A sad, old ghost town

On Victoria St near the market is a cool little lounge/gallery called One Star that has a foot in both the CBD and West Melbourne.

Creative isolation

As we keep the city locked down Melbourne is slowly dying.

The art to rolling up your sleeve

A Melbourne-based photographer says he’s honoured after his work featured in a public art display showing the vulnerable getting a COVID vaccine in the heart of the city. 

Island Wave moves to Kensington

One of Melbourne’s most well-recognised pieces of public art is moving from the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) precinct to Newmarket Reserve in Kensington. 

Melbourne’s creative “do-over”

So, all these shops in the city have closed. And now there are whole sections of the CBD up for lease. As COVID does its best to slowly suck the creative soul out of Melbourne, I have been thinking what it could mean for Melbourne

Historic mural celebrating the 1956 Olympics to be restored

A 64-year-old mural commemorating the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne will be restored to its former glory.

From trash to treasure … light-up installation transforms CBD laneway

A colourful art installation featuring preloved dollhouses once destined for landfill has breathed new life into a narrow CBD laneway.   

Vibrant mural brings life to iconic lane

Visual junk ruining Melbourne’s laneway culture

It has always been a problem that young or emerging artists put their art near a far more famous artist’s work so that other people will see their work incidentally