Art Net: Dalí’s Melting Clock in Melbourne

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The Museum of Modern Art’s collection is hitting the road — again. In June 2018, around 200 works, including many of the museum’s best-known objects, will travel to the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne The show is a wide-ranging display of the museum’s greatest hits, from a 1957 Fender electric guitar to a series of portraits of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol. Works that rarely venture outside MoMA’s galleries will be shown in Australia for the … Read More

Artnet: Biennale of Sydney opens on March 16

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Biennale of Sydney 2018 Gives Sneak Peek of Participating Artists. From Ai Weiwei to Semiconductor, the 21st edition of the event will feature a wide range of artists. Artnet/Amah-Rose Abrams, April Ai Weiwei, Haegue Yang, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Anya Gallaccio, and Oliver Beer are some of the artists who are participating in the 21st Biennale of Sydney, slated to open to the public on March 16, 2018. Biennale curator Mami Kataoka has revealed a diverse preliminary list of 21 participating … Read More

Hubert Scheibl‘s first exhibition in Australia.

Ferenc Papp

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HUBERT SCHEIBL ‚Riffs of Real Time‘ Dominik Mersch Gallery is delighted to host Hubert Scheibl‘s first exhibition in Australia. Based in Vienna, Hubert Scheibl has exhibited internationally since the 1980s including the Venice and Sao Paolo Biennale. His work is held in major institutions such as the Albertina Collection (Austria), Centre Pompidou (France), and National Museum Beijing (China). OPENING: THURSDAY 01.02.18, 6 – 8 PM EXHIBITION DATES: 01.02 – 03.03.2018 1/75 McLachlan Avenue Rushcutters Bay … Read More

Hubert Scheibl: first exhibition in Australia

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Hubert Scheibl: ‚Riffs of Real Time‘. Hubert Scheibl’s first exhibition in Australia. Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, is delighted to host Hubert Scheibl‘s first exhibition in Australia. Based in Vienna, Hubert Scheibl has exhibited internationally since the 1980s including the Venice and Sao Paolo Biennale. His work is held in major institutions such as the Albertina Collection (Austria), Centre Pompidou (France), and National Museum Beijing (China). With his distinctive style, Hubert Scheibl occupies a prominent position within … Read More

SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY RETURNS FROM 7-10 SEPTEMBER

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SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY, AUSTRALASIA’S PREMIER CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, RETURNS FROM 7-10 SEPTEMBER 2017 WITH THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE GATHERING OF LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES. Staged at Carriageworks, Sydney’s striking multi-disciplinary arts precinct, the Fair welcomes over 90 galleries from around the Pacific Rim with strong representation from Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. With a thriving contemporary art scene, Sydney is a dynamic cultural destination with an international reputation for presenting the very … Read More

Violent controversy about (art) censorship through Facebook

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Ex-Sotheby’s Australia chairman writes open letter to Mark Zuckerberg following censorship of his new art auction venture. Next month, newly-launched auction house Fine Art Bourse will host their inaugural auction entitled Erotic, Fetish and Queer art. The content of the auction certainly has raised a few eyebrows, and even faced censorship from Facebook. Continue reading on blouinartinfo.com… → OPEN LETTER TO MARK ZUCKERBERG Dear Mark, On July 28th our auction house Fine Art Bourse went live … Read More

Coming soon: Melbourne Art Fair 2017

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Melbourne Art Fair returns as the region’s most significant commercial platform for Australasian contemporary art The Fair takes place during Melbourne Art Week, 2 – 5 August 2018, housed in a temporary structure within the Southbank Arts Precinct and alongside the iconic ACCA. Showcasing around 40 galleries from Australia, New Zealand and the region, Melbourne Art Fair returns with a curated selection of some of the newest and most respected names in contemporary art. Beginning in … Read More

Melbourne Art Fair August 2016 postponed.

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theconversation.com: What went wrong at the Melbourne Art Fair? It died not with a bang, but with a whimper. Last Friday, Melbourne Art Foundation executive chair and gallerist Anna Pappas announced the unthinkable: that after 28 years and 14 incarnations, the biennial Melbourne Art Fair, which was slated to be staged at the Melbourne Exhibition Buildings this August, would not be going ahead. This development came as a shock to many in the wider visual … Read More