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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Naminapu Maymuru-White, ‘Larrakitj Forest’, 2024, presented by Sullivan+Strumpf as part of Encounters, Art Basel Hong Kong 2024. Photo: ArtsHub. A dozen organic wood poles with black and white dotted paintings inside the convention centre.
Features

16 bold and thoughtful installations by Asia Pacific artists at Art Basel Hong Kong 2024

Curated by Sydney Artspace Executive Director Alexie Glass-Kantor, the 'Encounters' series includes 11 new works by Australian and Asian artists.

‘Top Arts 2024’, installation view at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. Photo: Kate Shanasy. Three people looking at artwork inside a spacious gallery with white walls and grey concrete floor.
Opinions & Analysis

Top Arts 2024: five student artists to watch

With an overall strong cohort of VCE student artists, ‘Top Arts 2024’ exemplifies dedication and thoughtfulness from young stars.

Laure Prouvost, ‘Gathering Ho Ma, The glaneuse’, 2023, installation view at ACCA. Photo: ArtsHub. An installation of many components include a makeshift camp with red dirt and branches, seats, a hanging lightbulb shaped like a breast.
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Exhibition review: Laure Prouvost: Oui Move In You, ACCA

Layers of storytelling and humour that leave viewers wanting more.

Still from ‘Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus’. Image: Supplied. A black and white image of Sakamoto, a Japanese man in his 70s with white hair, tortoiseshell glasses and a black blazer at the piano. He is sifting through some sheet music.
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Screening review: Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus, Melbourne Recital Centre

With deep involvement from the late composer’s son and wife, ‘Opus’ captures Ryuichi Sakamoto in dazzling body and soul.

MAMA CEO Blair French and 2024 National Photography Prize guest judge Nici Cumpston standing next to ‘Four Days Before Winter’, a series of work by Ellen Dahl. Photo: Jeremy Weihrauch. The photos are displayed in varying scales in a dim gallery space, showing flowing hills.
News

Landscape work that encourages ‘concentrated looking’ wins 2024 National Photography Prize

Ellen Dahl takes home the $30,000 National Photography Prize with lens-based works that centres the Norwegian archipelago, Svalbard.

Speakers at Brisbane Writers Festival 2023. Photo: Markus Ravik. Five people sitting on stage with an animated projection behind them. The person in the centre is holding her hands up, with the man on the left gesturing towards her. The rest of the speakers are laughing.
News

Two writers' festivals reveal their 2024 programs

From politics to poetry, sports to sovereignty, Melbourne Writers Festival and Brisbane Writers Festival reveal their 2024 programs.

‘Safety Yellow Woman’ by Sophia Cai. Photo: Supplied, courtesy the artist. A bright yellow sweater with ridiculously long sleeves and black stripes is laid out on a green metal bench. Cai speaks on the cost of her craft.
Features

How much is your craft hobby costing and three ways to save

Binge buying craft supplies can easily add up, but if you want to play the long game, here are tips…

Photo: Markus Spiske, Pexel. Protest poster with black ground, image of the earth, and the text 'ONE WORLD'.
News

Festival City Adelaide launches Climate Action Roadmap

Festival City Adelaide has released its Climate Action Roadmap with actionable targets for the next five years.

Celebrate Arts Project Australia's 50th anniversary at the Northcote Studio Open Day. Photo: Supplied. APA artists at work in the studio. Artworks and material can be seen on walls and laid out on tables, with around 10 people inside the studio.
Features

Arts Project Australia celebrates 50-year milestone and looks to the future

APA Executive Director Liz Nowell shares reflections on the organisation's longevity and future ambitions, including aiming for a shot at…

‘Melbourne Out Loud: Life through the lens of Rennie Ellis’ installation view at State Library Victoria. Photo: ArtsHub. A large double-channel video screen in a dim gallery space showing two photographic images. The one on the left is of an elderly man sitting beneath the sun topless, and the right is of a figure wearing a green floral dress with a hat covering the head, lying on the sand.
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Exhibition review: Melbourne Out Loud: Life through the lens of Rennie Ellis, State Library Victoria

A photography exhibition that transports a slice of life from the 70s and 80s to State Library Victoria.

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