Art

The festival of art, light, music and cutting-edge technology, confidently returns in July for its fifth edition, promising more kaleidoscopic installations, late-night gigs set to trippy projections and a cracking new program of dining events. 

Beauty is in the eye of the moviegoer, but these stunning films have to be on your must-watch list.

As part of their epic 2025 program, the GOMA team are turning the gallery into an enourmous indoor stream. 

Forget what you know about the Southern Lights. Aurora Australis? Please…we have something much more exciting for you! Come Queen’s Birthday weekend, Queenstown’s waterfront is set to transform into a magical forest wonderland, lit up with interactive light sculptures and illuminated art installations.

These artists deserve to be household names.

Van Gogh and check out these art movies.

Snuggle up.

If the cooler temperatures and autumn leaves have you in the mood to pause and refresh Pillow Talk'ss Winter '22 Collection have everything you need to revamp your home into a cosy winter haven. 

Whether you’re feeling a bit cash-strapped in the lead up to payday or just love a freebie, Wellington has oodles of fun-tastic things to do that are absolutely, positively free.

We caught up with Melbourne-based artist Dom Gauci to find how she turned her passion for art from a side hustle into an awesome full-time gig. 

Fashion and art often go hand in hand and SIR The label’s new capsule collection, Gabrielle Penfold X SIR, is no different.

And they're all about championing local heroes in the community. 

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you’ll know that Hamilton fever is at an all-time high right now and we’re not mad about it.

Maybe you’ve transformed your living room into a hybrid workspace or perhaps your dining area doubles as a pilates studio. Whatever you’ve done (pillow forts included), it’s time you amp up your digs with a bit of colour, print and talent.

Bluethumb is Australia’s largest online art gallery, featuring work from around 11,000 artists. And while there is a lot of artwork to shop here, if you’re still discovering your taste in art, you’re totally covered. 

The Black Lives Matter Movement has incited plenty of difficult—yet necessary—conversations abroad and at a local level. Passing the year’s halfway point, we’re seeing these conversations continue through initiatives, discussions and displays of solidarity from communities directly affected as well as from allies. 

COVID might have taken away our holidays and our festivals, but it wasn’t going to stop the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) from unveiling their uber-talented winners for 2020.

With an estimated 45 million tonnes of clothing incinerated or buried in landfill each year, many of us are ditching our fast fashion habits and turning to local, ethical brands for a style fix. But sorting the real game-changers from the pretenders can be tough—and time consuming—which is why we’re digging new, online platform The Conscious Space.

Dig out your swimmers and make tracks to Townsville, North Queensland because the Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA)—the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere— has finally swung open its doors. 

If you’ve got an Instagram account, chances are you’ve seen the sublime works of Paul Milinski at least a few times in your feed. The Melbourne-based graphic designer and creative director has gone from 300 to 300k+ followers in a matter of months, and with good reason. 

These DIY pot making kits make for the perfect date night activity.  

Only T, the creators of our favourite home-delivered pottery kits,  have come up with a brilliant solution for virtual team building from a distance. 

We’ve teamed up with the minds behind Only T, who usually host BYO Tee Parties for screen printing and concrete pot making, to put together a home-delivered DIY pot making kit.

Don’t get us wrong, we love a Netflix binge and have absolutely smashed through the latest drop of shows on Stan, but when we want to give our peepers a break from the screen and flex our brain muscles just a little, we’re turning to the humble puzzle. Hours of fun and delivering a real sense of achievement, puzzles aren’t just for kids or your gran. 

Maybe you want to study art history at uni—or fashion, or photography. Maybe you just want to be able to answer the age-old question: what actually is contemporary art anyway? MoMA’s new online short courses are here for you.  

Dawdle’s mosaic terracotta pot craft boxes are filled with everything you need to decorate four mini terracotta pots with a colourful mosaic. 

Cathy Sison, better known as Kyashi Orasato, is a calligrapher, graphic designer and design teacher from Melbourne who's living and working in New York. Recently, we checked in with her to find out what life in lockdown is like in the big apple, and how to stay creative in a foreign world with new rules, restrictions and limitations.

It can be a daunting thing, trying to keep on top of your work and keep your spirits high, especially when you can’t get to the shops to buy a board game or a book. So we’ve compiled a list of the best activities you can get delivered to your doorstep, all from Australian companies. 

​With an international travel ban now in place and many of us practising physical distancing, those overseas getaways and cultural experiences we had planned for 2020 just seem further and further away.

Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, we’re staring down the barrel of potential periods of self-isolation—so why not earn a little extra dough in between Netflix binges? We’ve rounded up all the ways you can earn money online.

There’s no shortage of exhibitions and creative workshops happening around Melbourne. But this month, Can’t Do Tomorrow has really gathered them all under one roof. From street art to breathtaking installation to art chats and workshops, trust us when we say that Can’t Do Tomorrow is truly the only thing you’ll need to attend this month to get your fill on creative inspiration.

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 trending. Why? Because the new underground festival has assembled everything that’s cool, new and trending under one roof this month.

You’ve probably already heard about Can’t Do Tomorrow, Melbourne’s new underground festival. And if you haven’t, here’s the quick lowdown: think 10 days packed with interactive installations, jaw-dropping street art, good vibes, hidden bars, live music, and the best part of it all: a chance to meet some of the peeps behind Urban List and mingle with other Urban Listers as well.

Melbourne’s most anticipated underground festival—Can't Do Tomorrow—is kicking off next week and you won’t want to miss it when it hits. With more than 100 artists showcasing exclusive works, secret bars, live acts that’ll get your blood pumping and interactive exhibitions that’ll blow your mind, you best believe this baby is almost sold out. So if you haven’t bought your ticket yet, we strongly suggest you do so ASAP. Use the promo code URBANCDT to get $10 off your ticket cost.

In December we announced that a new street art festival would be hitting Melbourne in 2020, and now, just over a month later we’ve got our hands on the epic line-up that Can’t Do Tomorrow will be bringing to The Facility in Kensington.

Melbourne is home to some of the finest street art produced in Australia.

As if you needed another reason to make tracks to Uluru, Australia’s red centre has just released some very good news. As well as officially cancelling climbing Uluru, they’ve also decided to extend their seriously stunning Field Of Lights installation indefinitely. That’s right, you now have so many more chances to make everybody on your Insta incredibly jealous.

Australia’s getting its first-ever immersive art gallery and it’s landing in Melbourne next autumn at an (as of yet) undisclosed location.

Hubble bubble toil and trouble baby, October 31 is the perfect day to be a little extra and transform yourself into something spooky and we’re here to help you prep for it. We've found the freakiest and most skilful make-up artists on the 'Gram to scare you into shape this Halloween.

Next time you’re in the mood for some gazing and grazing, make sure both your eyes and your stomach are equally satisfied. Here are some of the best museum cafes in Australia.

If ever the day comes when you’ll be able to hop on your private jet to collect exquisite art, we’ve found some of the world’s coolest art events you need to travel to.

For some people getting inked is NBD, for others, it's a daunting life-long commitment, but one thing we all have in common: we don't want it to end up cooked.

If you’re looking for a mid-week getaway or a weekend stay, look no further than our list of the best art hotels in Australia.

Do you find yourself missing out on potential romantic entanglements with artists just because you can’t tell a Manet from a Monet? Or maybe you just want to buff up on your art terminology for when the next cool exhibition hits. Whatever your reason for wanting to up your culture game, we’ve got you.

Collecting original art isn’t just for high rollers, cruising through Art Basel with tonnes of cash to burn on the next big thing. Here are four simple tricks to start your own art collection, minus the crazy price tags. 

Instagram is the ultimate directory of up and coming artists. Here are eight artists you should absolutely follow (and sometimes shop) on Instagram.

Picture yourself in the middle of a 100-square metre field of continuous rainfall, except whenever you move, the droplets avoid you like bullets in the Matrix—you’re fully immersed in the rain while simultaneously protected from it. Art group Random International’s monumental artwork, Rain Room, will make its Southern Hemisphere debut in Melbourne, having already captivated over half a million patrons worldwide.