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Old Vintage Melbourne: Cup parties, street scenes and migrant arrivals – in pictures

17-10-2021 18:30

This enchanting collection of historical images reveals the changes and developments Melbourne has experienced over the years.Chris Macheras is a Melbourne-born lawyer and artist. His Greek-Australian upbringing instilled an appreciation for the hardships his migrant grandparents endured in pursuit of a better life. His combined love of Melbourne, history and photography led him to establish Old Vintage Melbourne Instagram account.Old Vintage Melbourne by Chris Macheras is out now through Scribe

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‘The empire strikes back’: lauded Australian show begins European tour

17-10-2021 15:00

Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, featuring Indigenous cultural works, opens in PlymouthOn one level, it is a vivid treat for the eye, astonishing bursts of reds, oranges, yellows that are bound to warm up visitors during the bleak British winter months but dig deeper and ancient stories about sustainability, community and acceptance that could hardly be better timed emerge.After being viewed by more than 400,000 people in Australia, winning prizes and attracting rave reviews, the exhibitio

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Anicka Yi’s Turbine Hall commission; Sutapa Biswas, Lumen – review

17-10-2021 14:00

Tate Modern, London; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
The Turbine Hall has been turned into a mesmerising giant aquarium by Anicka Yi. And the steak knives are out in Sutapa Biswas’s wise, poetic response to colonial historyTranslucent sea creatures drift through the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, moving through that great gulf like elegant swimmers. Some have tentacles, gilded and graceful. Others have antennae that flutter like miniature fins. Rising and falling, pulsing and swaying, these g

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Gandhi in heels? Maria Callas statue hits the wrong note

17-10-2021 09:45

Critics compare figure of famous soprano erected in Greek capital to an Oscar statuette Drama in life, drama in posterity. For Maria Callas, Greece’s greatest diva, there is, even 44 years after her death, no let up from the artistic wrangling that was her lot.But this time the uproar is focused on a statue erected at the foot of the ancient Acropolis, opposite the Roman theatre where the world-renowned opera singer made her debut. Continue reading...

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