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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

A life-size lego version of C3PO with its creator Ryan McNaught, standing next to it with a white top and black pants.

LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition to open at Melbourne Museum

The first and only LEGO 'Star Wars' exhibition premieres in Melbourne.

de-centre re-centre: installation view of a photographic exhibition in a gallery space. Four landscape orientation photographs of faces of Aboriginal women are placed on a wall in the foreground of this image.
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Exhibition review: de-centre re-centre, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

A cohesive survey exhibition that points to the strong relevance of photographic media within the wider context of contemporary art.

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Canberra opens Our Story, a new exhibition exploring Aboriginal-Chinese heritage in Australia

Telling the untold story of Aboriginal-Chinese Australia.

A person looking into a mirrored cube. Around the figure every surface is filled with black polka dots on a yellow background.
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Kusama breaks record to be crowned queen in Australian exhibition history

NGV’s ‘Yayoi Kusama’ breaks exhibition attendance record and opening hours are extended until midnight for final weekend.

Small deconstructed speakers dangling from the ceiling above a round weaved floor mat. Aluminium containers are placed around the corner of a black wall to the back.
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Exhibition review: Signal to Noise, National Communication Museum

Noise has accompanied every technological development; will we ever be free from its static?

Exterior view of red brick historic building turned into art centre
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Former Ambulance Station proves successful regional model as creative hub

As artists flee our cities with rising costs, this model proves that vibrancy and connection need not be lost.

overhead image of hands holding hand made textile objects. Cul Collective.
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Textile-based artworks unfurl narratives of diversity in Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden

Women from Multicultural backgrounds find connection through storytelling via plants and textiles.

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New Indigenous Literacy program kicks off

Four First Nations creatives head to Sydney to skill up for new futures as publishers, graphic designers and writers in…

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Opportunities and awards

Enter the 2024 Australian Event Awards, plus winners of Dobell Drawing Prize and Walk of Fame nominees, and more!

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