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Melbourne Art Fair returns, 19 – 22 February 2026.

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Take a look behind the scenes at a mere handful of

Take a look behind the scenes at a mere handful of the galleries taking part in this year’s Design Week, where preparations come together in mild panic, questionable ladder safety, and the slight indignity of being filmed in this deeply vulnerable state.

Add to your calendar:
✨ Garniture by @cordonsalon opening tonight at @oigall_projects from 5:30PM - 8PM
✨ @okoolostudio presents Process: In Conversation with Objects at @cgallerycontemporary. Join the artists tomorrow, from 11AM - 5PM
✨ Celebrate the opening of MARIBOU by @sophiebrookehardy tonight at @tolarno from 5PM
✨ Designwork 09 opens this Saturday 17 May. Meet the artists @elliat.rich and @the_ashsmoen from 12PM - 2PM
✨ Join @knotte_official for their launch tomorrow, 3PM - 6PM at T3 Collingwood

With Melbourne Design Week launching tomorrow, the

With Melbourne Design Week launching tomorrow, the city prepares to unleash hundreds of art and design events. In an effort to save you from the paralysis of infinite choice — or worse, the shame of missing the one event everyone at your next dinner party will be talking about — we at the Melbourne Art Foundation have bravely combed through the schedule and handpicked a few highlights. You’re welcome.

Swipe through to discover what we are most excited to see, and tap the link in bio to subscribe to our e-newsletter, bringing you monthly updates on the city’s arts and culture scene. 🔗

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Images:
1. Oko Olo, Burl Mirrors. Photo: Lillie Thompson. @okoolostudio @cgallerycontemporary
2. Sophie Brooke Hardy, MARIBOU still life with Grand Plait, 2024. Photo: Annika Kafcaloudis. @sophiebrookehardy @tolarno
3. Locki Humphrey. Photo: CJ Cornish. @craftvictoria @locki.humphrey
4. Oko Olo, Burl Mirrors. Photo: Lillie Thompson. Courtesy C. Gallery (Naarm/Melbourne).
5. Courtesy @fionalynchoffice
6. Designwork 09, courtesy Sophie Gannon Gallery. @sophiegannongallery @elliat.rich @the_ashsmoen
7. Courtesy @oigall_projects Photo: Annika Kafcaloudis.

Currently exhibiting at @longallery (Naarm/Melbour

Currently exhibiting at @longallery (Naarm/Melbourne) until 24 May, Casey Jeffery presents her solo show, 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘯.

Through the roots and branches of her own familial heritage, @caseyjeffery explores the Australian suburban migrant experience and its legacy of materials. Often occupying space between figuration and abstraction, Jeffery’s paintings employ trompe l’oeil methodologies, speaking both to the history of painting, and the complex histories imbued in the fabrics she lovingly reproduces. The textiles are largely heirlooms, inherited from her Nonno, a first-generation Italian post-war migrant, who settled in Melbourne in 1951.

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Images:
1. Casey Jeffery, 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴, 2025, oil and acrylic on pine, 75 x 60cm.
2. Casey Jeffery, 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘯, 2025, installation view, LON Gallery.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Archiba

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes ✨

With her ethereal portrait of fellow artist, Julie Fragar says of Justene Williams, ‘There is nobody like Justene. She thinks big and makes bigger, deploying everything from car bodies to opera singers to make work as fearless and feeling as she is.' A huge congratulations to @julie.fragar for this prestigious achievement.

Blue mountains-based artist @gene_ahern has won the Sulman Prize with his gestural oil work, 𝘚𝘬𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, and @jude_rae has been awarded the Wynne Prize, with her landscape 𝘳𝘦-𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭.

All finalists works are currently on view at the @artgalleryofnsw until 17 August.

Julie Fragar is represented by @the.renshaws
Gene A'Hern is represented by @cassandrabird.gallery
Jude Rae is represented by @philipbacongalleries
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Images:
1. Julie Fragar, 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 (𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦), oil on canvas, 240 x 180.4 cm.
2. Gene A’Hern, 𝘚𝘬𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, oil and oil stick on board, 240 x 240 cm.
3. Jude Rae, 𝘗𝘳𝘦-𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭, oil on linen, 200 x 150.4 cm.

Brian Blanchflower, 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘺 82, 2

Brian Blanchflower, 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘺 82, 2022-2023, acrylic on laminated hessian, 159 x 120cm

@moorecontemporary (Boorloo/Perth), now showing the latest 'Canopies' – titled for their origins in looking skywards and Blanchflower’s enduring commitment to pondering our being in the universe and in nature. In these latest works on show for the first time, the palette is vibrant on his signature raw edged painted hessian or canvas and they continue to possess the profound resonance he is known to achieve with matter, colour, texture and space.

Exhibiting until 1st June.

Izabela Pluta, 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 (𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦), 2025, currently showing as part of her solo exhibition with @gallerysallydancuthbert (Gadigal Country/Sydney) titled 𝘜𝘕𝘋𝘜𝘓𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘚.

Exhibiting until 11 May, 𝘜𝘕𝘋𝘜𝘓𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘚 continues Izabela Pluta’s investigation into the limits and singularity of photographic processes. Pluta challenges conventions and pushes at the material edges of the medium. The exhibition explores the interplay of light, materiality, and ecological fragility through the lens of her embodied experience of diving, using experimental modes of working to reimagine light and representation.

@izabelapluta__studio
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Image:
1. Izabela Pluta, Seepage (mirage), 2025, silver gelatin photograph, 35 x 27 cm (unframed), 39 x 31.5 cm (framed), edition of 3 plus 2 AP.

Renowned for her refined black and white depiction

Renowned for her refined black and white depiction of Garnkiny doo Wardel (Moon and Star), an important Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) story that explores forbidden love, kinship and the origins of our mortality, discover works by Mabel Juli Wirroongoon at @niagaragalleries (Naarm/Melbourne), exhibiting until 10 May.
Presented in collaboration with Warmun Art Centre.

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Image: Mabel Juli Wirroongoon, 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘯’𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘕𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪 (WAC-205/24), 2024, traditional ochre on canvas, 80 x 80cm.

Last days to visit @gallery9syd (Gadigal Country/S

Last days to visit @gallery9syd (Gadigal Country/Sydney) for @angusgardner's solo exhibition, 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺, open today and tomorrow, featuring new painting, drawing, and ceramic works.

"This body of work extends my exploration of place, movement, and mapping, while also beginning to consider the role of other spatial relationships in my practice. Boundaries, structures, order, and the line as disruptor are all ideas that flow between mediums."
- Angus Gardner

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Images:
1. Angus Gardner, 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 2025, glazed earthenware, 44 × 45 × 32cm.
2,3. Angus Gardner, 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 2024, oil, primer, glue, timber, glazed earthenware, linen, 96 × 122cm.