Exhibitions
Squid Games meets Blade Runner: inside the secret world of the gig economy
This wild project by Korean artist Ayoung Kim reminds us of the faceless people who bring us food.
- by Jessica Yu
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We’ve trashed the Yarra for 190 years. Can we really save it in 45?
Cars and golfers give way to bots and billabongs in the NGV’s 2070 vision for our much-maligned river.
- by Ray Edgar
Does science fiction have its roots in Asian mythology?
Science Gallery at the University of Melbourne’s latest exhibition posits the controversial idea in a show featuring work by mostly women from across the Asia-Pacific region.
- by Kylie Northover
I am Birrarung
This excerpt from Aspect Studios' proposal for the Reimagining Birrarung exhibition gives voice to Melbourne's much-maligned river.
Artwork using AI wins $10,000 in the Brisbane Portrait Prize
The winners for 2024 have been announced, and they include an AI-generated work and images that push the definition of a “portrait” to the limit.
- by Nick Dent
Titanic scholar on James Cameron, the Titan submersible disaster and dedicating your life to a 112-year-old tragedy
He has been on salvage expeditions at the wreck site, met James Cameron, and written 20 books, but says: “The more I read, the less I know”. Now his show has steamed into Brisbane.
- by Nick Dent
We cross these roads every day, but what lies beneath the bitumen?
A new exhibition at ACMI follows long-hidden Indigenous pathways to create the ultimate Australian road movie.
- by Andrew Stephens
Think selfies started with the iPhone? Pharaohs beat us by 5000 years
A new exhibition reveals that the heavily filtered Instagram crowd has nothing on Ancient Egyptians.
- by Richard Jinman
The plan to save the Mona Lisa from crass crowds and Instagrammers
Jostling crowds have made viewing Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece one of Europe’s most disappointing experiences. Now there are moves to protect her from the hordes.
- by Rob Harris
Out of Egypt
British Museum curator Marie Vandenbeusch examines objects from the National Gallery of Victoria's Pharaoh exhibition, opening on June 14.
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