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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

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June 19, 2026

Melbourne Art Fair announces the 2027 William Mora Indigenous Art Centre Program (WMIACP) Selection Panel

May 19, 2026

Melbourne Art Foundation Announces Six New Board Appointments

May 19, 2026

Announcing the 2027 Melbourne Art Fair Exhibition Selection Panel

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𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 by @madelinesimm, exhibiting at @mary 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 by @madelinesimm, exhibiting at @marycherrycontemporary (Naarm/Melbourne) until 20 June.

The works in 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, begin as drawings, a process of feeling toward form before committing to paint. Research into the architectural sketches of Lina Bo Bardi and Louis Kahn provide an unexpected entry point. Both architects drew with the searching, tender quality Simm recognises in the work of painters: the hand thinking through a problem before the mind has caught up. These paintings carry that quality. 

Small in scale and built through layered brushwork, an underpainting breaks through the surface in warm fragments. Geometric planes are held in precise tension, reading simultaneously as architectural elevation and abstract composition. Colour moves with range and ambition: saturated reds, electric yellows, translucent blues. Each work operates within its own chromatic logic.

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Images: 
1. Sea Bubbles, 2026, oil on linen, 51 x 41cm. 
2. Madeline Simm, Miss Modular, installation view. Photo: Lauren Dunn
A small selection of exhibitions we think are wort A small selection of exhibitions we think are worth stepping out for, before time inevitably runs out on us all.

💥 @amalialindo’s 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩/𝘢𝘯𝘥 presents a new body of work resulting from ten months of research in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The exhibition traces the relationship between landscape, extraction and technological production across sculpture, drawing, photography, video and installation. Her first solo exhibition with @haydens.gallery (Naarm/Melbourne) is on now, with a closing performance this Saturday, 30 May. 

💥 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘯 by @ellewickens at @amesyavuz (Gadigal Country/Sydney) until 20 June. The exhibition is born of a story of feminine transformation, rebirth and embodiment; a story that led the artist to imagine how the felt language of the body can be recorded through material, how sensation can paint, and how painting itself speaks of, from and to the body.

💥 In 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘐, @n.smithgallery (Gadigal Country/Sydney) brings together a group of artists whose practices move through the space of the interior, both as a physical environment and as a psychological condition. Here, the interior is not fixed, but shaped by memory, perception, and lived experience. Ends this Saturday, 30 May.

💥 @caitlin_yardley_’s practice is one of assembly – fragments brought into relation through alignment and misalignment. Installed as a constellation, 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 insists that meaning forms between things rather than within them – held, if only temporarily, through attention, care and structure. Currently exhibiting at @moorecontemporary (Boorloo/Perth) until 30 May. 

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Images: 
1. Amalia Lindo, El Tatio (−22.3349, −68.0130) (detail), 2026, Archival inkjet photograph, framed, 156 × 105 × 6 cm, E 1/5 + 2 AP.
2. Elle Wickens, Her Cluster of Eggs Swell Like Cysts, 2026, Oil on Poly Cotton, 183 x 136 cm. 
3. Joan Ross, M’Lady Ikebana, 2015, hand-coloured pigment print on rag paper, 91 x 71 cm / 109.5 x 90.5 x 4 cm (framed), edition of 5 + 2 AP. 
4. Caitlin Yardley, Relational Painting No 22, 2026, quilted aniline goat leather,  40 x 25 x 5cm. Photo credit: Lucy Dawkins.
// Meet the 2027 Fair Exhibition Selection Panel // Meet the 2027 Fair Exhibition Selection Panel 

Gallery applications are well underway (and close tomorrow for anyone wondering). We’re excited to announce next year’s Exhibition Selection Panel, asking them: what are you paying attention to in contemporary art right now?

This group sits close to the centre of the Fair’s early shaping, helping determine what is seen, how it is framed, and how artists and galleries enter into conversation with audiences. Melbourne Art Fair brings a unique lens, encouraging solo presentations and works which are not frequently encountered, new, historically different, or otherwise difficult to categorise.

Bringing experience across contemporary practice, curatorial thinking, and gallery leadership, for the 20th edition of the Fair we’re excited to welcome: 

💥 Myles Russell-Cook, Artistic Director and CEO, @acca_melbourne 
💥 Liz Nowell, Executive Director, @artsprojectaust, 
💥 Danielle Renshaw, Gallery Co-Director, @the.renshaws 
💥 Adam Stone, Co-Director, @melbournesculpturebiennale, Director, @longallery, artist 

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Images: 
1. Melbourne Art Fair 2026. 
2. Courtesy Myles Russel-Cook. 
3. Courtesy Liz Nowell.
4. Courtesy Danielle Renshaw. 
5. Courtesy Adam Stone. Photo: Machiko Abe.
📣 Melbourne Art Fair is excited to announced the a 📣 Melbourne Art Fair is excited to announced the appointment of six new members to the Melbourne Art Foundation Board: Kate Dinon, Charlotte Day, Margaret Moore, Viktor Kravchenko, Sarah Murray and James McGrath.

Joining the Foundation at an important moment of growth and evolution, the new Directors bring expertise spanning contemporary art, gallery leadership, cultural institutions, brand strategy, and the broader creative industries.

Together, their combined experience and networks will strengthen the Foundation’s capacity to support artists, galleries, and audiences through ambitious programming, strategic partnerships, and the continued evolution of Melbourne Art Fair.

Welcoming:
• @katedinon, Partner at Character + Distinction @character_distinction
• Margaret Moore, Founder and Director, @moorecontemporary
• Charlotte Day, Director, @pottermuseum and @buxton_contemporary 
• Viktor Kravchenko, Co-Founder and Co-Director, @nasha.au
• Sarah Murray, Associate Director, @niagaragalleries
• James McGrath, former Creative Chairman, @clemenger_bbdo

The Foundation also extends its sincere thanks to outgoing Board Members Joanna Strumpf, Andrew Jensen, and Nicholas Thompson for their valued contribution and support.

Melbourne Art Fair is owned and operated by Melbourne Art Foundation.
While Design Week is now well underway across the While Design Week is now well underway across the city, we at MAF took the liberty of poking our noses into a handful of the extensive programming, catching a glimpse of the installation process and the many beads of sweat it takes to pull something like this together.

Featured:

💥 @thomasmaxamstudio’s ‘A Sense of Occassion’ at @nho_________ saw designers putting their own lens on the champagne bucket
💥 @deannorton’s ‘Between Planes’ transformed @hotelhouse___ through his exploration of reflection 
💥 @tom_fereday’s ‘Arum’, open at the @abbotsfordconvent Oratory until 24 May 
💥 ‘HOUSE’ at @animalhousefinearts transforms the space into a simulation of an apartment, featuring an array of works by artists and designers, closing 23 May.
“𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯 explores the intertwined emotions t “𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯 explores the intertwined emotions that arise through the forest that inspires my artwork; stillness, turbulence and renewal continually unfolds and connects me with my surroundings. I create branch forms, and shifting veils of colour which echo the forest’s own cycles of coloured light and shadow. These forms absorb and release colour much like we absorb and release experiences.”
- Kim Wescott

Kim Westcott’s new solo exhibition is currently showing at @magmagalleries (Naarm/Melbourne) and open until 20 June. 

Swipe to discover her solo booth presentation from Melbourne Art Fair 2025…

@westcott.art 
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Images: 
1. Installation image: Kim Westcott, Birds of Feather, 2026, Acrylic on engraved cast acrylic, 180 x 120 cm
2. Installation image, Kim Westcott, Coloured Rain.
3-4. MAGMA Galleries at Melbourne Art Fair 2025. Photo: Will Hamilton-Coates.
Now showing: Lisa Waup’s 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 at @marsgallery (Na Now showing: Lisa Waup’s 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 at @marsgallery (Naarm/Melbourne), until 16 May. @lisa.waup 

As shown in Tarrawarra Biennial 2025, TRACE is to follow what is no longer fully visible. It is an act of searching through memory, through history, through absence—for something that resists being held in the present. 

Lisa has exhibited extensively across Australia and the globe and her works have been acquired into numerous institutional collections.

Images: 
1. Lisa Waup, To Trace III, 2026, Screen painting on cotton rag paper, 350gsm, ink, 76cm x 112cm.
2. Lisa Waup, Shifting Shadows III, 2024, Screen painting on Meriat paper, 600gsm, ink, binder, 100cm x 100cm.
Exhibitions currently on that are tickling our int Exhibitions currently on that are tickling our interests and are well worth the visit…

💥 Presented by @nandahobbs (Gadigal Country/Sydney), Caroline Zilinsky’s 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 stems from a visit to the Amazon Fulfilment Centre in Western Sydney, the largest in the southern hemisphere. Join them for the opening event this Thursday 7 May, 6-8PM. @carolinezilinsky 
💥 𝘖𝘋𝘋𝘚𝘐𝘋𝘌, presented by @redbaseart (Gadigal Country/Sydney) features six artists who deal with the “oddities” of their outside environments, from glossy geometric sculptures to mythological landscapes in textile. Open from 8 May - 9 June
💥Zaachariaha Fielding’s 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘶 is currently on view at @janmurphygallery (Meanjin/Brisbane) until 9 May. The exhibition title 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘶, which roughly translates to “I learnt,” reflects a strong connection to family, culture, and Country, as well as the passing down of cultural knowledge. 
💥Currently exhibiting at @piermarqart (Gadigal Country/Sydney) until 23 May, 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 presents a series of new works by Elliot Watson. @elliotwatson 

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Images: 
1. Caroline Zilinsky, Automaton, Oil on linen, 137 x 122cm, 2026. Nanda\Hobbs (Gadigal Country/Sydney)
2. Chen Gelin, Sunrise Series II, 2025, Acrylic paintings on cavas, 52 x 47 cm (framed).
3. Zaachariaha Fielding, Untitled (286-26), 2026, acrylic on linen, 195 x 180cm. Jan Murphy Gallery (Meanjin/Brisbane).
4. Elliot Watson, Dipped and Dived Under the Sun, 2026, acrylic on linen, 167.5 x 137.5 cm. PIERMARQ* (Gadigal Country/Sydney).
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