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Drawing on sheet of glass being held up in front of landscape. Yarra River.
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What will the Yarra River look like in 2070?

A provocative exhibition of speculative landscape design imagines the future of the Birrarung river corridor.

L: Frida Kahlo in blue satin blouse, 1939. Photo: Nickolas Muray © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives. R: Cotton blouse embroidered with glass beads; satin skirt with chain stitch and floral motif embroidery; holán (ruffle) and guatemalan waist-sash. Photo: © Museo Frida Kahlo, Casa Azul Collection, Javier Hinojosa, 2017. Portrait of Frida Kahlo and a dress worn by her.
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Frida Kahlo joins the gold rush

‘Frida Kahlo: In her own image’ at Bendigo Art Gallery in 2025 will paint an intimate portrait of the art…

Bronze statue in park with blue sky and trees in background.
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Exploring when art was an Olympic sport (we’re not joking)

Olympic art is medal worthy, plus Parisian lessons for Brisbane 2032.

Jewellery chains by Belinda Newick to feature at Radiant Pavilion 2024. A metal chain with ring-like ornaments held between two hands.
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Jewellery biennial to launch across Melbourne

Radiant Pavilion returns for its first in-person event since 2019, showcasing contemporary jewellery and object makers from far and wide.

'Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions', installation view at ACCA. A darkened exhibition space filled by an installation towards the foreground of the photo. It features terracotta sculptures on wooden plinths made with discarded material.
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Exhibition review: Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions, ACCA

Large-scale works grounded in material investigations shine at the 2024 Macfarlane Commissions, but is it still helpful to put emerging…

A crowd gathering outside No Vacancy. People standing outside with a glass window behind them with the words ‘NO VACANCY’.
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No Vacancy: a gallery hiding in plain sight

Located in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, No Vacancy is driving a new type of art appreciation.

emerging artist award 2024 finalists' exhibition at fortyfivedownstaris, Melbourne. Paintings, sculptures and installations inside a spacious gallery with white walls and dark wooden floor.
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Exhibition review: Emerging Artist Award 2024, fortyfivedownstairs

Topical and engaging, the Emerging Artist Award showcases early-career talent regardless of age.

paintings in gallery space. Clara Adolphs
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Exhibition review: Together Again: Clara Adolphs, Ngununggula

An ambitious exhibition that explores the human condition through painted found images.

2026 Adelaide Biennial curator Ellie Buttrose. A middle-aged woman with pale skin and short cropped brown hair, wearing red lipstick, an orange shirt and black blazer. She is looking off to the side of the camera and smiling.
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2026 Adelaide Biennial recruits Ellie Buttrose as curator

The role will be a victorious homecoming for curator Ellie Buttrose after she assisted the Golden Lion-winning Archie Moore at…

Black twisted wave like sculpture suspended from ceiling in gallery setting. Lucy Irvine.
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Exhibition review: Materiality...but not as we know it, CMAG

Thought-provoking exhibition looks at materiality and function.

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