Search News

See all news
A middle aged Caucasian woman with short blond wavy hair and glasses sits on a chair on the right side of the picture with her chin resting on her hand. On the wall behind her is a piece of FN art. Private art collections.
Features

Private art collections with public value – an open conversation

How do private art collections share their treasures with the public?

Recipient of TCL Kevin Taylor Legacy program, Chris Bassi, 'Meeting the mangrove: self portrait'. An oil painting of a man dressed in black holding up his hand to a tree set against a yellow indoor backdrop.
News

Opportunities and awards

Music support for WA creatives, Elvis poetry competition, plus winners of Ensemble Theatre Award, and more!

Ryan 'Brickman' McNaught will bring whole new 'LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition' to Melbourne Museum. A white middle-aged man posing enthusiastically next to a sign with "LEGO STAR WARS THE EXHIBITION MAY 4 2025".
News

Epic LEGO x Star Wars exhibition to make grand world premiere in Melbourne 2025

Celebrated LEGO artist Brickman sets off on another challenge to recreate iconic 'Star Wars' moments in a brand new exhibition.

Three pieces of artwork by Glen Downey of faces made up of organic matter like plants and animals.
StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Exhibition review: Glen Downey, Isabella Hayes, Kate Pullen, Dan Go, Nyssa Braid, Off The Kerb Gallery and Studios

Independent Melbourne art gallery again proves its finger is on the pulse. 

StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Film review: Welcome to Babel

A fascinating portrait of a man with a mission and the history that inspired it...

Exhibitions

Museum of Australian Photography

Ponch Hawkes | 500 strong

Across a dozen photo shoots, Ponch Hawkes has photographed 500 Victorian women over the age of 50, modelling nude in…

Exhibitions

Museum of Australian Photography

Petrina Hicks | Snakes and mirrors

In Snakes and mirrors Petrina Hicks contemplates the self-awareness of animals, and our desire to understand the phenomenology of animal…

Exhibitions

Museum of Australian Photography

Amos Gebhardt | Mångata

Drawing on the Moon as a symbol of illumination, Amos Gebhardt's Mångata weaves sound and moving image with photographic portraits…

Tours

The Johnston Collection

The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria: Walk & Talk

An intimate tour experience led by embroidery experts from The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria

Artist Talks

The Johnston Collection

'Only a lock of hair’: Love, mourning and memory with Dr Angela Hesson

Examine the evolution of mourning jewels and love tokens from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.

1 23 24 25 26 27 1,352