Celina Lei, Author at ArtsHub Australia – Page 2 of 88

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

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.

Opportunities and awards

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

Celina Lei

Mar 18, 2025

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.

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.

Celina Lei

Mar 12, 2025

An installation artwork by Nam June Paik of 52 television screens stacked against a wall, each screen is displaying something different, but some are grouped together to form a coherent shape, such as a heart.

Nam June Paik’s 'Internet Dream' to make Melbourne debut

Nam June Paik predicted the future of telecommunications and understood its repercussions. The National Communication Museum will soon showcase his…

Celina Lei

Mar 11, 2025

Models on a runway showcasing cream-coloured garments that appear slightly geometric.

Opportunities and awards

A new $50,000 award to reshape the arts, plus winner of the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, and more!

Celina Lei

Mar 11, 2025

A young Cantonese Australian woman striking a funny pose with one hand behind her head and another on her waist, wearing a red Chinese-style jacket with floral patterns. Beside her is a cream-coloured robot dog with tan fluffy ears and blue glowing eyes. They are standing in front of an altar, among a loose cluster of red and blue nylon bags.

Theatre review: The Robot Dog, Southbank Theatre, The Lawler, Asia TOPA 2025

In the year 2042, a woman attempts to sort out her life while coming to terms with her mother's therapy…

Celina Lei

Mar 6, 2025

Two large installations looking like female heads decorated with face paint while two performers are dancing on the ground in front of an audience at dusk. Nuanu, Bali.

Bali’s first international art fair strives to shake up the model in 2025

Art & Bali launches this September and ArtsHub speaks with Fair Director Kelsang Dolma on what to expect.

Celina Lei

Mar 5, 2025

An installation work with organic material. At the centre of the space appears to be a short crumbling wall of brown, gray and slightly red debris, while on the wall behind it are rows of white and red theads outstretched with a metal frame.

Artists announced for Aichi Triennale 2025, with Robert Andrew, Yasmin Smith and more

All three Australian artists selected for Aichi Triennale 2025 have shared history with the Biennale of Sydney.

Celina Lei

Mar 4, 2025

A dance performance at where dancers wear an exoskeleton of prosthetic limbs. The stage is illuminated in white light and five of the dancers are conjoined, facing a single dancer with their back to the camera. U>N>I>T>E>D

Dance review: U>N>I>T>E>D, Asia TOPA 2025

A futuristic epic that turned philosophical.

Celina Lei

Mar 4, 2025

Opportunities and awards

A $60,000 moving image commission opens, plus the winner of the MECCA x NGV Women in Design and finalists of…

Celina Lei

Mar 4, 2025

Opera for the Dead performance shot, featuring two movable stages, each with a performing standing at its centre, slightly obscured by black stingy curtains. The image is dark other than the stage being slightly illuminated from below.

Performance review: Opera for the Dead (祭歌), Asia TOPA 2025

A cyber-opera that deserves the world stage.

Celina Lei

Feb 25, 2025

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