After a tough couple of years, the Melbourne Art Fair is getting back on its feet with a new director and an increase in sales and attendance. The fair opened in the Royal Exhibition Building on Wednesday evening with considerably more energy than the ... full story
Sally Gabori has earned a huge local following for her brightly colored canvases. The Bentinck Island artist is now quite senior but her work retains its impressive vitality. Melbourne's Alcaston Gallery was one of only a small handful showing ... full story
Love is in the fair. It was the name of a cheeky speed-dating event at this year's Melbourne Art Fair Vernissage, but as the fairy lights enrobing the Exhibition Building were switched on, it became but a natural part of the electricity at one of ... full story
This wonderful caprice by Joana Vasconcelos at the Pearl Lam Galleries' stand at the Melbourne Art Fair is matched by one other work by the same artist, a bundle of knitted cushions that tumble over one another inside a leonine frame of massive cornice ... full story
Vogue Living Melbourne editor Annemarie Kiely shares her favourite artists and the ones-to-watch from this year's fair. I love the pairings of paintings and sculptures by Sam Leach at the Sullivan and Strumpf stand. His multi-panel works of landscapes ... full story
Detail from a Joana Vasconcelos artwork, Pearl Lam Galleries. Image: supplied. Interested in this year's Melbourne Art Fair? Don't forget to click the 'View Live Event' icon to the left, or at the end of this article, to see our live tweets, images and ... full story
Instituto Cervantes, the Japan Foundation Manila, the Goethe-Institut Philippinen, the Film Development Council of the Philippines and the embassies of Italy, United States of America, and France proudly present the 8th International Silent Film ... full story
Working on art also helps free the mind of suffering," Sriwan said. Born into a Chinese family on the banks of Khlong Phasicharoen on the Thon Buri side of Bangkok, Sriwan was an adventurous type who liked to try new things when she was young. She said ... full story
In Bangkok recently, Arumpac screened her documentary War Is a Tender Thing, a gentle probe into her own family history — Christian on her maternal side, Muslim on her paternal — and its complex relationship with the violence-prone land they call home.full story
"Bangkok has healed me in a way I could never have imagined. The richness of the culture, the golden temples and colourful lifestyle has offered a spiritual home where I have found my happiness again," the artist said. "'Lost In Bangkok' is a visual ... full story
