Fashion
![Installation view of 'Africa Fashion' on display from 31 May to 6 October 2024 at NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Lillie Thompson. Nine mannequins standing on a tiered display with red lights. Each of them are wearing glittery and glamorous garments by African fashion designers.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/NGV_AfricaFashion_PhotoLillieThompson_60-e1717482503512.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Africa Fashion, NGV
‘Africa Fashion’ is a visual feast imbued with history and agency.
![So you want my arts job. A woman holding an armful of basketry materials smiles at the camera.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/SYWMAJ-2024-27May.jpg?w=310)
So you want my arts job: Wearable Art and Fibre Artist
The fibre and wearable pieces of Sunshine Coast-based artist Karen Lynch can be seen across festivals and competitions. Here is…
![Muhubo Sulieman. Photo: Supplied. A young woman wearing a colourful purple, pink and yellow headscarf, sitting on the grass and weaving. She is in a joyful mood, smiling and working.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/DSC1962-e1716515676752.jpeg?w=310)
Fashioning a memory
Discover the hidden tales of African diasporic textile artists that reveal unique cultural influences and creative processes.
![Wool clock from 1942 Uluru Collection by Dame Zandra Rhodes, donated to Powerhouse. Image: Supplied. A model with dramatic makeup lying in a forest seen from bird's eye view with a patterned wool clock covering her body.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Wool-cloak-1974-Ayers-Rock-collection-e1714615402865.jpg?w=310)
British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes donates Uluru Collection to Powerhouse
Garments inspired by Rhodes' 1970s trip to Australia will enter Powerhouse's collection.
![Installation view of a gallery showing mannequins in period Parisian dresses, there are also pictures on the wall. Paris: Impressions of Life.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Paris-IOL-Bohemian-Life-in-Montmartre-Photo-Leon-Schoots-17-e1712532809788.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition Review: Paris: Impressions of Life 1880-1925, Bendigo Art Gallery
Enchanting and escapist showcase that nonetheless shies away from depicting the less glamorous side of Parisian life.
![Photo: RF._.studio, Pexels. Hands cutting out design drawings for project in a light-filled studio space. There are books and reference images on a wooden table.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/pexels-rfstudio-3817622-e1710993507941.jpg?w=310)
5 books to gift your beloved crafters
Book recommendations for crafters and makers that include DIY with cat hair, resurgence of visible mending, writers on knitting and…
![DAAR’s Concrete Tent for the Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023, curated by Tosin, who will be delivering a keynote for Melbourne Design Week 2024. Photo: Edmund Sumner. A large tent structure in a desert environment at night with people sitting on tapestry , hanging out.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/sat02-daar_concrete-tent-photographer-edmund-sumner-e1710455162919.jpeg?w=310)
5 program highlights of Melbourne Design Week 2024
Melbourne Design Week 2024 will run across 23 May to 2 June with over 300 events – here are some…
![Jean Béraud, ‘The Entrance to the 1889 Universal Exhibition’ 1889, oil on wood. Image: Musée Carnavalet © CC0 Paris Musées/Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. A painting featuring a bustling scene of people gathering on empty ground with the Eiffel Tower in the distance, poles with French flag and trees. There seems to be excited among the crowd.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/IMG_4046-e1709854850990.jpeg?w=310)
An exclusive taste of historic Paris in Victoria’s heritage city
The Musée Carnavalet has developed an exclusive exhibition for Bendigo Art Gallery that will bring the dynamic atmosphere of turn-of-the-century…
![Designs by Leanne Yansin Choi at Paypal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2024 National Graduate Showcase. Photo: Lucas Dawson. A young Asian woman wearing a green high collar dress with lace details and a headscarf of the same colour. She is holding a panel in her hand that is attached to the dress and reveals more lace detailing.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/LEANNE-YANSIN-CHOI-300-e1709763443760.jpg?w=310)
Graduate designers to watch from Melbourne Fashion Festival 2024
The Melbourne Fashion Festival runs until 9 March; here are the designers to watch from Tuesday's National Graduate Showcase runway.
![Brightly coloured contemporary ceramic vessels. Ebony Russell.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Suspiciously-Beautiful_Scrap-Set.jpg?w=310)
Craft and design curators on artists to watch
From fashion to ceramics to drones – these artists have caught the eyes of curators this year.