Arts & Culture

Hosier Lane is ugly, dangerous and depraved

November 20th, 2024 - Adrian Doyle

Imagine being a primary school teacher with a group of Grade Four students, exploring Australia’s number one Instagram spot, Hosier Lane, the best free tourist attraction in Australia as voted by Lonely Planet.

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Social enterprise Scarf to host two pop-up dinners at Liminal

October 28th, 2024 - Georgie Atkins

Melbourne-based not-for-profit Scarf has been transforming lives through hospitality since 2010, empowering young people from asylum seeker, refugee and migrant backgrounds with practical training, mentoring, and paid work experience in Melbourne restaurants.

“The Old Tin Shed”: hated by many, missed by few

October 23rd, 2024 - Ashley Smith

Taken in the early 1960s, this image displays a humble wood and galvanised iron shed on the corner of Little Bourke and Elizabeth streets.

Is The Drunken Poet Melbourne’s best Irish pub?

October 23rd, 2024 - Jon Fleetwood

A pub without pokies has become somewhat of an oxymoron in today’s day and age, but just outside the Queen Victoria Market stands an anomaly – The Drunken Poet.

“Mammoth” program for Melbourne Recital Centre in 2025

October 23rd, 2024 - CBD News

Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) has released a mammoth program of musical events for 2025.

Eureka 89: a culinary journey above Melbourne

October 23rd, 2024 - CBD News

Situated on the 89th floor of the iconic Eureka Tower, Eureka 89 offers magnificent fine dining complemented by breathtaking perspectives across Melbourne, spanning from the Yarra River to the Dandenong Ranges.

NGV’s new exhibition displays never-before-seen works of renowned artist Reko Rennie

October 23rd, 2024 - Faith Bugeja

NGV’s new exhibition REKOSPECTIVE by artist Reko Rennie is now open, featuring a 15-metre-wide neon light sculpture, a Rolls Royce car in bold pink and black camouflage colours, and his latest large scale figurative painting.

Craft’s final exhibition of 2024 celebrates the narratives behind objects and art

October 23rd, 2024 - Tara Highet

Craft Victoria is bringing internationally renowned Australian interior decorator, Simone Haag, on board as curator for its final exhibition of 2024.

Bark Salon opens at NGV Australia, celebrating First Nations art

October 23rd, 2024 - Léa Carré

A bold new exhibition has arrived at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia in Melbourne. Opened on October 12, 2024, Bark Salon features more than 160 bark paintings from the NGV Collection, presenting a striking display of First Nations artistry.