' at Hamilton Gallery. L to R: 'Cavendish', 2023, and 'Murray River', 2021. Photo: Supplied. Two paintings showing blurry riverscapes with bright colours, seemingly drawn from a photograph.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Installation-view-Cavendish-Murray-River-e1717644244174.webp?w=310)
Exhibition review: Ivan Durrant: Marmalade Skies Through Opal Eyes, Hamilton Gallery
An exhibition that focuses on Ivan Durrant's commitment to colour and observations of the world around him.
![Rhodes. Image is a surreal piece of art in a golden frame, a picture of a young woman in a black cloak holding a closed fan in a red gloved hand. Her face is painted blue, yellow and white and there is a perspex or glass box around her head. She is standing in front of a block of flats.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Katrina-Rhodes-Incognito.jpeg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Katrina Rhodes and Stefano Ives, Fortyfivedownstairs
Two virtuosos of Australian surrealist art share a gallery in Melbourne’s CBD with captivating results.
![Ukraine Guernica. Image is a painting of a wartorn destruction with a large teddy bear sitting in the middle and a skull floating in the right hand top corner.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/bear-e1717564316358.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: George Gittoes: Ukraine Guernica, Hazelhurst Arts Centre
The desolation and insanity of war is on stark display in this powerful exhibition.
![Installation view of 'Africa Fashion' on display from 31 May to 6 October 2024 at NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Lillie Thompson. Nine mannequins standing on a tiered display with red lights. Each of them are wearing glittery and glamorous garments by African fashion designers.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/NGV_AfricaFashion_PhotoLillieThompson_60-e1717482503512.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Africa Fashion, NGV
‘Africa Fashion’ is a visual feast imbued with history and agency.
![Graeme Base, Animalia. Image is a detail from an underwater shipwreck and marine life illustration.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Graeme-Base-Down-at-the-Wreck-detail1-e1716940576675.jpeg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Graeme Base – Animalia, Beinart Gallery
Beloved, prolific and bestselling children’s book author and artist is showcased in the latest artistic treat from Melbourne’s Beinart Gallery
![Installation view, 'MATTERS' at Villa Alba Museum as part of 2024 Melbourne Design Week. Photo: Sean Fennessy. Carved timber sculptures resembling table surfaces inside a heritage architecture setting.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240523_NGV_MDW_034-e1716879399586.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: MATTERS, Villa Alba Museum
Where contemporary design breathed life into the old charm of a heritage mansion.
!['JXSH MVIR: Forever I Live', installation view at Koorie Heritage Trust. Left to right: 'The Heart', 2016; 'Oxymoron', 2015; 'William Buckley - Maquette', 2016 (mixed media sculpture); 'Still Here', 2015; 'The Empire', 2015 (top); 'Ticket to Projection', 2015 (middle), 'Skip to my Lou', 2015 (bottom). Photo: ArtsHub. Digital illustrations of Melbourne landmarks with red, black and yellow background hang on the walls. In front of them is a small sculpture of a human figure on a bright yellow plinth.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240509_102411-e1715233709143.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: JXSH MVIR: Forever I Live, Koorie Heritage Trust
When kinship is involved – it shows.
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Exhibition review: Mac Hewitt, Ellen Giannikos, Andrew Anka, Anthony Jackman, Gerard Russo, SOL Gallery
Mythical worlds, dreamlike vignettes, colour-drenched abstractions and twisted Dadaism all feature in SOL Gallery’s latest feast of Melbourne art.Â
![Image is a conceptual artwork that is a frame of 64 rectangular shapes laid out in eight rows with a black bold framework around and between them. Characters.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mia-Salsjo1.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Characters, Hayden's Gallery
Six contemporary women artists using conceptual art to explore change, process and the philosophy of art.
![Image is a dark gallery with a shiny wooden floor and a white box seat. On the walls are two 3D pieces, one a cupboard like work and the other comprising abstract faces.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Odalala-1_Tiffany-Garvie1.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Odalala, nireekshane and Uyirvu, Arts House
Australian and international artists examine histories of caste, migration, gender and sexuality.