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Clever show relies on subtle meanings
It was quite difficult to pick trends in this year’s Grad Show at the Victorian College of the Arts in terms of art influences and history.
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Inside the creative minds at the Malthouse
The Malthouse Theatre has scrapped its subscriber model so that it can bring fresh plays and create more versatility in the program, a move that has been lauded by industry sources.
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Overlooked species on our doorstep
The small town of Creswick sits picturesquely among the rolling hills and woodlands of Central Victoria, and it was an artistic place 120 years ago.
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Feminist photographer creates her own archive
Feminist photography is a relatively new area of study with strong links to the politics of the archive and the way work is stored and displayed.
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As good as it gets
The art world surged ahead in the last week of June with a happening opening at ACCA and a thoughtful show at Buxton Contemporary.
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Picasso and his fellow artists
If you take a time capsule and travel back to the mid-20th century, the name Pablo Picasso dominated the popular impression of the outrageous artist.
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Beauty steals the show
Representations of queer men and women through the ages demonstrate the transition from coded to gritty to outrageous to poignant in the Queer show on at the National Gallery of Victoria.
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Post-war moment relived in jazzy musical
Musical fever has hit Melbourne with Moulin Rouge still playing, Hamilton premiering, Girl from the North Country in the offing and An American in Paris performing its first matinee at the State Theatre in Southbank.
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An outrageous art fair
It was a pleasure to stride into the airy rooms of the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) at South Wharf during February in search of art.
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Difficult to face today
Often the exhibitions at Buxton Contemporary are quite alienating, a feature of the gallery’s large, dark exhibition spaces, their preference for screen installations and the confronting material.
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Is today tomorrow?
As the city tries to right itself after the topsy turvy times of COVID, people are hoping that art might have some answers.
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Evolved over the years
The titles of artworks are clues to their reading. What does a name like “Hazard” really mean?
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All he needs is a plug
A failed robot, circa 2007, lies on the floor. He’s carved out of wood and is human-like, with arms, legs, a torso, wooden blocks for feet and hands and an opening for a mouth and eyes.
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King and Gripper unite!
The combination of hypnotic lights and abstract visuals with prodigious and scintillating classical sounds provided an unlikely yet mesmerising combination at the Melbourne Recital Centre last month.
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A chance to be collegial
A more modest art fair this year gave both investors and gallerists a chance to develop contacts and consider their options more carefully.
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Glasses like cherries
There’s a cocktail with a cherry on a stick, a pair of round sunglasses and the words “the blue hour” written in French on a pale moon.
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Spanish male pride in the background
The circular space at the Fairfax Studio was hemmed in by sliding wooden panels as the fluffy coats of a Melbourne winter were exchanged by the audience for the imaginary heat of a Western Australian desert.
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Bold, simple shapes say it all
Cool, hard edge abstraction is on show across Melbourne as six galleries respond to the re-enactment of a famous 1968 exhibition at the NGV, known as The Field.
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