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The Best Melbourne Markets For A Wholesome Weekend Stroll & Shop

Fresh local produce, goods crafted by local creatives, and vintage bargains — Melbourne markets are some of the best, and well worth a Sunday morning peruse with coffee in hand.

Gifts

Homewares Gifts: 21 Gifts Perfect For Your Decor-Loving Pals

Never underestimate the power of a decor-centric gift.

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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 days straight. The Triennial EXTRA offers a little piece for everyone to enjoy—from pop-up artist talks and immersive gallery activations to vibe-providing DJ sets. 

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Pet Homewares: Everything You Need To Create A Pet Paradise At Home

From designer-inspired pet beds to stylish cat trees, window hammocks, and chic water bowls, this pet furniture will ensure your home is a paradise for your cat or dog. 

Homewares

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 List Art Month, here’s our round-up of some of the best galleries you can feast your eyes on in Melbourne when you’re starving for some culture.

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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. Their Winter Masterpieces exhibition is, no doubt, slated to be the blockbuster of the year, but there are several others that should be on every culture vulture’s radar coming into the cooler months, like the just-opened We Change The World at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.

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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 old-meets-new, industrial-chic aesthetic—give us some exposed brick and a vertical garden any day. So with that in mind, it’s no surprise that Melbourne Design Week is packed with over 300 events and exhibitions in the program. It all kicks off this Friday 26 March, but don’t stress if you haven’t had time to comb through the program because we’ve done it for you. These are the highlights for you to check out this Melbourne Design Week.

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Take A Look Inside The Melbourne Houses That Were Big Winners At The 2020 Houses Awards

The 2020 Houses Awards were awarded earlier this month with a couple of Melbourne houses coming up big. Fitzroy North House 02 by Rob Kennon Architects took home wins the 'New house Under 200 Square Metres' and 'House In A Heritage Context' categories, and Ruckers Hill House by Studio Bright winning in the 'House Alteration And Addition Over 200 Square Metres' category.

Homewares

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.

Activities & Itineraries

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 door, so there’s no need to break quarantine to get your craft on. 

Homewares

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 it’s sticking around until the end of March.

Features

Unleash Your Inner Child, Melbourne’s Getting A Massive Official LEGO Store

If you’ve been looking for an excuse to expand your LEGO set collection, this news is about to hit you like a ton of bricks: Alceon Group just named Westfield Doncaster as the location of its first Victorian LEGO® Certified Store.

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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 such as artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects form teamLab and together, create some pretty breathtaking installations.

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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 you’ve always wanted to be.

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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 won’t need an invite or a ticket to a special event to visit Werribee Mansion: it’ll be open to the public for free as part of Open House Melbourne.

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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 Rare Book Fair.

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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 of Marvel art.

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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 twirlers and flaming sculptures. This year, the City of Melbourne is planning its biggest ever iteration of Firelight Festival and we’re bloody excited.