Updates

35th Dulux Colour Awards Gala shifts to live-streamed event

19 Aug, 2021

The winner’s announcement of the 35th annual Dulux Colour Awards will be live-streamed on Tuesday, 31 August 2021 4:30pm AEST. This will also mark the launch of the 2022 Dulux Colour Forecast: an opportunity for guests to experience the new palettes and colours of the coming season in an immersive…

Bark Ladies to open at NGV International

18 Aug, 2021

Bark Ladies is a major ground floor exhibition at NGV International that celebrates the NGV’s extraordinary collection of bark paintings and larrakitj (painted hollow poles) by women artists working out of the Yolngu-run art centre, Buku Larrngay Mulka Centre (Buku), situated in Northeast Arnhem Land. Before 1970, no Yolngu women painted sacred…

Open House Launceston back for 2021

17 Aug, 2021

Open House Launceston launched its third program on Thursday, 12 August, as part of the City of Launceston’s Places of Launceston event. The program, which will be held on Saturday 28 August, went live on the Open House Hobart website at 8pm. This year’s program consists of 27 buildings, activities and…

Found and Gathered: Rosalie Gascoigne I Lorraine Connelly-Northey

12 Aug, 2021

Uniting two important Australian artists for the first time, Found and Gathered: Rosalie Gascoigne | Lorraine Connelly-Northey brings attention to the shared materiality at the heart of the practices of both Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) and Lorraine Connelly-Northey (b. 1967) and their transformative use of found and discarded objects to create surprising and…

Designers Australia 2021 Awards winners announced

9 Aug, 2021

The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) – Australia’s peak national design body, released the inaugural recipients for its Designers Australia 2021 Awards. The final winners out of a shortlist of 74 across the country, reflect the designers’ ability to make a strong contribution to a better world and include three…

Future Food System by Joost Bakker to be extended

4 Aug, 2021

After taking up residency at Fed Square’s River Terrace to demonstrate the sustainability blueprint of the future, Fed Square have announced Future Food System by Joost will be extended until June 2022 with a 3D virtual tour available for the very first time. The self-sustaining, 87-square-metre home and urban farm…

JamFactory ICON Pepai Jangala Carroll showcase

4 Aug, 2021

JamFactory is thrilled to present the 2021 JamFactory ICON Pepai Jangala Carroll. A painter and ceramic artist based in Pukatja and working from Ernabella Arts, Carroll is a Luritja/Pintupi man and the first Aboriginal artist to be celebrated in this series of exhibitions that launched in 2013. JamFactory’s annual ICON…

New to Shelter this August

4 Aug, 2021

SHELTER’s content encompasses everything from stories of design, to a deep dive into sustainability, history, and real-life aspirational stories. It offers audiences a range of fascinating ‘must-watch’ options from feature length films to television series, short series, Shelter Originals and premium magazine video content from green magazine. Shelter also has a…

Sampling the Future at The Ian Potter Centre

1 Aug, 2021

From 3D-printed corals and modular underwater reef structures, to robotically printed and knitted architecture, Sampling the Future, a new exhibition at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, reveals some of the extraordinary ways that advanced technologies and manufacturing are shaping our near and distant futures. Sampling the Future showcases new work by leading experimental and speculative designers…