Art
A Huge Banksy Exhibition Is Coming To Melbourne
Adelaide is currently hosting The Art of Banksy: “Without Limits” exhibition featuring no less than 150 artworks…
Wall To Wall Is Returning, Taking To The Streets Of Melbourne’s First Official Street Art Precinct
Expanding its artistic footprint across Victoria, Wall to Wall is making its way to the beachside suburb of Mordialloc from April…
The Best Flower Delivery Melbourne Has To Offer In 2024
You know those scenes in the movies when someone gets a huge bouquet delivered to their office? And all the co-workers gather and gush about…
18 Best Op Shops In Melbourne For 2024
In the words of Macklemore, one man’s trash is another man’s come up. And heading into the layer-heavy autumn and…
A Free After Hours Party Is Coming To The NGV Triennial—For 10 Straight Days
January is creeping up on us once again, and the NGV has served up a free after-hours festival set to shake up your summer nights, for 10…
The Best Markets In Melbourne For 2023
It’s 2023 and we are embracing the slower life. Heading to the market is a wholesome venture with hand-made crafts, quality local…
Rain Room’s 100sqm Immersive Art Experience Is Returning To Melbourne
It’s 2500 litres of continuous rainfall, where contemporary art, technology and nature collide in a multi-sensory experience—and…
Where To Get The Best Manicure In Melbourne
Everyone who's anyone is rocking a manicured nail these days. From eye-catching nail art to simple nudes and pastels to sharp-ended…
After Sell-Out Seasons Overseas, Lightscape Has Returned To The Royal Botanic Gardens
Transformed into a world of light, colour and music, step into the Royal Botanic Gardens which has been reimagined into an immersive…
RISING 2023: Everything You Need To See, Do And Experience
Just shy of a year ago, Melbourne's RISING took the city by a cross-cultural storm with around two weeks of electric events,…
Where To Find The Best Melbourne Art Galleries In 2024
If you live in Melbourne, it means you live close to some of the best galleries our great nation has to offer. So, in the spirit of Urban…
Introducing The All-New 30,000sqm NGV Contemporary
With the new build being part of the Victorian Governments’ $1.7 billion injection to the Melbourne Arts industry, the NGV…
The NGV Summer Blockbuster: Alexander McQueen, Mind, Mythos, Muse Opens This Week
As if there weren't enough reasons to love the NGV, they’ve revealed that their summer blockbuster exhibition will centre around…
Rone Returns: This Time, He’s Transforming The Flinders St Station Ballroom
In what’s almost become a fixture to Victoria’s arts scene, Melbourne’s Rone has announced his latest…
The NGV’s Winter Blockbuster Has Been Announced: The Picasso Century Exhibition
The NGV is opening their doors to their winter blockbuster, The Picasso Century. It doesn’t get bigger than this, an…
12 Unmissable Gigs, Performances And Events At RISING, According To The Line Up
Melbourne's long-awaited arts festival, RISING, is in full swing. So far, punters have eaten like royalty at The Lighthouse, …
Culture Up At The Best Exhibitions Happening In And Around Melbourne This Winter
Even in the middle of winter, you can find Melburnians rugged up on the tram, oat latte in hand, exploring the cultural capital of…
NGV Friday Nights Are Returning With Huge Vibes This Week
Melbourne’s favourite cultural conclusion to the working week, the NGV Friday Nights series is returning with a banging…
HAPPY PLACE, LA’s Immersive Exhibition Is Returning To Melbourne
It’s been dubbed the world’s most Instagrammable exhibition—selling out stints in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, Boston,…
Melbourne’s Mammoth Digital Art Gallery Is Finally Opening Its Doors To The City
After a year of cultural pause in Melbourne, 2021 is bringing the goods with more events, festivals and exhibitions than that calendar of…
The NGV Is Opening Doors To Their Mammoth New Winter Exhibition This Friday
Its been a while since we’ve been able to saunter through the halls of the NGV and thankfully after the easing of restrictions this…
The NGV Just Opened Its Doors To A Captivating New Exhibition
The Triennial may have just wrapped up, but the NGV’s stacked winter season has only just begun across the two renowned galleries.…
Scope Out The NGV’s Massive 2021 Winter Program
While galleries around the world are keeping their doors shut, Melbourne’s much-loved NGV International is staying open.…
The Magic Of Disney Is Coming To ACMI For The First Time This May
Once upon a time, a little animated mouse on a steamboat stole the hearts of many, and now almost one hundred years later, that mouse is the…
RISING Festival’s Mammoth 2021 Program Unpacked
You might have already seen some of the announcements for RISING trickling through your feed, like the Melbourne Art Trams,…
9 Events You Can’t Miss At Melbourne Design Week 2021
It’s no secret we love design in Melbourne. We’re city people who love sleek interiors and we’re obsessed with that…
Get Spooked At Mysterious Al’s New Multi-Sensory Ghost Train Experience
Aptly named SPOOKHOUSE, Mysterious AI's new experience will have you climb aboard a rickety cart and lead you through a…
Take A Tour Through RONE’s Career With This New Exhibition In Geelong
Artist RONE needs very little introduction. His murals and installations have created a huge amount of interest over the past…
Take A Look Behind The Tassels, Troy Emery’s Latest Exhibition Is Far More Than An Aesthetic Treat
Melbourne-based artist Troy Emery is showcasing his latest solo exhibition, Sonder, at Linden New…
Watch Your Step, Over 300 Large Scale Portraits Of Victorians Have Taken Over Fed Square
As part of PHOTO 2021 International Festival of Photography, Fed Square will be covered with over 300 faces of Victorians for the…
Take A Stroll Through PHOTO 2021 At The Royal Botanic Gardens
Melbourne’s beloved Royal Botanic Gardens are transforming into an exhibition space for the inaugural PHOTO 2021…
Culture Up, It’s Your Last Chance To Catch The NGV’s Free Evening Parties
On one hand, the capacity limits at NGV can be seen as a sort of silver lining in that you can wander through the Triennial with at…
Touch On, Melbourne’s Art Trams Will Be Designed Exclusively By First Nations Artists For 2021
At 250kms long, Melbourne’s tram network is the largest in the world (low-key flex), so where better to display local artists’…
Get Your Culture Fix At Heide’s Mammoth 9 Week Summer Festival
Summer just got a whole lot better with the lineup announcement for the Heide Museum of Modern Art Summer Festival. Over nine weeks,…
Get Some Bang For Your Buck With The Best Free And Cheap Things To Do In Melbourne
We all like to get out and about in our glorious city, but sometimes the budget is a little tight. We’ve got your back though, getting…
A Free Exhibition With Works From Rone, Adnate And More Has Popped Up In The CBD
As if Melburnians needed another drawcard to visit the city, the west corner of the CBD has just scored an ‘Artcade’. The new…
Get Your Culture Fix At The NGV’s Mammoth Triennial
It’s been around three years since NGV’s inaugural Triennial captured Melbourne in its entirety, and today comes the good…
Look Up, The Top End Of Bourke Street Is Being Transformed Into A Huge Outdoor Gallery For Summer
The top of Bourke Street will be reimagined into a 24/7 art gallery as part of the City of Melbourne’s plan to rejuvenate the city.
Support Local Artists And Buy These Photographic Prints To Brighten Up Your Walls
There's nothing quite like spending months on end at your house to realise all the things that are actually annoying you about it, and…
Sharpen Up Your Creative Skills With NGV’s New Online Courses
So your weekend pottery class may have been postponed and pasta-making next Saturday is definitely cancelled, but that doesn’t mean…
Transport Yourself Back Overseas With These Amazing Travel Prints By Local Artists
The travel industry has been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic, as has the arts industry. Direct-to-consumer travel brand, July, has…
Prepare To Unleash Your Inner Artist, DIY Dog Collar Kits Now Exist
With the help of Moo+Twig, you can set about making a new DIY leather bow tie dog collar for your precious pooch.
See Destiny Deacon’s First Solo Show In 15 Years At The NGV This July
Following the NGV announcing its reopening in late June, Melbourne’s culture vultures can splendour in the news that…
Feed Your Culture Void When The NGV Reopens In Late June
We're moving into the second part of 2020, and while a good portion of the year has been spent staring at four walls, we can now well…
Why You’re Seeing 50 Cent Murals Popping Up All Over Melbourne Right Now
2020 sure has been a strange year, but it's getting a whole lot weirder right now. Melbourne muralist Lushsux is…
Gaze Upon This Mural Of Melbourne Made Entirely Out Of Metcards
Way, way back in 2012 when everything was in black and white, Melbourne's public transport system moved to MYKI, leaving the previous…
Get Your Hands Dirty With This Home-Delivered DIY Pottery Kit
Crockd is all about getting out of your head and into your hands. It’s a DIY pottery kit that can be delivered right to your front…
Take A Virtual Tour Of NGV’s Haring And Basquiat Exhibition Any Day Of The Week
Just a week back, Melbourne’s beloved NGV closed its doors to the public due obvious concerns you’re no doubt aware of. And…
Escape The Panic At Prahran Square’s New Public Art Residency
Melbourne, along with the rest of Australia, is in the grip of a panic buying saga due to fear of coronavirus isolation. With the constant…
Add Some Culture To Your Life With These 11 Exhibitions Happening In Melbourne This Month
Art gallery season is back and full swing so it’s time to stop sweating and start soaking in all that sweet, sweet art (the…
Light Up Your Night At Melbourne’s Stunning Lantern Festival
If you’re feeling a bit gloomy about the dwindling sunlight situation, we’ve got something that might cheer you up. On the first…
Be Dazzled By Colour With George Rose’ Latest Mural
One of the artists that you won't want to miss at Can't Do Tomorrow is George Rose. The in-demand artist has transformed…
Feed Your Creativity With These 9 Inspiring Events At Melbourne’s New Underground Festival
There’s no shortage of exhibitions and creative workshops happening around Melbourne. But this month, Can’t Do…
Dive Into The Best Of Melbourne’s Urban Culture With These 8 Epic Underground Events
Can’t Do Tomorrow is making things easy for us this month when it comes to keeping you up to speed on what’s cool, new and…
Here’s How You Can Spend A Night With Urban List At This Iconic Underground Venue
You’ve probably already heard about Can’t Do Tomorrow, Melbourne’s new underground festival. And if you…
Spice Up Your February With These 9 Unmissable Acts At Melbourne’s New Street Art Festival
Melbourne’s most anticipated underground festival—Can't Do Tomorrow—is kicking off next week and you won’t want…
Step Into The Future Past In NGV’s Upcoming Japanese Modernism Exhibition
You only have to walk through the front door of the NGV to realise what an amazing asset the gallery is to Melbourne.
Peek Behind The Mask As We Catch Up With Artist, Mysterious Al
We're just days away from street art festival Can't Do Tomorrow kicking off at The Facility in Kensington. And with the…
A Group Of Melbourne Street Artists Are About To Create Australia’s Largest Moving Art Gallery
If you haven’t heard of Melbourne’s upcoming street art festival, Can’t Do Tomorrow, get acquainted fast. The…
Feast Your Eyes On The Full Line-Up Of This Huge Upcoming Street Art Festival
In December we announced that a new street art festival would be hitting Melbourne in 2020, and now, just over a month later…
Let The Force Be With You At This Massive Star Wars Art Exhibition
Silver K Gallery's massive Star Wars and superheroes exhibition is open now with works on show from OG comic book artists, and…
More Than 200 Items From London’s Natural History Museum Are Coming To Melbourne This Year
We’ve had an array of amazing exhibitions hit Melbourne over the past 12 months, and now that 2020 is here that’s no sign of…
Take A Look Inside Kaff-eine’s Latest Exhibition That’s Been Banned On Social Media
Kaff-eine is a Melbourne artist who needs no introduction. At the very least, if you’re not familiar with her work, you’ll…
Get Transported Back To 1980s New York At NGV’s Crossing Lines Exhibition
The hits at NGV Melbourne just keep on coming. Fresh from us getting over the launch of KAWS solo exhibition, comes a fresh…
What You Need To Know About The Epic Street Art Festival Coming To Australia In February
Melbourne is home to some of the finest street art produced in Australia. So, what better place to launch a celebration of art and culture…
Hear From KAWS On How Keith Haring And Jean-Michel Basquiat Inspired Him
KAWS’ own NGV exhibition, Companionship In The Age Of Loneliness, opened back in September. He’s in Melbourne again for a…
Feast Your Eyes, Port Melbourne’s Is Now Home To The Southern Hemisphere’s Largest Mural
Melbourne street artist Kitt Bennett and award-winning Melbourne street art network Juddy Roller have teamed up to deliver an Australian…
A Free Exhibition Showcasing Over 50 Comme des Garçons Outfits Lands At The NGV This November
New month, new must-see exhibit at the NGV. On the first of November, Australia’s first-ever exhibition dedicated to fashion from…
Meet The New York-Inspired Street Artist Who Has Brought Thousands Of Love Hearts To Melbourne
One mural, many hearts—also known as “bleeding hearts”, an iconic mural by Los Angeles and New York-based…
Get Spooked At This Immersive Dance Theatre Horror Experience Set In A Caulfield Mansion
MANSION is a fully immersive dance, theatre circus and horror experience that breaks down the wall between performer and audience member…
Stock Up At 14 Of Melbourne’s Best Art And Craft Stores
Whether you’re a knitter or a sculptor or a painter or a doodler, here are all the art and craft supply stores you need to check out…
Here’s Where You Can Score A Free KAWS Shirt In Melbourne Tomorrow
As part of the Uniqlo and KAWS collaboration, Uniqlo will be giving away free KAWS t-shirts tomorrow at an undisclosed location in…
Cue The Insomnia, This Unsettling Immersive Experience Takes Place In A Salvaged Airplane
The latest event pinging on the FOMO-meter is an immersive installation called Flight in an actual salvaged…
8 Must-See Events Happening In Melbourne This September
We might finally be seeing the sun poke its head through the clouds which means it’s almost thongs weather and a chance to get outside…
An Instagrammable Neon Wonderland Is Coming To Melbourne This Week
Back in 2017, QV hosted Carla O’Brien’s first-ever solo exhibition and is now thrilled to welcome her back to exhibit a range of…
Prepare To Be Amazed, An Inflatable Wonderland Is Popping Up In Melbourne
KATENA, an inflatable maze that’s taken the world by storm, is blowing into Melbourne this September.
Act Fast, This Week Is Your Last Chance To Grab Underground Cinema Tickets
Underground Cinema is returning to Melbourne in August to present the second instalment of their sold-out immersive film experience from 5…
Drop Everything, A Free Exhibition From Japan’s Famous Art Collective Is Coming To Melbourne
This is not a drill, people: famous Japanese art collective teamLab is part of this year's Melbourne Festival. Various specialists…
15 Of The Best Art Classes And Tours To Take Around Melbourne
We’ve compiled a list of the best art classes, walks and tours happening around Melbourne, so you can become the cultural expert…
Heads Up, Werribee Mansion Will Be Open To The Public For One Weekend Only
There have been a lot of reasons to visit Werribee Mansion in the last few years. But during the last weekend of July, you…
Flex Your Book Collection At This Year’s Rare Book Fair
With some unbelievable works from 35 Australia and International booksellers, you can expect a diverse and wide range of work at the…
Melbourne’s Classy French Festival Is Back For Another Round Of Cheese And Baguettes
The Bastille Day French Festival will return to Melbourne in what will be its fifth year bringing the best that France has to offer.
Hit The Streets And Discover Where To Find Melbourne’s Best Street Art
A guide to Melbourne street art is, by definition, out of date. It’s like making a guide for the weather. Wait a week, a month, a…
What You Need To Know About This Year’s White Night
White Night is scheduled to dazzle Melbourne for another installation this year, except instead of one single night, we’re getting…
Get Hyped For This Epic Marvel Exhibition Happening Next Month
If you’re a Marvel fanatic, then head over to the Shot Tower in Melbourne Central next month and shower your eyes with 80 years worth…
Warm Up At The Massive Fire Festival Coming To Docklands This Month
If you too have been suffering from seasonal affective disorder, let me just throw some words out there for you: fireworks, flame jets, fire…
32 Awesome Things To Do In Melbourne This Weekend
Is there ever a weekend where Melbourne isn’t packed to the brim? This week we've got the launch of Nike Air Max…