Arts & Culture
Behind the Lines returns to Old Treasury Building with sharp focus on political year
One of Australia’s longest running and most beloved political cartoon exhibitions is returning to Melbourne, with the Old Treasury Building set to host Behind the Lines 2025: Are We Rolling? from March 2 to May 3.
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Australia’s largest Antarctic art exhibition opens at RMIT
A sweeping new exhibition exploring more than a century of Australian artistic engagement with Antarctica has opened across two major Melbourne venues.
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The Melbourne Home
In the late 19th century, a number of female immigrants fresh off the ship from England would arrive at Victoria with no planned accommodation or nearby connections that could help them settle.
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Historic exhibition LOVING shines light on a century of hidden same-sex love
A powerful photographic exhibition documenting a century of same-sex love is now on display at City Library Gallery, offering Melburnians a rare glimpse into lives once forced into the shadows.
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Outpouring of support for State Library’s “heart and soul”
The cancellation of a plan that would see public-facing staff cut in favour of new digital services at the State Library Victoria has been met with relief by some high-profile opponents and the library workers’ union.
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Pellegrini’s: “love letter to Melbourne” set to screen on TV
Many Melburnians have stories about Pellegrini’s that are part of the fabric of their lives, filmmaker Frank Lotito says.
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Australian theatres take centre stage at fortyfivedownstairs
Melbourne’s iconic theatre spaces, usually glimpsed only from the stalls or backstage corridors, will be brought into sharp focus in February as photographer Cameron Grant presents Australian Theatres Unveiled at fortyfivedownstairs.
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Melbourne’s forgotten St Kilda railway
This photograph, taken around the early 1860s, shows us a different view of the south end of St Kilda Rd.
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Bird’s Basement marks a decade of world-class jazz in Melbourne’s CBD
Hidden down Singer’s Lane just off La Trobe St, Bird’s Basement has spent the past decade quietly shaping Melbourne’s live music landscape.
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Melbourne CBD transformed into Manhattan for filming of Empire City
Melbourne has been turned into New York this week as Hollywood blockbuster Empire City filming across the CBD, with entire streets transformed into scenes straight out of Manhattan – including NYPD patrol cars, New York-style traffic lights, US postal boxes and swapped-out street signage.
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The pull of the centre
Stephen Mayne joins latest Future Melbourne podcast to unpack CBD recovery
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