Celina Lei

Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. 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. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_

Celina Lei's Latest Articles

Various small sculptures arranged on plinths in a white gallery space.
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$15,000 for artists to test the limits of small sculpture

Let your imagination run wild at the Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award with cash on offer and zero entry…

A group of kids standing on the red sand that has been projected with yellow and red circular patterns, while adults are watching on the side.
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Event review: Parrtjima – A Festival in Light 2025, Alice Springs Desert Park

Parrtjima offers joy and hope in a dazzling display of storytelling through light.

A young woman with fair skin and medium length brown hair standing in front of abstract landscape paintings and smiling.
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Opportunities and awards

National Still Life Award entries open, call-out for art on billboards in NYC, plus winners of emerging composer wards.

Installation shot of an exhibition with paintings and garments on mannequins on both sides. The walls are painted an ultramarine blue, and large text “NO” is installed on the back wall.
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Exhibition review: Floribunda, Bunjil Place

David Sequeira’s exhibition ‘Floribunda’ showcases a long-held fascination with flowers while asking us to live in the present.

Students and a single staff gathering around a table with a map of Australia in the background. The atmosphere is welcoming and friendly.
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Not just hitting milestones but driving change

The National Art School offers degree programs that embed Indigenous perspectives throughout, ensuring all students are supported throughout their degrees.

Promotional photo of a performance, where three performers appear to be having a drinking party, looking cheery in cocktail dresses.
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Opportunities and awards

New commission opportunity for Brisbane Valley Rail Trail, plus winners of Queensland Music Awards, children’s book finalists, and more!

Khaled Sabsabi, a middle-aged Lebanese Australian man with thin, should-length black hair, gray beard, wearing black shirt and pants, standing against a graffitied brick wall.
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Khaled Sabsabi twice cancelled – Monash University 'indefinitely postpones' exhibition

Monash University's Board is behind the decision to pull an upcoming exhibition including Khaled Sabsabi's works from its art museum.

Two photos collaged side by side. On the left is Vincent Namatjira, a middle-aged First Nations man with dark brown skin, wearing a black and white stripe shirt and standing with his arms folded. On the right is Jarra Karalinar Steel, a young woman with pale skin and brown hair, smiling and standing in front of a colourful tram.
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Opportunities and awards

Curatorial call-out for craft triennial, plus country music winners and more!

A young First Nations child wearing a mask, cape and holding a shield with Aboriginal colours, black red and yellow, standing on discarded vehicles against the Australian desert landscape.
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Rencontres d'Arles 2025 in France to show pioneering Australian photography for the first time

PHOTO Australia has struck up a partnership with the French festival Rencontres d'Arles to spotlight 17 Australian photographic artists.

A young Asian man sitting by a grand piano outside the South Melbourne Town Hall, surrounded with scaffolding.
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South Melbourne Town Hall abandoned for five years, now arts sector and locals take matter into their own hands

The Australian National Academy of Music is calling for the revitalisation of South Melbourne Town Hall, joined by hundreds of…

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