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Vincent Van Gogh's 'Starry Night', landscape depicting a blue swirly sky over a city. One of the artworks featured in the 3D IMAX film, 'Lasting Impressions'.
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Film review: Lasting Impressions, IMAX Melbourne

Impressionist artworks explored through immersive 3D and animation, and set to music by Debussy, Ravel, Piaf and others.

Second Echo Ensemble artists Bella Young, William Webster and Creative Director Kelly Drummond Cawthon. Young and Cawthon, two Caucasian woman, surround Webster, a man with his arms outstretched. Storytelling.
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20 years of storytelling – a bit differently

Tasmania’s Second Echo Ensemble celebrates its milestone, where a 20-year legacy of ‘every story counts’ is supported with creativity and…

Bronze canoe stolen as part of public artwork, shown prior to its theft. A canoe made out of bronze laying on the ground in an outdoor setting next to some rocks.
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Aboriginal bronze sculpture cut through and stolen

"They will get a rude shock when they realise it can't be sold as copper," says artist Julie Squires.

A hand poking out from the right hand side holding a fork, about to lift up a sunny side egg with a sparkly gold yolk. There are three rows of sunny side eggs lined up against a yellow background.
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Opportunities and awards

International travel fund open for applications, plus winners of Music Australia's Core Contribution Fund and AWGIE nominations, and more!

Three textile paintings by Helle Cook. They are in shades of green, orange and blue, from left to right.
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Exhibition review: Helle Cook, Nordic Light – Beyond Horizons, Grey Street Gallery

The experience of light in painting and textile installations.

Sara Cwynar, ‘Red Film’, 2018, to be presented by Cooper Cole at the Melbourne Art Fair 2025. The photo shows four female-presenting figures dressed in red collared shirts. Two are sitting while two stand behind them, with their hands on the heads of those seated.
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Melbourne Art Fair 2025 program revealed, focused on being female-led and First Peoples art and design

Programming across gallery booths, video, installation, and an early-glimpse showcase, Melbourne Art Fair 2025 is driving new purpose.

sheet of newspaper with hole and eye looking out. Arts news
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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Artist impression of Fenix, a new gallery and migration museum in Rotterdam. A shiny steel spiral architecture beside a riverside.
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19 new galleries, museums, theatres and cultural destinations to visit in 2025

From long-awaited reopenings in Australia to the first contemporary art museum in Central Asia, here are the top places to…

A grid of colourful images by artist Jasper Johns.
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Exhibition review: Rauschenberg & Johns: Significant Others, Geelong Gallery 

The works of two significant avant-garde artists of the 20th century go on tour.

On a pink wall, two video screens are set next to each other.
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Exhibition review: Contact Zone: Victoria Wareham, Metro Arts

The screen and its relationship with the viewer.

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