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'Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design', installation view at Heide Museum of Modern Art. Furniture and lighting displayed inside a gallery with alternating shades of green wallpaper.
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Exhibition review: Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design, Heide Museum of Modern Art

Icons of Italian design with an iconic exhibition to match.

a fluffy blonde cat with a book on cats and dogs. NGV
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Art books that make great gifts

20 new art books released just in time for the holiday season and festive gifting.

Participants in Culture Dose for Kids youth mental health program at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A group of kids sitting on the floor of a gallery looking up as a guide points at an artwork.
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Gallery visits do good for youth mental health

Significant improvements in youth mental health have been recorded through AGNSW’s Culture Dose for Kids program.

et al., ‘maintenance of social solidarity 2006–24 (detail)’. Installation view: ‘et al.: epochal’, Monash University Museum of Art. A table with a laptop inside a space with metal fencing on both sides, and a projector displaying ambiguous text and landscape.
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Exhibition review: et al.: epochal, MUMA

Truth and power challenged as Aotearoa New Zealand collective et al. disrupts the MUMA galleries.

Public artwork in gardens in front of art gallery. NGA
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15 First Nations arts professionals given significant career boost

Dhiraamalang, the Wesfarmers First Nations Arts Leadership Program, has announced its 2024 recipients for a life-changing pathway.

A painting of a snail by Mike Makatron with a shell that depicts a garden.
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Exhibition review: Nature of Nature: Mike Makatron, Backwoods Gallery

Prolific mural artist hosts a rare gallery exhibition with exceptional results. 

A middle aged Caucasian woman with short blond wavy hair and glasses sits on a chair on the right side of the picture with her chin resting on her hand. On the wall behind her is a piece of FN art. Private art collections.
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Private art collections with public value – an open conversation

How do private art collections share their treasures with the public?

Recipient of TCL Kevin Taylor Legacy program, Chris Bassi, 'Meeting the mangrove: self portrait'. An oil painting of a man dressed in black holding up his hand to a tree set against a yellow indoor backdrop.
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Opportunities and awards

Music support for WA creatives, Elvis poetry competition, plus winners of Ensemble Theatre Award, and more!

Ryan 'Brickman' McNaught will bring whole new 'LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition' to Melbourne Museum. A white middle-aged man posing enthusiastically next to a sign with "LEGO STAR WARS THE EXHIBITION MAY 4 2025".
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Epic LEGO x Star Wars exhibition to make grand world premiere in Melbourne 2025

Celebrated LEGO artist Brickman sets off on another challenge to recreate iconic 'Star Wars' moments in a brand new exhibition.

Three pieces of artwork by Glen Downey of faces made up of organic matter like plants and animals.
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Exhibition review: Glen Downey, Isabella Hayes, Kate Pullen, Dan Go, Nyssa Braid, Off The Kerb Gallery and Studios

Independent Melbourne art gallery again proves its finger is on the pulse. 

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