Say Hello to SAM launch party
The Shepparton Art Gallery (SAG) has been transforming into the less droopy-sounding SAM (Shepparton Art Museum) via a sneaky $1.98 million renovation. ... read more...
An interview with Thomas the Human Photocopier
As part of the Sticky Institute’s annual festival this week there’s going to be a human photocopier and that leaves us with two possibilities:... read more...
Christopher Day, 'END'
Now that’s all safely out in the open I can tell you that Christopher Day is opening an exhibition of his new work in Curtin House’s Level... read more...
Condiment, 'Tenderfoot'
When I asked Condiment editors Chris and Jess about Tenderfoot, they talked about taking “the focus off the food itself and on how a prior experience... read more...
Jacob Ogden Smith, 'Pottery Practice Project'
Pottery Practice Project is Jacob Ogden Smith’s commentary on ceramics represented through the telly – and for this he will be displaying a historical... read more...
An interview with Maya Hayuk
Maya Hayuk talks to Gillian Tozer about treating art like waitressing, painting along to Willie Nelson and choosing when not to sell out. read more...
Keith Deverell, 'Grace Note'
As an unofficial opening to the Sugar Mountain festival, video artist Keith Deverell will celebrate under-appreciated stage antics and the least-admired... read more...
Johanna Nordin's Male Ego Exorcism Bureau
Isn’t this cute. A lady setting up a bureau that doesn’t have drawers in it. Johanna Nordin is going to be exorcising male egos at Seventh... read more...
Pipilotti Rist, 'I Packed the Postcard in My Suitcase'
Disclaimer: I have a Pipi crush. Ever since an ex-boyf’s mum gave me one of her books, I have been in love with the work and quirk of Pipilotti Rist.... read more...
Jennifer Higgie speaks at VCA
Jennifer Higgie! Co-editor of frieze! The best art magazine. Giving a talk about the best topic. Art jokes of the 20th century and why no-one laughs at... read more...
Eugenia Lim, 'Oasis'
Eugenia Lim is a video and cross-media artist who uses her practice to question themes of identity, cultural stereotypes, mythology and race. Her latest... read more...
Gertrude Studios open day
Why everyone has to be so freaked out about art I don’t know. Well, I do know. Haters gonna hate. Curators gonna curate. Everyone be actin like... read more...
Cut.Slice.Fold (an interview with Brendan McKnight)
There are some things about paper that the digital revolution will never conquer: Paper hats, that musty old book smell, drawing juvenile things on celebrities... read more...
An interview with Ken Done
There’s no art more iconic than that of Ken and Judy Done. Ken the painter, Judy the fashion designer. Art as fashion as beach towel as pillowcase... read more...
Jess Lucas, ‘Guru’
Jess Lucas admits she is a painter “addicted to Self-Help”, and it’s evident that her depictions of those who have aided her in ‘being the dream... read more...
BLACKARTPROJECTS presents '100'
The latest BLACKARTPROJECTS project by curator Dave Hagger is a drawing show! No it is not. Yes it is. Okay it’s a drawing show but with not much... read more...
Stuart Ringholt's Naturist Tours
Standing in ACCA’s cavernous lobby, we assemble as a charismatically bumbling Stuart Ringholt runs through some general house keeping; dos and don’ts... read more...
Quenton Miller, 'Grey'
Scratchy cartoons, a term I just made up, are cartoons that are drawn on the spot without any (obvious) pre-planning or refinement. Didn’t render... read more...
Gemma Jones, ‘Bright Signs’
Gemma Jones is a quiet but prolific achiever. In between curating, selling, facilitating and writing about art she has somehow made the time to create... read more...
Fool Me Twice
Artist/designer Brad Haylock has curated an art show about modernism in a post post-modernist time. Modernism. Post-modernism. Everyone knows the difference,... read more...
It's a Jungle in Here
It’s a Jungle in Here is a multimedia installation by internationally celebrated Melbourne artists Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine that combines... read more...
Sumi Ink Club drawing meet
Sarah Rara and Luke Fischbeck of Lucky Dragons are in town for the Melbourne Festival, which means their art project the Sumi Ink Club is here too! Founded... read more...
Mis-design, 'Flatland OK: Thinking Pavilion'
To cap off the Grace McQuilten-curated shake-up that has been Mis-Design, Tim Fleming of Flatland OK has planned something special. He’s worked with... read more...
New Low launch show
Ah, Spring in Melbourne! Torrential rain, electrical storms, adorable bunnies underfoot and new artist-run initiatives opening up in basements in Carlton.... read more...