Arts & Culture
Releasing the spirit of LEGO
CBD resident Jan van Schaik makes his own sculptural toys out of LEGO and exhibits them around the world.
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The reflection of an augmented city
There was a time when talking to yourself in public meant that you were crazy. Now when I’m at the lights or on a tram it seems normal.
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Jungle atmosphere in the heart of Melbourne
When I first saw this atmospheric image of the Old National Herbarium at Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens, I was taken back to a time in the 1970s when I was fortunate enough to visit the ancient city of Palenque on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula early one morning as the ruins emerged out of a heavy jungle mist. I was blown away by the magical atmosphere I happened upon among the thick tropical vegetation.
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Big screen music
Some of the best bands and musicians of many genres have worked over the years with animation artists to produce the most sublime pieces of art.
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The parade that almost didn’t happen
To celebrate Victoria’s centenary in 1934, well-known philanthropist, businessman and he of Cherry Ripe fame, Sir Macpherson Robertson, sponsored a trail-blazing air race from Mildenhall RAF Base in East Anglia to Melbourne.
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Watching the world from behind
The best work comes out of the imagination of artists rather than curators at public institutions or sanctioned trends.
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June Jones
June Jones, a most unique Melbourne musical artist, launched her brilliant new vinyl record Leafcutter (Emotion Punk Records) upstairs at Rock Steady Records located on the first floor at Mitchell House, corner Lonsdale and Elizabeth streets.
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Little Flinders St East, looking east, corner of Swanston St, 1870s
Looking at this photograph taken in the 1870s, it is hard to believe that the photographer was standing on the west side of Swanston St just opposite the St Paul’s Cathedral site. His camera is pointed up Flinders Lane and if he walked up the street far enough he would end up at the Treasury Gardens.
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A tale of wrecked men
In A Jealous Tide by Anna MacDonald the narrator is a woman who is adept at finding space for reflection.
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Empty shopfronts house local art
New artwork is being displayed on empty shopfronts in the CBD under a City of Melbourne initiative to display works by local artists on temporarily vacant spaces.
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CBD, West Melbourne COVID vaccine clinics open for kids
Melbourne drops in student ranking
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