Celina Lei

Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_

Celina Lei's Latest Articles

Installation view of Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian', 2019, on display in NGV Triennial 2023. A single banana duct-taped to a white wall.
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Banana frenzy as crypto buyer coughs up US$6 million and vows to eat the artwork

Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork, featuring a real edible banana, has fetched a hefty price tag thanks to crypto billionaire Justin Sun.

Queensland Theatre's new Artistic Director, Daniel Evans. A black and white photo of a young pale-skinned man with curly hair and round glasses sitting on a sofa in what appears to be a warehouse setting.
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Queensland Theatre appoints local talent Daniel Evans as Artistic Director

Moving up from Associate Artistic Director, Daniel Evans hopes to lead the charge on Queensland's theatre ecology.

'Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design', installation view at Heide Museum of Modern Art. Furniture and lighting displayed inside a gallery with alternating shades of green wallpaper.
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Exhibition review: Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design, Heide Museum of Modern Art

Icons of Italian design with an iconic exhibition to match.

Participants in Culture Dose for Kids youth mental health program at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A group of kids sitting on the floor of a gallery looking up as a guide points at an artwork.
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Gallery visits do good for youth mental health

Significant improvements in youth mental health have been recorded through AGNSW’s Culture Dose for Kids program.

et al., ‘maintenance of social solidarity 2006–24 (detail)’. Installation view: ‘et al.: epochal’, Monash University Museum of Art. A table with a laptop inside a space with metal fencing on both sides, and a projector displaying ambiguous text and landscape.
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Exhibition review: et al.: epochal, MUMA

Truth and power challenged as Aotearoa New Zealand collective et al. disrupts the MUMA galleries.

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.
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Opportunities and awards

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

Tonya Meyrick, Guest Curator of Geelong Design Week. A middle-aged woman in black and white wearing black frame glasses and a checkered scarf on a red background with the text “So you want my arts job?”
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So you want my arts job: Design Curator

Design Curator Tonya Meyrick of Geelong Design Week in Australia’s only UNESCO City of Design shares insights into her role.

Claudia Gold aka Claw Money will debut in Australia with an exclusive exhibition at Warrnambool Art Gallery. A middle-aged woman with light brown skin wearing a black puffer jacket, standing in front of a brick wall with graffiti that is partially cropped.
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Talk to the claw: New York's graffiti royalty gets Australian exclusive at regional gallery

Since the 1990s, Claudia Gold, aka Claw Money, has been making waves in graffiti and now she is taking over…

Nusra Latif Qureshi, ‘On the edges of darkness II’, an intricate gouache work depicting one figure balancing on the shoulder of another holding red strings in their hands against a pistachio green background.
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5 exhibitions with contemporary diaspora artists reimagining traditional mediums

Discover miniature court paintings, ceramics, family albums, Japanese woodblock prints and more by contemporary diaspora artists.

Installation view of 'Tony Clark: Unsculpted', Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2024. Featuring Tony Clark and Joanne Ritson’s 'Jasperware Arrangement', 2024 and 'Jasperware (Landscape)', 1993. A painting of a white abstract sculptural form on blue background, with a small white sculpture replicating the painting in front.
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Exhibition review: Tony Clark: Unsculpted, Buxton Contemporary

An exhibition capturing the wide-ranging interests of Tony Clark and latest experimentation into sculpture.

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