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Press Releases

2023

Press Release: 3 October
Melbourne Art Fair Announces Gallery List, Program Highlights and Reveals $100,000 Commission Recipient for the Now Annual Summer Fair

2021-22

Press Release: 28 April
Melbourne Art Foundation 2022 Commission in partnership with ACMI awarded to First Nations artist, Kaylene Whiskey

Press Release: 21 September
Melbourne Art Fair announces gallery list and program highlights for the summer 2022 edition

Press Release: 3 November
Arts sector boosted as Bennelong Funds Management announces Principal Partnership with Melbourne Art Fair

2019-20

Press Release: 28 April
Melbourne Art Fair Announces Free Virtual Art Fair for June 2020

Press Release: 29 August
Melbourne Art Fair names inaugural artistic director for 2020

Press Release: 10 July
Melbourne Art Fair: Australasia’s most progressive forum for contemporary art announced 18-21 June 2020

Press Coverage 2024

Melbourne Art Fair Goes Annual Citing Strong Art Appetite
Ocula
Michael Irwin
5 October 2023

Smart Arts With Richard Watts – Maree DiPasquale interview
RRR
5 October 2023

Melbourne Art Fair – Time Out Says
Time Out
Saffron Swire
4 October 2023

What’s On For Melbourne Art Fair 2024
Art Collector
Erin Irwin
4 October 2023

Drive with Ali Moore – Maree DiPasquale Interview
ABC Radio Melbourne
3 October 2023

Feel Blown Away By Spectacular Works Of Art From 60 Galleries At Melbourne Art Fair
Secret Melbourne
Nicole de Souza
3 October 2023

‘Best of the best’: demand drives art fair expansion
Australian Associated Press
3 October 2023

Melbourne Art Fair to become annual event as city defends arts dominance
The Age – Print Feature
Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane Times
WA Today
Cara Waters
3 October 2023

Melbourne Art Fair to run annually and 2024 galleries announced
Arts Hub
Celina Lei
3 October 2023

Press Coverage 2022

Yankunytjatjara artist Kaylene Whiskey awarded Melbourne Art Foundation 2022 Commission
Art Daily
4 August 2021

Winners announced for Melbourne Art Foundation Commission
ArtsHub
3 August 2021

Kaylene Whiskey Awarded Melbourne Art Foundation 2022 Commission
Art Collector
3 August 2021

Melbourne’s art fair set to return with huge February show
The Age
21 September 2021

Melbourne’s art fair set to return with huge February show
Sydney Morning Herald
21 September 2021

2022 Melbourne Art Fair to showcase 50 galleries in one space
Beat
21 September 2021

Melbourne Art Fair aims to be ‘Australasia’s most sustainable art fair’
The Art Newspaper
14 October 2021

The top art fairs for 2022
The Art Newspaper
1 January 2022

2022 arts festivals and events calendar
ArtsHub
5 January 2022

Here’s Our Up-to-the-Minute Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place Around the World in the First Months of 2022

ArtNet News
12 January 2022

Fair Comment: What’s On And Off In 2022 – Artlyst Fair Guide
Artlyst
13 January 2022

Event: Melbourne Art Fair
Fashion Journal
17 January 2022

The news you may have missed
ArtsHub
21 January 2022

Melbourne Art Fair releases a jam-packed program
Habitus Living
25 January 2022

Cultivating a design instinct
Habitus Living
25 January 2022

Melbourne Art Fair 2022: Trailblazing Indigenous Women in Australian Contemporary Art
Habitus Living
25 January 2022

The curators bringing art back into the physical space
Financial Review
27 January 2022

Melbourne Art Fair Spotlights Women Indigenous Artists
The Design Files
31 January 2022

See A New Video Work That Meditates on the Loss of a Childhood Home
Broadsheet
9 February 2022

Melbourne Art Week: Exhibitions to see
Ocula
9 February 2022

Press Coverage 2020

Melbourne Art Fair: Online Viewing Rooms
Art Almanac
20 May 2020

Melbourne Art Fair 2020
ASSEMBLE Papers
15 May 2020

Melbourne Art Fair going virtual for 2020 is easel-y this weeks coolest art news
delicious.Travel
8 May 2020

Isolation is changing the face of arts e-commerce
ArtsHub
5 May 2020

Digital Event: Melbourne Art Fair Viewing Rooms
Meanwhile in Melbourne
1 May 2020

The Melbourne Art Fair is going digital this June
RUSSH
29 April 2020

MELBOURNE ART FAIR GOES VIRTUAL
Art Collector
28 April 2020

Melbourne Art Fair announces free Virtual Art Fair for June 2020
Arts Review
28 April 2020

Melbourne Art Fair to go ahead as a free virtual event
Beat Magazine
28 April 2020

Free ‘virtual viewing rooms’ in redrawn Melbourne Art Fair
The Age
28 April 2020

The galleries and museums you can still visit virtually
Vogue Living
28 April 2020

Melbourne Art Fair names inaugural Artistic Director
Arts Review
3 September 2019

On the move: Melbourne Art Fair Director Announced
ArtsHub
29 August 2019

Melbourne Art Fair’s Artistic Director for 2020
Art Almanac
29 August 2019

Art Showcase Ready for a Renaissance
The Age
9 July 2019

Press Coverage 2018

Sam Jinx at the Melbourne Art Fair
The Guardian
4 August 2018

Grab A Glass Of Wine And Enjoy Melbourne Art Fair’s Jam-Packed Program
GQ.com
3 Aug 2018

A Skype chat with young artist Pierre Mukeba
The Saturday Paper
Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung
4 August 2018

Melbourne Art Week is Upon Us
Broadsheet
Will Cox
3 August 2018

Kiwis in Australian detention express frustrations via art at Melbourne event
1 News Now
1 August 2018

NZers in Australian detention express frustrations via art
Newsie (NZ)
Katie Sketcher
1 August 2018

Melbourne Art Fair 2018
Matters
August 2018

Melbourne Art Fair
Assemble Papers
1 August 2018

Bendigo Art Gallery director Karen Quinlan unveils sculptures at the launch of the Melbourne Art Fair
Bendigo Advertiser
Anthony Pinda
1 August 2018

Elizabeth Willing offers a taste of Melbourne Art Fair
The Sunday Morning Herald
Hannah Francis
1 August 2018

What’s on around Victoria
RACV
August 2018

“African artists have now taken and secured their seat at the dinner table” -Chika Okeke-Agulu
Accomplice
Issue 15 August 2018

Angela Tiatia’s award-winning film, commissioned by AWM to be screened by Buxton Contemporary in Southbank
Arts Hub
31 July 2018

NZers in Australian detention express frustrations via art
Radio NZ
Katie Scotcher
31 July 2018

Critic’s Guide to Melbourne Art Week
Frieze
Sophie Knezic
31 July 2018

The Drawing Room with Patricia Karvelas Feature interview with Tolarno artist Liz Willing
ABC Radio National
31 July 2018

Chunky Move Dance Class as part of Melbourne Art Week program
Concrete Playground
Kat Hayes
20 July 2018

The On Show Calendar
Show on Show
30 July 2018

Eight Days: Your one-stop guide to the week ahead
The Sunday Age
Portia Convers-East
28 July 2018

MELBOURNE ART FAIR 2018
Design Addicts
Richard Misso
27 July 2018

Interview on Smarts Arts program with Melbourne Art Fair Director Maree Di Pasquale
Triple R Radio
26 July 2018

Melbourne Art Week: Our Essential 5
Metal Magazine
Daisy Woollard
July 2018

Birth of the Fair
Art Guide
Varia Karipoff
25 July 2018

Melbourne Art Fair is bringing works from 40 leading galleries to the CBD next week
Fashion Journal
Rosie Macquire
23 July 2018

Esther Stewart Unveils New Work For Melbourne Art Fair
The Design Files
Lucy Feagins
23 July 2018

9 Must-See Artists at Melbourne Art Fair
Time Out
Ben Neutze
18 July 2018

Cressida Campbell’s Intimate Reflections, Ahead Of Melbourne Art Fair
The Design Files
Lucy Feagins
12 July 2018

Melbourne Art Fair returns for 15th edition
Beat magazine
12 July 2018

Common Thread: Chiharu Shiota
The Australian
Miriam Cosic
7 July 2018

Toni Maticevski talks Melbourne Art Week
Fashion Weekly
Stacey O’Keefe
6 July 2018

Art Class of 2018. Meet six of the most exciting emerging artists exhibiting as part of the Melbourne Art Fair
Grazia
Nicholas Carolan
28 June 2018

Prepare to be puzzled as artist Ronnie van Hout’s busy year comes to fruition
The Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum
Ashley Crawford
22 June 2018

5 Highlights from Melbourne Art Week
Art Collector
Camilla Wagstaff
5 June 2018

Melbourne Art Fair Announces Galleries and Commission
Artshub (Australia & U.K.)
16 February 2018

Melbourne Art Fair returns with a renewed focus, venue and CEO
artdaily.org
23 August 2017

Want to start collecting art?
The Weekly Review
Brendan Bale
7 August 2017

A Major Artistic Coup for Southbank
Southbank News
July 2017

On the Couch with Maree Di Pasquale
Art Collector
Beatrice Spence
Issue 81 July – Sept 2017

A major artistic coup for Southbank
Southbank Local News
13 July 2017

Smart Arts Podcast: Interview with Director and CEO Maree Di Pasquale
RRR FM
Richard Watts
6 July 2017

Melbourne Art Fair Appoints New Director
Art Collector
Emily Grant
4 July 2017

Melbourne Art Fair is Back in 2018
Art Guide Australia
Tracey Clement
30 June 2017

Biennial fair finds new home in Southbank
Artshub
27 June 2017

Melbourne Art Fair
Australian Design Review
27 June 2017

Melbourne Art Fair Returns in 2018
eyeline
27 June 2017

Melbourne Art Fair Returns in 2018
Arts Review
27 June 2017

Melbourne Art Fair to return in smaller guise in pop-up Southbank venue
The Age
[syndicated on Sydney Morning Herald, Canberra Times, Brisbane Times]
Debbie Cuthbertson
27 June 2017

Melbourne Art Fair Announces Galleries and Commission
Artshub (Australia & U.K.)
16 February 2018

Melbourne Art Fair returns with a renewed focus, venue and CEO
artdaily.org
23 August 2017

Want to start collecting art?
The Weekly Review
Brendan Bale
7 August 2017

A Major Artistic Coup for Southbank
Southbank News
July 2017

On the Couch with Maree Di Pasquale
Art Collector
Beatrice Spence
Issue 81 July – Sept 2017

A major artistic coup for Southbank
Southbank Local News
13 July 2017

Smart Arts Podcast: Interview with Director and CEO Maree Di Pasquale
RRR FM
Richard Watts
6 July 2017

Melbourne Art Fair Appoints New Director
Art Collector
Emily Grant
4 July 2017

Melbourne Art Fair is Back in 2018
Art Guide Australia
Tracey Clement
30 June 2017

Biennial fair finds new home in Southbank
Artshub
27 June 2017

Melbourne Art Fair
Australian Design Review
27 June 2017

Melbourne Art Fair Returns in 2018
eyeline
27 June 2017

Melbourne Art Fair Returns in 2018
Arts Review
27 June 2017

Melbourne Art Fair to return in smaller guise in pop-up Southbank venue
The Age
[syndicated on Sydney Morning Herald, Canberra Times, Brisbane Times]
Debbie Cuthbertson
27 June 2017

2018 Melbourne Art Week program | 500+ artists | 50+ events | 30+ venues
Art Almanac
23 May 2018

Margins – Collector Profile Lisa Paulsen
VAULT Issue 22
Kirsty Sier

Melbourne Art Fair Gallery List Announced
Art Collector
Katie Milton
16 February 2018

Melbourne Art Fair Announces 2018 gallery list and artist commission
Arts Review
16 February 2018

Melbourne art fair 2018 program announced
Art Guide
16 February 2018

Melbourne Art Fair Announces 2018 Gallery List and Artist Commission
Artshub
16 February 2018

Latest News

November 1, 2023

Five Must-See Solo Presentations at Melbourne Art Fair 2024

November 1, 2023

Australasia’s Most Sustainable Art Fair Partners With Clima to Offset Carbon Footprint

October 2, 2023

Julie Rrap Awarded Major 2024 Melbourne Art Foundation Commission in Partnership with Art Gallery of Western Australia

October 2, 2023

Melbourne Art Fair Appoints Anador Walsh as Curator of LIVE

@melbourneartfair

📣WORK WITH US 📣 Australasia's progressive f

📣WORK WITH US 📣

Australasia's progressive forum for contemporary art and ideas, Melbourne Art Fair will showcase solo shows and works of scale and significance from 60 galleries and Indigenous art centres, 22-25 February at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Melbourne Art Fair is owned and operated by the Melbourne Art Foundation, an Australian non-profit arts organisation dedicated to the support of living artists.

Applications are now open to join the 17th iteration of Melbourne Art Fair focusing in the areas of:
-Front of House
-VIP and Events Programming
-Fair Operations

Both paid and volunteer positions are available. Visit the link in bio for more information and to apply now. 🔗
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Melbourne Art Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity in the workplace. As such we encourage and support applications from people from diverse backgrounds for any jobs that might currently be available.

The acutely observed detail of Ebony Truscott’s

The acutely observed detail of Ebony Truscott’s paintings and works on paper reveal the artist’s interest, not only in describing the visible, but also in depicting tactile and spatial experience. Truscott’s subjects are drawn from her immediate surroundings and include contemporary objects related to the body and the home: Ventolin inhalers, earplugs, bricks, fruit and light bulbs are repeated motifs.

@niagaragalleries will exhibit a new body of work by @ebony_truscott work at Melbourne Art Fair in 2024. Tickets available at the link in bio 🔗

Image: Ebony Truscott, Wrecked drum with jar, 2023, oil on linen, 61.5 x 77cm. Photo by Matthew Stanton
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#art #contemporaryart #niagaragalleries #ebonytruscott #melbourneartfair

One of Australia's foremost contemporary artists w

One of Australia's foremost contemporary artists with a career spanning more than 40 years, Bill Henson's photography employs a stark, signature aesthetic characterized by chiaroscuro lighting and bokeh blurred backgrounds. His photographs range from portraits of adolescents to emotive landscapes, providing viewers with the opportunity to contemplate the ambiguous and transcendent qualities of his works.

Henson will be presented by 1301SW and STARKWHITE at Melbourne Art Fair 2024, alongside Tim Bučković, Simryn Gill, Jonny Niesche, Fiona Pardington, Coen Young and Michael Zavros.

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Melbourne Art Fair takes place at @mcec from 22 -25 February. Tickets available at the link in bio 🔗

Pictured: Bill Henson, Untitled, 2000-01, JPC SH141 N32A, Type C photograph, 127 x 180cm, courtesy of the artist and STARKWHITE, Auckland & Queenstown.

#art #contemporaryart #billhenson #starkwhite #1301sw #melbourneartfair #maf24

Jess Johnson's work reflects ideologies of technol

Jess Johnson's work reflects ideologies of technology and flesh, both ancient and futuristic. Extending into installation, video, VR, and fashion, her fictional world is initially developed by hand through her drawings.

Her complex drawings combine references to classical mythology and cult science-fiction with her personal troupe of humanoid characters into portal-portraits of another world.

@darrenknightgallery (Gadigal Country/Sydney) returns to Melbourne Art Fair 2024, presenting works by Jess Johnson and Ronnie van Hout. The Fair takes place at the bookend of the Victorian summer from 22 - 25 February at @mcec. Tickets are available at the link in bio 🔗

Pictured: Jess Johnson, In the Face of Annihilation, 2023, pen, fibre tipped markers, acrylic paint, and gouache on paper, 76 x 56cm (paper size), 82.6 x 62.2cm (framed).

#art #contemporaryart #jessjohnson #darrenknightgallery #melbourneartfair #maf24 @flesh_dozer

Curating a solo presentation of new works by Argen

Curating a solo presentation of new works by Argentinian artist, Ariel Hassan, MAF welcomes @gagprojects to the Fair in 2024.

The exhibition's title, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, is taken from chapter 37 of the 道德經 Daodejing by 老子 Laozi. The sentence can also be found on one of the assemblages compiled from fragments, scales, shards or puzzle pieces, which hold the planet together as tectonic plates, and eventually shatter it.

Along with the fragment text panels, @hassan_hassan_raw will show work from his 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘢 (eating humans) series. A current and ongoing series of detailed, often large and almost monochromatic paintings, 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘢 references the 'Manifesto Antropófago' published in 1928 by writer Oswald de Andrade, a key figure of Latin-American Modernism. “Tupi, or not to Tupi: That is the question“ – is the second sentence of the manifesto. Andrade offers Shakespeare up to the ritual cannibalism of the native tribe of the Tupi. Through the works, remnants of postcolonial, post-digital and post-discoursive worlds collide and produce a new visual universe.

Image: Ariel Hassan, 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘕5 [𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯], 2018, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 150cm.

#art #contemporaryart #gagprojects #arielhassan #MAF24 #melbourneartfair

Until recently, Matilda Davis has created painting

Until recently, Matilda Davis has created paintings at an intimate and small scale. Her exhibition at Melbourne Art Fair in 2024, presented by @futures_gallery will be her first solo show of large paintings.

Providing immersive encounters, @tildy_davis' paintings are personal constructions, imbued with peculiar characters, lush darkness and latent narrative. Extending from the magical realism genre, complex psychological landscapes composed of particular lexicons come together with forms of molten fluidity.

A curated selection of Davis' works will be available to purchase at Melbourne Art Fair in February 2024. Tickets available at the link in bio 🔗

Image: Matilda Davis, 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 2023, oil on canvas and board, velvet trim, 180 x 120cm.
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#art #contemporaryart #matildadavis #futures #melbourneartfair #maf24

@nicholasthompsongallery returns to Melbourne Art

@nicholasthompsongallery returns to Melbourne Art Fair in 2024 with a solo presentation of works by painter and sculptor, James Drinkwater.

@drink_water_james's work has been included in exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally in Berlin, Leipzig and London. He has been awarded the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship (2014), the John Olsen National Art School Life Drawing Prize (2002) and has been a finalist in the Wynne Prize, Sulman Prize, John Glover Art Prize, Paddington Art Prize, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Dobell Drawing Prize and the Salon de Refuses.

Melbourne Art Fair takes place from 22 - 25 February 2024. Tickets are available at the link in bio🔗

Image: James Drinkwater, 𝘏𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 2023, oil on linen, 70.2 x 122cm.

#art #contemporaryart #nicholasthompsongallery #jamesdrinkwater #maf24 #melbourneartfair

One of Australia's most innovative contemporary ar

One of Australia's most innovative contemporary artists, Tiger Yaltangki is renowned for his intersectional practice which merges inherited Aṉangu cultural knowledge with pop culture iconography.

Yaltangki’s bold, bright and often wild canvases are immediately striking - a compelling blend of the artist’s depiction of the Aṉangu concept of Mamu (spirit beings), and his enthusiasm for rock and roll music including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Credence Clearwater Revival, and science fiction television, including Doctor Who and The Mighty Boosh.

@alcaston_gallery returns to Melbourne Art Fair in 2024 to present new works by Yaltangki and Sally Gabori. The artists' works will be available to purchase at the Fair from 22 - 25 February at @mcec. Tickets available via the link in bio 🔗

Image: Tiger Yaltangki, ACDC, 2021 (AK23221), synthetic polymer paint on digital print and paper, 122 x 76cm. © The Artist, Iwantja Arts, South Australia and Alcaston Gallery.

#art #contemporaryart #alcastongallery #melbourneartfair #maf24