Visual Arts

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Celebrate the reopening of Notre-Dame right in the middle of Melbourne
The Immigration Museum presents an immersive opportunity to time travel through the history of Notre-Dame and get a French culture…

The secret behind the screen: what does Beeple's first museum solo reveal about the future of digital art?
Backed by big names and budget from Deji Art Museum in China, Beeple's retrospective features digital art, kinetic sculptures ...…

Exhibition review: Yin Xiuzhen: Piercing the Sky, Power Station of Art Shanghai
Love letters to shoes, a flesh-like sonic tower and a cosmic horn – it's clear that Yin Xiuzhen is a…

$200,000 grants to be distributed to creatives in Gold Coast
Grants worth a total of $1.5 million will be offered through Experience Gold Coast Arts Fund to support local artists.

Exhibition review: Brian Robinson and Prita Tina Yeganeh, Onespace
An unlikely but beautiful pairing of exhibitions that works.

Opportunities and awards
Public mural opportunity, plus nearly a million in cash support to creative projects and more!

Exhibition review: Cao Fei: My City is Yours, AGNSW
An exhibition that explores where reality, fantasy and the cyber worlds become indistinguishable.

‘Banana-taped-to-wall’ artwork no longer a joke after sale turns it into jarring symbol of societal inequity
A cryptocurrency millionaire’s actions after purchasing a famous conceptual artwork has transformed this piece into a disturbing commentary on widening…

Uncle Archie and Aunty Ruby honoured with Fitzroy statues
Bronze statues of the two singer-songwriters were unveiled at the Atherton Gardens on Saturday.