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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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…

An installation shot of an artwork involving molten steel dripping from the ceiling from multiple outlets into shallow baths of water. To be shown at Mona for Dark Mofo 2025.
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1500-degree molten steel installation, inspired by Caravaggio, to drip from the ceiling of Mona

A 2022 Venice Biennale commission by Italian artist Arcangelo Sassolino will be recreated for Mona in time for Dark Mofo…

Melbourne Design Week 2025 lighting designs, featuring a photo of four design objects with lighting tubes that appear like furniture.
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First look: what’s on at Melbourne Design Week 2025

ArtsHub picks some program highlights at this year’s Melbourne Design Week, 15-25 May – 100 Lights, Beyond the Grave and…

An exhibition of large paintings depicting circular shapes with vibrant colours, while four viewers look on.
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Hilma af Klint: should art be for the public, despite the artist's wishes?

A disparate voice from the Hilma af Klint Foundation hopes to fulfil the artist's legacy by making her work available…

two musicians performing on stage with two other woman standing to their left. Sandra Morales is second from the right, a woman with light skin, long dark blonde hair, wearing a green patterned dress. The stage feels intimate and is cast in an orange light.
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Opportunities and awards

Grant for experimental theatre and new initiative for immersive art, plus winners of songwriting competition and finalists of 2025 Penguin…

Billie Eilish 'Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour' in Melbourne. The singer is at the centre of a 360-degree stage holding an acoustic guitar and singing into the microphone.
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Music review: Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour 2025, Rod Laver Arena

Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' left the crowd buzzing from the energy.

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