Exhibitions
From Egypt to Peru: the Australian Museum’s next golden gamble
A new blockbuster exhibition, Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru, will feature more than 100 artefacts and a virtual reality tour next month.
- by Garry Maddox
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Stonehenge meets 2001: A Space Odyssey in monumental Sydney exhibition
There’s a crackling bonfire, a burning donkey effigy and popping fireworks.
- by Linda Morris
Squid Game 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
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
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