Visual Arts
This week's arts news and trending topics
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The new National Communication Museum boosting cultural capital in this Melbourne suburb
Outside of Melbourne’s CBD, the National Communication Museum has the potential to draw crowds to a budding cultural hub.
Exhibition review: Accidentally Wes Anderson, Melbourne CBD
You don't have to be an Anderson fan to enjoy this exhibition, but you definitely need to admire his aesthetic.
Exhibition review: Khaled Sabsabi, The Lock Up
A significant survey of works from the renowned Lebanese Australian artist.
Opportunities and awards
Call-out for contemporary textile exhibition and mid-career leadership program, plus winner of 2024 Newcastle Poetry Prize and more!
Exhibition review: The Art World Came to Us: Macquarie Galleries, Ngununggula
A look a how three women gallery directors nurtured and shaped Australian art history.
NGV unveils a three-metre lamb sculpture made from discarded wool
Dutch designer, Christien Meindertsma reveals her NGV commissioned sculpture repurposing waste wool.
'Revealed' revelation – Aboriginal art fair enters important new partnership
After 10 successful years at Fremantle Arts Centre, WA’s most prominent exhibition and art market for emerging WA Aboriginal artists…
Major survey show to spotlight 50-year career of acclaimed Australian ceramicist
The first major solo show of internationally acclaimed WA ceramicist Sandra Black will open soon at the Art Gallery of…
Exhibition review: Tarryn Gill: Soft, Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert
Soft sculptures that challenge our perceptions of the body.