Events

Open House: 3rd Tamworth Textile Triennial

26 Jun, 2020

Australian Design Centre presents Open House: 3rd Tamworth Textile Triennial. This exhibition features the work of contemporary artists in fibre textile arts from across Australia, a snapshot of current and future practice. Each triennial engages a guest curator and this exhibition is curated by Glenn Barkley. The theme, ‘Open House’, focuses on…

Destiny Deacon retrospective to open at National Gallery of Victoria

25 Jun, 2020

Destiny Deacon, one of Australia’s boldest and most acclaimed contemporary artists, will be celebrated in her largest retrospective to-date opening at the National Gallery of Victoria on 24 July 2020. DESTINY will mark Deacon’s first solo show in over 15 years, featuring more than 100 multi-disciplinary works made over a 30-year…

Design Tasmania presents ICONIC Australian Design

22 Jun, 2020

Industrial Design is defined as the art or process of designing manufactured products. Our daily lives are powered by the outputs of industrial design- from cars and chairs to crosswalk buttons and powerboards– each balances form and function delivering products that are necessary. Many reach cult status and become becoming…

Craft ACT launches two new online exhibitions

11 Jun, 2020

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, one of Australia’s longest running visual arts membership associations, will present two new exhibitions online from 15 May to 27 June featuring emerging and mid-career artists from Canberra, the NSW South Coast and Adelaide who have openly exchanged knowledge of their respective materials and…

Australian Institute of Architects delivers awards via virtual platform

10 Jun, 2020

In response to the current restrictions, the Australian Institute of Architects will deliver the annual Victorian and NSW Architecture Awards ceremonies virtually via YouTube Live. The digital format allows architects, design professionals, builders and other interested parties across the nation to watch the winners be announced live and is the…

Denfair 2.0: Virtual Design Event

2 Jun, 2020

From July 20 – 26, Australia’s leading design exhibition goes digital with the launch of DENFAIR 2.0 Virtual Design event. The outbreak of COVID-19 in the past few months has changed the world and made the future somehow unknown and uncertain for us all. As a necessity to stay connected,…

NGV reveals Reconciliation Week 2020 program

25 May, 2020

Reconciliation Week 2020 runs from 27 May until 3 June and this year celebrates the theme ‘In this together’. In support of shaping Australia’s journey towards a more just, equitable and reconciled nation the NGV has curated a program of free virtual talks and interactive initiatives which can all be…

Recharge 2020 Festival

14 May, 2020

It’s been a tough six months across Victoria’s creative and agriculture/tourism sectors with fires, floods and now the COVID-19 crisis leaving our creative and agricultural communities in tatters. Whilst a full recharge is still some time away, the team behind Delivered Live, the live-streamed concerts that brought the gigs back into your home,…