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Elderly woman on sun lounge at beach reading. Art books
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12 spring – summer art book releases

12 recently published arts books, worthy of a read.

Old fashion speakers on top of pole against clear blue sky. Arts news.
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This week's arts news and trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Rel Pham, ‘HYPERTHREAD’ installation view at National Communication Museum. An installation with columns that show red neon text rolling across the screen.
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The new National Communication Museum boosting cultural capital in this Melbourne suburb

Outside of Melbourne’s CBD, the National Communication Museum has the potential to draw crowds to a budding cultural hub.

Awards & Prizes

Firestation Print Studio

FPS / ADFAS Melbourne YOUNG EMERGING ARTISTS GRANT 2025

SUPPORTING PRINTMAKING GRADUATES THROUGH GRANT OPPORTUNITIES: This grant will be offered to students who have undertaken a course in printmaking in…

a pair of vintage water skis on a boat shed door in an exhibition. 'Accidentally Wes Anderson'
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Exhibition review: Accidentally Wes Anderson, Melbourne CBD

You don't have to be an Anderson fan to enjoy this exhibition, but you definitely need to admire his aesthetic.

Artwork by Khaled Sabsabi hang from the ceilings. There is a video still on the left.
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Exhibition review: Khaled Sabsabi, The Lock Up

A significant survey of works from the renowned Lebanese Australian artist.

Participating artists of the King Island Artist Residency Program. Julie Ryder and George Kennedy are captured in an attempted field trip to whale bone beach. Two figures on a rocky beach bracing against grey and gloomy weather.
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Opportunities and awards

Call-out for contemporary textile exhibition and mid-career leadership program, plus winner of 2024 Newcastle Poetry Prize and more!

gallery view of traditional paintings. Ngununggula
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Exhibition review: The Art World Came to Us: Macquarie Galleries, Ngununggula

A look a how three women gallery directors nurtured and shaped Australian art history.

Woman with robotic machine creating cream wool sculpture. NGV commission
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NGV unveils a three-metre lamb sculpture made from discarded wool

Dutch designer, Christien Meindertsma reveals her NGV commissioned sculpture repurposing waste wool.

A picture of around 10 different Aboriginal art paintings hanging on a gallery wall showing four gallery attendees of different ages and genders looking at them.
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'Revealed' revelation – Aboriginal art fair enters important new partnership

After 10 successful years at Fremantle Arts Centre, WA’s most prominent exhibition and art market for emerging WA Aboriginal artists…

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