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_

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Willoughby Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor, Dr Sarah Penicka-Smith conducting on a stage. She is a middle-aged Caucasian woman with pale skin and short blond hair, wearing a black blazer. Her left hand is raised and her head held high with a concentrated expression.
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Willoughby Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 subscription bundle includes a rarely performed Beethoven concerto, pieces from the composer of ‘The Godfather’, Oscar-winning…

Newcastle Art Gallery staff preparing the collection for offsite storage, prior to commencement of the major building expansion project, 2022.
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Newcastle Art Gallery reveals 2025 reopening date following ambitious expansion

Newcastle Art Gallery will reopen in time for the city's flagship festival with new space for exhibitions and a sculptural…

Best art. Claire Lambe, ‘Witnessing Bacon’, installation view at Sarah Scout Presents. A large tapestry based on a photo of Bacon’s messy studio, hanging against a violet wall with a saddle shaped seat in front.
Opinions & Analysis

The best art I saw in 2024 across 11 cities and over 200 exhibitions

A note of appreciation to all the artists and artworks that left a mark on my year.

The vast majority of Victorians have or are willing to engage with arts and culture. A woman surrounded by spinning lights inside a market.
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99% of Victorians are ‘in the market’ for culture – what does this mean?

Victoria is ahead of New York and the UK in terms of culture market interest with $3.4 billion in annual…

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia at night. A building lit up in pink, blue, purple and orange lights at night.
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Museum of Contemporary Art Australia introduces admission fees, reversing free entry after 25 years

In 2025 Australia’s only public museum dedicated to contemporary art will charge $20 for admission in what appears to be…

2024 Queensland Regional Art Awards, Emerging Artist Award winner, Teddy Horton, for 'Stars Align'. A black and white image of a cowboy chasing a ufo.
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Opportunities and awards

EOIs open for Melbourne Design Week and NT Performing Arts Development, plus winner of Emerging Playwright Commission, and more!

Yayoi Kusama in 'Song of a Manhattan Suicide Addict', 1978, installation view at NGV International. An old Asian woman with bright red bob and red and white polka dot top, gesturing and singing on screen. Text in the subtitle reads "Tear down the gate of hallucinations".
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Exhibition review: Yayoi Kusama, NGV International

An overdue retrospective in the name of love, Yayoi Kusama has got little (time) to offer.

Art Music Fund 2025 open for applications. Image: Mindy Meng Wang and Monica Lim. Two woman with black hair and pale skin under a white veil against a black background.
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Opportunities and awards

Quilters get ready for $37,000 prize, plus winners of Koorie Art Show 12, SA celebrates Ruby Awards and more!

First launched in 2021, Quarantine Art Fairs returns to picturesque Point Nepean in 2025. Small sculptures and paintings of natural landscape inside a well-lit room with cream walls.
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Sick of mega art fairs? 2 alternative models offer a more intimate experience

The return of Quarantine Art Fair and The Other Art Fair offers opportunity for respite and connection.

'Beeple: Tales From a Synthetic Future', installation view at Deji Art Museum, Nanjing China. A gallery space surrounded by mirrors and digital screens showing a kaleidoscopic selection of digital artworks.
Opinions & Analysis

The secret behind the screen: what does Beeple's first museum solo reveal about the future of digital art?

Backed by big names and budget from Deji Art Museum in China, Beeple's retrospective features digital art, kinetic sculptures ...…

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