Grace Kelly: Style Icon, Bendigo Art Gallery, Goldfields, Victoria, Australia
L'Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Image: Lucas Dawson Photography

Fashion Festival

8–15 March 2012

Step out with the seriously stylish at L'Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival.

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Karl Grill, [Spiral costume, from the ‘Triadic ballet’] c.1926–27 (detail), J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
The Rake's Progress, Victorian Opera, The Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Rake's Progress

17–27 March 2012

See Victorian Opera's production of Stravinsky's morality tale.

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The Famous Spiegel Season, The Arts Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Join the magic

At the Arts Centre

See circus, cabaret, live music and more in The Famous Spiegeltent.

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Art, theatre & culture

Spoil yourself with important artworks and blockbuster performances, then hide away in tiny galleries and theatres and discover the next big thing.

Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Art galleries

Victoria's thriving visual arts scene boasts hundreds of galleries ranging from the National Gallery of Victoria to small cooperatives.

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Flagstaff Hill sound and laser show, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

Museums and libraries

From the living history of Sovereign Hill to the grandeur of the State Library, there are many worlds to explore in Victoria's museums and libraries.

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Musicians at Paris Cat, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Music and performing arts

Choose any night of the week to indulge in Melbourne's local and international opera, ballet, comedy, live music, plays, performing arts and openings.

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Architecture in Castlemaine, Goldfields, Victoria, Australia

Architecture

Journey into Victoria's marvellous gold rush history and visit the future as you explore imposing historic buildings and contemporary masterpieces.

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State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

UNESCO City of Literature

Discover what makes Melbourne a UNESCO City of Literature, absorbing the local literary culture, creative talent and the best haunts for book lovers.

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Public art in Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Photo credit: Ben King

Public art

Take in art from the City Circle tram, or walk through city streets, laneways and squares and along the Yarra River to see the city's public artworks.

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Art by region

Lost & Found

What's on

  • Feb 2012

    Softbelly Bar and Lounge

    Softbelly Comedy

    Melbourne's newest top quality night of comedy is here! Every Thursday and Sunday night in the city, Softbelly Comedy has some of the biggest names...

  • Feb 2012

    Charlie Pickering at Spleen

    Comedy@Spleen

    Every Monday, Comedy@Spleen is the city's free weekly comedy hotspot, with a packed room every week.With drop-in guests like Jimeoin, Adam Hills, Wil...

  • Feb 2012

    Carriage D on The Blues Train

    The Blues Train

    Victoria's historic coastal town of Queenscliff is home to the world's one and only Blues Train. It is a unique experience that combines four of...

  • Feb 2012

    Michael Johnson (Harpist)

    Harp in the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

    An inspiring and uplifting concert by resident harpist Michael Johnson, presenting music composed in the Gardens. This small and personal concert...

  • Feb 2012

    Bill Henson, Untitled 1980/82 1980–82, © Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

    Looking at Looking: The Photographic Gaze

    Looking at Looking: The Photographic Gaze, is a unique exhibition exploring how photography can construct particular ways of looking. Drawn entirely...

  • Feb 2012

    Harp in the Gardens

    Harp in the Gardens

    An inspiring and uplifting concert by our resident harpist Michael Johnson, presenting music composed in the Gardens. This small and personal concert...

  • Feb 2012

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    Ranjani Shettar: Dewdrops and Sunshine

    The National Gallery of Victoria has launched its newest contemporary art space with a spectacular exhibition of work by internationally renowned...

  • Feb 2012

    Yoda - The Art of Star Wars

    Star Wars: The Exhibition

    This exhibition will literally be a tour through the world of Star Wars right from the initial concept drawings to the modern movies. Bringing...

  • Feb 2012

    Heinrich Hoerle, Three invalids c.1930

    The Mad Square: Modernity in German Art 1910–37

    In an era of chaos came an explosion of creativity - experimental, provocative and utterly compelling. Germany in the early twentieth century was a...

  • Feb 2012

    Family in Moonee Ponds from PIcture This City Exhibition

    Picture This City: History and Photography In Moonee Valley

    Picture this City explores the history of Moonee Valley through images that have been captured by local photographers over the past 150 years. Artist...

  • Feb 2012

    Pipilotti Rist Gravity Be My Friend, 2007, audio video installation (video still) Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, and Luhring Augustine, New York

    Pipilotti Rist: I Packed the Postcard in My Suitcase

    Lush and Edenic, sexy but sinless, the hedonistic pleasure worlds created by Pipilotti will delight, refresh and chillax you. Pipilotti's vivid video...

  • Feb 2012

    Toybox of sand

    Sand Sculpting Australia - Frankston Waterfront

    In December 2011, sculptors from Russia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Singapore, Ireland, the UK, Canada and the USA will once again join with their...

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