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Titanic. Image is of a replica grand staircase from the ill-fated Titanic passenger ship, on display at Melbourne Museum.
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Exhibition review: Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition, Melbourne Museum

An easy one-hour amble through a well-trodden historical event with less focus on the Titanic’s artefacts than the exhibition title…

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Backlash after divisive comments from Victorian bookshop owner

The owner of a Victorian independent chain of bookstores, under fire for her tweets, apologises after community furore.

Teenage performers in tuxedos and shorts jump out of a white piano in Tempo by the Flying Fruit Fly Circus at Art Centre Melbourne.
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Performance review: Tempo, Arts Centre Melbourne

The Fruities jump back onto our stages with a music themed performance.

Slippery. Image is three white faced clowns (one of whom is bearded and bald) with big ruffs and hearts on the front of their gowns.
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Theatre review: Slippery, The Butterfly Club, Midsumma Festival

Mayhem ensues when a polyamorous love square becomes a triangle and one of the lovers returns as a ghost to…

Creative development sessions for ‘Portaloo’ with L-R: Jennifer Piper and Rachel Edmonds. Photo: Sarah Clarke. In front of a high church-like round window, two women sit behind a table looking at the camera. They are watching something or someone and have snacks on the table in front of them. One on the right with short dark hair and glasses holds a pen. One on the left with medium length blonde hair is laughing.
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Creative development – a work in progress

What should creative development opportunities entail and look like today? ArtsHub attempts to find out.

Still from the film ‘Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped In Black)’ by Derik Lynch and Matthew Thorne, showing as part of Queer PHOTO. Image: Courtesy of the artists. A figure wearing a gold dress with long hair, standing against a purple and orange sunset in a desert landscape.
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Through the queer lens

Midsumma Festival and PHOTO 2024 join forces to present 'Queer PHOTO', with works that are bold, reflective, tender, intimate and…

Jess McAvoy’s ‘The Search’ performing as part of Midsumma Festival 2024. Photo: Jen Macchiarelli. McAvoy (short blond hair, tattoos covering their arm and wearing a guitar behind their back) looks towards the camera, standing against a back background with soft lights.
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Performance reviews: The Search and Trevor Ashley: The (First Annual) Farewell Show, Midsumma Festival

At Midsumma Festival this year, Jess McAvoy presents an unforgettable performance in ‘The Search’ and Trevor Ashley revealed the dark…

Melbourne Art Fair 2022. Photo: Marie-Luise Skibbe. People standing inside the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre surrounded by artworks. Seen in the photo are installations that look like weird colourful organisms.
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Melbourne Art Fair gearing up for ‘mammoth edition’

The 2024 Melbourne Art Fair program will feature large-scale installations, site-specific dance, conversations, experimentations and more.

The Inheritance. A group of men on a dimly lit stage, with two spotlit in the centre hugging.
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Theatre review: The Inheritance, fortyfivedownstairs

A theatre marathon about the intergenerational relationships, romantic or otherwise, of a gay community in New York City. 

Afrocentric. Image is black dancer, dressed in white performing in gallery space at front of the NGV, beside a large black sculpture of a young black woman. There is audience seated around the space.
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Performance review: Afrocentric, National Gallery of Victoria

Nightly performances that celebrate the African diaspora in Australia.

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