The Open House Melbourne (OHM) Weekend returns in 2023 on Saturday 29 + Sunday 30 July with an exciting new program of events addressing the theme, Collective City. As Melbourne expands to reach a projected population of 8 million by 2050, Collective City seeks to explore how will we reinvent, re-purpose and adapt our city … [Read more…]
In partnership with Big hART, the National Portrait Gallery presents Gulgawarnigu – Thinking of something, someone, a national presentation of digital artworks created from Ngarluma country leramagadu (Roebourne), in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Young artists from remote community have committed to after school creative sessions at the Digital Lab, a tech art space on the main … [Read more…]
This June, multi-award-winning director Bronwen Coleman and the Anthropocene Play Company breathe immediacy and new life into Anton Chekhov’s renowned classic, Uncle Vanya, at Theatre Works, St Kilda. Returning to the family’s country home with his gorgeous, much younger wife, the revered Professor Serebryakov is in turn adored and secretly resented by the extended family that have supported him for years. … [Read more…]
The Art Gallery of Ballarat is proud to announce the acquisition of a significant painting by Australian artist John Brack (1920-1999), donated to the Gallery by the artist’s family. The painting, The Chase (1959) will be exhibited in the Gallery’s permanent collection, offering a rare opportunity for visitors to appreciate one of Australia’s most iconic … [Read more…]
Who is Karen From Finance?Karen From Finance is the premiere ‘corporate’ queen of Melbourne, Australia. She lives alone with her budgie ‘Dante’ and enjoys tax time, office-based bonding activities, and invoice archiving. She placed as one of the top 4 finalists in season one of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under in 2021, has toured the … [Read more…]
The global musical phenomenon MAMMA MIA! The Musical opens tonight at the Sydney Lyric Theatre! Featuring 22 of ABBA’s greatest hits, including Dancing Queen, Voulez Vous, S.O.S and Take a Chance On Me, the iconic songs you know and love are guaranteed to have you dancing in the aisles. Starring in this exciting new Australian production as Donna Sheridan … [Read more…]
Vivid Sydney has kicked off its 13th year with a spectacular opening night that included a powerful Welcome to Country, fireworks, beams across the harbour, drones and a very poignant Lighting of the Sails at the Sydney Opera House. The Welcome to Country curated by Vivid Sydney’s First Nations Advisor, Rhoda Roberts AO – First … [Read more…]
Tracy Cooper-Lavery, Director, Gallery and Visual Arts at HOTA, Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast will be leaving HOTA after seven years in the role. Tracy will be moving to Canberra and joining the National Gallery of Australia in the newly created position as Head, Sharing the National Collection. Sharing the National Collection … [Read more…]
Works never before seen in Australia will go on display next week at the Art Gallery of Ballarat from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford in Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & watercolours. In a unique double feature, In the Company of Morris is an exhibition of historical and contemporary Australian artworks drawing from the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites. Both … [Read more…]
The ACT Government have announced Architectus, Danish Architects Henning Larsen and international theatre designers ARUP as the Design Partner consortium chosen to deliver new designs for the Canberra Theatre Centre redevelopment. “The calibre of interest we received from internationally significant consortia demonstrates the importance of this city shaping project. I look forward to seeing the … [Read more…]